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Dan Simmons (April 4, 1948 -- February 21, 2026)

By jdnicoll on Fri Feb 27 14:58:53 2026

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By Lynn McGuire on Mon Feb 9 17:15:52 2026

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Ghostwritten. David Mitchell.

By Titus G on Tue Mar 3 17:24:35 2026

Latest reply by Titus G on Tue Mar 3 17:24:35 2026
Japan and Religion Re: The Martian Chronicles

By Bobbie Sellers on Sun Mar 1 21:11:26 2026

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[OT] Live TV coverage of early deep-space missions

By Charles Packer on Sun Mar 1 08:37:13 2026

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Highlights and Lowlights - January 2026

By Tony Nance on Thu Feb 26 16:32:58 2026

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RI February 2026

By ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan on Tue Mar 3 04:53:54 2026

Latest reply by Lynn McGuire on Mon Mar 2 23:23:31 2026
Re: The Martian Chronicles (was Re: SF: Book recommendations)

By Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOliveiro?= on Sun Feb 22 02:43:28 2026

Latest reply by Cryptoengineer on Mon Mar 2 22:13:44 2026
"RealClear Politics Is Right: The Climate Hoax Is a Massive Financial Scam"

By Lynn McGuire on Thu Feb 26 22:10:40 2026

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By Lynn McGuire on Mon Mar 2 14:26:07 2026

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By Lynn McGuire on Mon Mar 2 14:25:03 2026

Latest reply by William Hyde on Mon Mar 2 19:18:10 2026
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By The Doctor on Sun Mar 1 02:41:48 2026

Latest reply by Jerry Brown on Mon Mar 2 16:46:34 2026
The "Science" in "Science Fiction"

By ram on Sat Feb 28 18:56:23 2026

Latest reply by Paul S Person on Mon Mar 2 09:35:46 2026
(Young People) April in Paris by Ursula K. Le Guin

By jdnicoll on Mon Mar 2 09:14:07 2026

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(Tears) The Ringworld Engineers (Ringworld, volume 2) by Larry Niven

By jdnicoll on Sun Mar 1 14:10:41 2026

Latest reply by Steve Coltrin on Mon Mar 2 08:49:27 2026
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By Lynn McGuire on Fri Feb 27 17:36:22 2026

Latest reply by Titus G on Sun Mar 1 13:03:52 2026
Science Fiction made Stocks tumble

By ram on Sun Mar 1 11:51:35 2026

Latest reply by ram on Sun Mar 1 11:51:35 2026
(Realized) The Rift by Walter Jon Williams

By jdnicoll on Tue Feb 24 14:26:12 2026

Latest reply by jdnicoll on Sat Feb 28 15:05:36 2026
(reactor) Five Stories About Investigating Enigmatic Artifacts

By jdnicoll on Thu Feb 26 10:05:58 2026

Latest reply by Paul S Person on Sat Feb 28 09:00:17 2026
Monty: Future Companion Bots

By Lynn McGuire on Thu Feb 12 14:58:54 2026

Latest reply by Paul S Person on Sat Feb 28 08:48:21 2026
Science fiction is fictional - who knew?

By Tony Nance on Fri Feb 20 16:06:45 2026

Latest reply by Paul S Person on Sat Feb 28 08:42:26 2026
Re: A Conventional Boy by Charles Stross...

By Michael F. Stemper on Wed Feb 25 15:43:34 2026

Latest reply by ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan on Fri Feb 27 22:47:37 2026
"Wizard at Work: A Paranormal Thriller Book 2 (The Wizards Series)" by Jack L. Knapp

By Lynn McGuire on Fri Feb 27 20:20:25 2026

Latest reply by Lynn McGuire on Fri Feb 27 20:20:25 2026
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By Lynn McGuire on Fri Feb 27 17:06:59 2026

Latest reply by Lynn McGuire on Fri Feb 27 17:06:59 2026
(space opera) Hell's Heart by Alexis Hall

By jdnicoll on Thu Feb 26 13:56:09 2026

Latest reply by jdnicoll on Thu Feb 26 13:56:09 2026
Re: (ReacTor) Five Reasons to Explore a Used Bookstore

By Michael F. Stemper on Wed Feb 25 16:38:14 2026

Latest reply by Paul S Person on Thu Feb 26 08:25:30 2026
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By Lynn McGuire on Tue Feb 24 02:03:02 2026

Latest reply by Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOliveiro?= on Wed Feb 25 22:46:37 2026
"Atrocity Archives" by Charles Stross

By Bobbie Sellers on Wed Feb 25 18:41:48 2026

Latest reply by Bobbie Sellers on Wed Feb 25 18:41:48 2026
Re: What extinct animal would you eat? = refer to "Hawksbill Station"

By a425couple on Tue Feb 10 08:14:42 2026

Latest reply by Michael F. Stemper on Wed Feb 25 15:54:14 2026
Re: SF: Book recommendations

By Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOliveiro?= on Sun Feb 22 06:16:55 2026

Latest reply by Paul S Person on Wed Feb 25 13:50:21 2026
Monty: Things can be worse !

By Lynn McGuire on Mon Feb 23 23:07:09 2026

Latest reply by ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan on Tue Feb 24 13:39:30 2026
BC: Pet Rocks for $2.99

By Lynn McGuire on Tue Feb 24 13:33:50 2026

Latest reply by Lynn McGuire on Tue Feb 24 13:33:50 2026
[OT] Dr. Michael Guillen and Belinda Carlisle

By quadi on Sun Feb 22 03:26:16 2026

Latest reply by Charles Packer on Tue Feb 24 08:44:24 2026
Totally OT: See a color you've never seen before.

By Cryptoengineer on Tue Feb 17 21:54:41 2026

Latest reply by Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOliveiro?= on Tue Feb 24 02:53:45 2026
"United We Stand (Black Tide Rising)" edited by John Ringo and Gary Poole

By Lynn McGuire on Mon Feb 23 22:48:53 2026

Latest reply by Lynn McGuire on Mon Feb 23 22:48:53 2026
(ReacTor) A Brief Survey of Canadian Political Thrillers

By jdnicoll on Mon Feb 23 10:50:53 2026

Latest reply by jdnicoll on Mon Feb 23 10:50:53 2026
[OT] Neun und Neunzig Luftballons (El Paso)

By quadi on Thu Feb 12 19:16:05 2026

Latest reply by Paul S Person on Mon Feb 23 09:07:05 2026
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By Lynn McGuire on Fri Feb 13 17:30:38 2026

Latest reply by Robert Carnegie on Sun Feb 22 19:49:02 2026
(Tears) Dance the Eagle to Sleep by Marge Piercy

By jdnicoll on Sun Feb 22 14:37:44 2026

Latest reply by jdnicoll on Sun Feb 22 14:37:44 2026
(Reactor) Immunize Yourself Against Pseudoscience and Other Nonsense

By jdnicoll on Wed Feb 18 10:13:23 2026

Latest reply by quadi on Sun Feb 22 03:47:43 2026
Photosynthesis In Pitch Darkness

By Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOliveiro?= on Sun Feb 22 01:45:51 2026

Latest reply by Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOliveiro?= on Sun Feb 22 01:45:51 2026
(Space Opera) Slow Gods by Claire North

By jdnicoll on Thu Feb 19 08:57:04 2026

Latest reply by jdnicoll on Thu Feb 19 08:57:04 2026
[YASID] Heinlein story where he discusses cousins having sex/kids

By danny burstein on Thu Feb 12 03:07:57 2026

Latest reply by William Hyde on Wed Feb 18 15:45:54 2026
(Homeward) The Man Who Came Early by Poul Anderson

By jdnicoll on Tue Feb 17 14:13:47 2026

Latest reply by Lee Gleason on Tue Feb 17 09:58:26 2026
Pearls Before Swine: I Dream Of Jeanie

By Lynn McGuire on Thu Feb 12 14:42:09 2026

Latest reply by Your Name on Tue Feb 17 10:29:21 2026
Fred Pohl: Tomorrow Times Seven

By kludge on Mon Feb 16 20:26:57 2026

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Re: xkcd: Chemical Formula

By Ignatios Souvatzis on Thu Feb 12 15:53:51 2026

Latest reply by Bobbie Sellers on Mon Feb 16 09:12:54 2026
Re: (Tears) The Demolished Man by Alfred Bester

By Titus G on Mon Feb 16 15:48:34 2026

Latest reply by Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOliveiro?= on Mon Feb 16 03:21:47 2026
Pearls Before Swine: Annual Book Reading

By Lynn McGuire on Sun Feb 15 18:31:57 2026

Latest reply by Lynn McGuire on Sun Feb 15 18:31:57 2026
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By Lynn McGuire on Fri Feb 13 17:27:01 2026

Latest reply by Paul S Person on Sun Feb 15 08:54:19 2026
(Satire) Elon Musk downgrades empty Mars Colony pledge

By jdnicoll on Fri Feb 13 18:03:06 2026

Latest reply by Dimensional Traveler on Fri Feb 13 17:15:26 2026
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By Lynn McGuire on Thu Feb 12 15:43:43 2026

Latest reply by Lynn McGuire on Thu Feb 12 15:43:43 2026
"One Fell Sweep (Innkeeper Chronicles)" by Ilona Andrews

By Lynn McGuire on Thu Feb 12 15:35:16 2026

Latest reply by Lynn McGuire on Thu Feb 12 15:35:16 2026
(review) New Edge Sword & Sorcery Magazine: Volume I, Number 3

By jdnicoll on Thu Feb 12 08:41:47 2026

Latest reply by jdnicoll on Thu Feb 12 08:41:47 2026
Re: Cormac McCarthy's _The Road_

By Bobbie Sellers on Mon Feb 9 13:38:25 2026

Latest reply by Titus G on Wed Feb 11 19:47:52 2026
In The Lion's Mouth. Michael Flynn.

By Titus G on Wed Feb 11 19:32:09 2026

Latest reply by Titus G on Wed Feb 11 19:32:09 2026
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By scott on Tue Feb 10 18:31:41 2026

Latest reply by Paul S Person on Wed Feb 11 15:04:53 2026
Could someone please search for my posts about "starglider" ?

By a425couple on Mon Feb 9 19:59:17 2026

Latest reply by Lynn McGuire on Tue Feb 10 18:50:39 2026
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By Torbjorn Lindgren on Tue Feb 10 13:55:51 2026

Latest reply by Lynn McGuire on Tue Feb 10 18:48:22 2026
(review) Scarlet Morning (Scarlet Morning, volume 1) by ND Stevenson

By jdnicoll on Tue Feb 10 14:00:40 2026

Latest reply by jdnicoll on Tue Feb 10 14:00:40 2026
Re: The Labyrinth Index by Charles Stross

By Don_from_AZ on Tue Feb 10 09:40:51 2026

Latest reply by Bobbie Sellers on Tue Feb 10 09:54:24 2026
Re: (Tears) The Puppet Masters by Robert A. Heinlein

By Paul S Person on Tue Feb 10 09:01:05 2026

Latest reply by Paul S Person on Tue Feb 10 09:01:05 2026
rec.arts.sf.written Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) by Evelyn Leeper

By Lynn McGuire on Mon Feb 9 15:05:24 2026

Latest reply by Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOliveiro?= on Mon Feb 9 22:02:09 2026
"Combat Wizard: Book One (The Wizards Series)" by Jack L. Knapp

By Lynn McGuire on Mon Feb 9 16:06:02 2026

Latest reply by Lynn McGuire on Mon Feb 9 16:06:02 2026
Re: (ReacTor) What Lures Readers Into Picking Up an Unfamiliar Book?

By Lynn McGuire on Mon Feb 9 15:04:03 2026

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Re: [ReacTor] Where to Look for Evidence of Alien Visitors

By Lynn McGuire on Mon Feb 9 15:01:51 2026

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