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"The world's biggest rocket: How SpaceX's new Starship 'V3' differs from its predecessors"

By Lynn McGuire on Sat May 16 18:17:16 2026

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By Lynn McGuire on Wed May 13 19:21:09 2026

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(ReacTor) Let's Talk About Our Favorite Used Bookstores

By jdnicoll on Mon May 18 10:06:28 2026

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(Tears) Non-Stop by Brian W. Aldiss

By jdnicoll on Sun May 17 13:02:03 2026

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OT Older But No Wiser Yet.

By Titus G on Sat May 16 20:59:45 2026

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Re: (Tears) Earth Is Room Enough by Isaac Asimov

By The Horny Goat on Wed May 6 22:45:03 2026

Latest reply by William Hyde on Sat May 16 20:37:25 2026
"Platform Decay (The Murderbot Diaries, 8)" by Martha Wells

By Lynn McGuire on Sat May 16 00:09:00 2026

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Re: "Amazon Pulls Paperback Edition of Controversial 1973 Novel, Sparking Censorship Debate"

By Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOliveiro?= on Sun May 3 22:22:08 2026

Latest reply by Cryptoengineer on Fri May 15 22:10:34 2026
xkcd: Pullback Drive

By Lynn McGuire on Tue May 12 14:49:25 2026

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(WFC) The Last Contract of Isako by Fonda Lee

By jdnicoll on Fri May 15 13:04:17 2026

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Re: "War Department declares Golden Shield missile defense system ready to be built: =?iso-8859-7?Q?=A1Shovel_ready=A2=22?=

By quadi on Tue May 12 01:32:38 2026

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Re: (Tears) A Mirror For Observers by Edgar Pangborn

By Charles Packer on Wed May 6 07:55:02 2026

Latest reply by Paul S Person on Thu May 14 08:48:33 2026
The Camp of the Saints Was: "Amazon Pulls .... Controversial 1973 Novel....."

By Titus G on Thu May 14 18:10:27 2026

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Science or Fiction? A view of AI trolls from ChatGPT

By snipeco.2 on Wed May 13 16:19:51 2026

Latest reply by Lynn McGuire on Thu May 14 13:52:40 2026
BC: Artificial Intelligence

By Lynn McGuire on Thu May 14 13:50:56 2026

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Re: "IEA's Birol Says Iran War Will Permanently Cut Into Future Oil Demand"

By Lynn McGuire on Mon May 4 14:42:55 2026

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"Buck Out" by Ken Benton

By Lynn McGuire on Wed May 13 19:02:40 2026

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(review) Unquenchable Fire by Rachel Pollack

By jdnicoll on Thu May 14 09:05:44 2026

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(History's Actors) Bones of the Earth by Michael Swanwick

By jdnicoll on Tue May 12 09:45:35 2026

Latest reply by Paul S Person on Thu May 14 08:57:20 2026
=?UTF-8?B?4oCcRXZlcnk=?= UAP video released by the U.S. Department of War in 14 =?UTF-8?B?bWludXRlc+KAnQ==?=

By Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOliveiro?= on Tue May 12 02:35:07 2026

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By Lynn McGuire on Wed May 13 19:05:59 2026

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Re: (ReacTor) The Science Behind Torchships

By Paul S Person on Sat May 2 08:26:22 2026

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By kludge on Sat May 2 10:00:21 2026

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(Translation) Mushoku Tensei, volume 1 by Rifujin Na Magonote

By jdnicoll on Wed May 13 13:01:01 2026

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(Tears) The Death of Grass by John Christopher

By jdnicoll on Sun May 10 13:00:28 2026

Latest reply by Christian Weisgerber on Wed May 13 11:12:40 2026
rec.arts.sf.written Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) by Evelyn Leeper

By Lynn McGuire on Mon May 11 17:28:37 2026

Latest reply by Lynn McGuire on Mon May 11 17:28:37 2026
"Under My Heel (The Kurtherian Gambit)" by Michael Anderle

By Lynn McGuire on Mon May 11 16:36:21 2026

Latest reply by Lynn McGuire on Mon May 11 16:36:21 2026
(ReacTor) Two Plot-Friendly Approaches to Generation Ships

By jdnicoll on Mon May 11 10:14:18 2026

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Re: [OT] Re: oThe aCalifornia PremiumA: Why the Golden StateAs aTake Per GallonA consistently outpaces refiner earningso

By The Horny Goat on Sun May 10 20:11:03 2026

Latest reply by Paul S Person on Mon May 11 08:45:29 2026
[YASID] Not Element 79 by Fred Hoyle

By quadi on Sun May 10 19:54:59 2026

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Today, 25 years ago

By ram on Sun May 10 15:07:41 2026

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The speculative fiction world of Lawrence =?UTF-8?Q?D=E2=80=99Oliveiro?=

By oldernow on Sun May 10 11:26:48 2026

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By Lynn McGuire on Fri May 8 16:08:32 2026

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Is John Fetterman speculative fiction in the flesh?

By oldernow on Fri May 8 19:18:59 2026

Latest reply by oldernow on Fri May 8 20:32:18 2026
Re: [PSA] New Leckie standalone in the Imperial Radch universe

By scott on Sat May 2 16:07:06 2026

Latest reply by Michael F. Stemper on Fri May 8 07:51:20 2026
Wizard of Id: Mental Health Day

By Lynn McGuire on Fri May 8 15:45:16 2026

Latest reply by Lynn McGuire on Fri May 8 15:45:16 2026
Thoughts on book "A Question of Navigation" by Kevin Hearne

By a425couple on Thu May 7 16:04:10 2026

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Re: International Harry Potter Day

By scott on Sun May 3 14:28:44 2026

Latest reply by Michael F. Stemper on Fri May 8 07:48:32 2026
Re: =?UTF-8?B?4oCcQXJteeKAmXM=?= New M1A3: A Faster, Lighter, Drone-Killing =?UTF-8?B?QmVhc3TigJ0=?=

By Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOliveiro?= on Tue May 5 22:08:38 2026

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"No Man's Land: Volume 3 (Chronicles of Lost Elly)" by Sarah A. Hoyt

By Lynn McGuire on Thu May 7 15:15:25 2026

Latest reply by Lynn McGuire on Thu May 7 15:15:25 2026
RI March 2026

By ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan on Thu May 7 00:34:23 2026

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Pearls Before Swine: Best Creative Work

By Lynn McGuire on Wed May 6 14:40:38 2026

Latest reply by Nuno Silva on Wed May 6 23:29:36 2026
SideQuested: Is That A Baby Dragon ?

By Lynn McGuire on Tue May 5 14:09:08 2026

Latest reply by Jay Morris on Wed May 6 20:47:31 2026
Language of the Night Ursula LeGuin

By Bobbie Sellers on Wed May 6 18:28:58 2026

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https://questionablecontent.net is hacked and down per https://www.jephjacques.com/

By Lynn McGuire on Mon May 4 14:37:07 2026

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Re: e. e. "doc" smith (Steampunk Star Trek)

By Michael F. Stemper on Wed May 6 09:54:03 2026

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Re: Found On BlueSky

By Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOliveiro?= on Wed May 6 08:47:27 2026

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Re: "A Taint in the Blood: A Novel of the Shadowspawn, #1" by S. M. Stirling

By Lynn McGuire on Mon May 4 14:40:32 2026

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Re: "Two Kings"

By Paul S Person on Sat May 2 08:49:23 2026

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Re: Graphic novels and comic books

By scott on Sun May 3 16:58:26 2026

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Over The Hedge: Constipation

By Lynn McGuire on Tue May 5 13:47:23 2026

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"The Dog Stars (Vintage Contemporaries)" by Peter Heller

By Lynn McGuire on Tue May 5 14:37:32 2026

Latest reply by Lynn McGuire on Tue May 5 14:44:57 2026
Who's Who?

By The True Melissa on Tue May 5 13:21:03 2026

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(Meetpoint) Tripoint (Company Wars, volume 6) by C J Cherryh

By jdnicoll on Tue May 5 12:56:21 2026

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Re: stats 2-26 Apr

By Paul S Person on Sat May 2 08:55:40 2026

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Re: [Meta] Much shorter trips to Mars

By ram on Sun May 3 16:00:26 2026

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Re: Victor Davis Hanson Puts Iran Operation Into Historic Perspective Compares Trump to Churchill (VIDEO)

By Bobbie Sellers on Sun May 3 22:55:45 2026

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Re: Living in the Future: Stories about physical immortality?

By Paul S Person on Sat May 2 08:37:27 2026

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Re: 4 May 2026

By oldernow on Mon May 4 02:22:07 2026

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Re: (Review) The Player of Games by Iain M. Banks

By Don on Mon May 4 00:16:16 2026

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Re: How To Confront The Horrors Of The Past

By Christian Weisgerber on Sat May 2 09:39:23 2026

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Re: OT Older But No Wiser Now.

By oldernow on Sat May 2 13:56:15 2026

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Re: [OT] Legislative and Executive branches in the UK

By William Hyde on Sun May 3 15:42:58 2026

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O.T. ProgRock (was Re: [PSA] New Leckie standalone in the Imperial Radch universe)

By scott on Sun May 3 14:42:43 2026

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Re: Limitations of GenAI and LLM

By ram on Sun May 3 14:42:20 2026

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By William Hyde on Sat May 2 15:52:54 2026

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Re: oVictor Davis Hanson Puts Iran Operation Into Historic Perspective u Compares Trump to Churchill (VIDEO)o

By The Horny Goat on Sat May 2 11:39:20 2026

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Re: oVictor Davis Hanson Puts Iran Operation In to Historic Perspective u Compares Trump to Churchill ( VIDEO)o

By The Horny Goat on Sat May 2 11:34:24 2026

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