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Sunday, April 24, 2011

I'll likely have to get admitted to hospital tomorrow (again!)

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

My fever is back, with a vengeance

Sunday, April 17, 2011

Geoffrey A Landis' "The Sultan of the Clouds" (novella, adventure, free): Ordinary man foils genocide conspiracy

Thursday, April 14, 2011

Fredric Brown's "The Waveries" (short story, alien invasion, free)

Wednesday, April 13, 2011

David W Goldman's "The First Conquest of Earth" (short story, humor, free)

Sunday, April 10, 2011

"AntipodeanSF", April 2011 (magazine, free): Annotated table of contents & review

Saturday, April 9, 2011

Nebula Awards 2010: Short stories - nominees & my rankings

My "best of the year" picks: 2011

John Trevillian's "The A-Men" (2010) & its sequel "A-Men Return" (2011) (novels)

A note for authors or publishers wanting to send review material

Thursday, April 7, 2011

Rick Raphael's "The Thirst Quenchers" (novella, engineering, free): Managing fresh water in an energy-rich but overpopulated world

Sunday, April 3, 2011

"Thrilling Wonder Stories", Vol 8 No 2 (October 1936) (ed Mort Weisinger): Annotated table of contents

Saturday, April 2, 2011

Diagnosis

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