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xkcd #3294

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(WFC) Sweetside Motel by E. L. Chen

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?Mysterious superyacht?s secret A-list owner unmasked after days of dom

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"Steel's Edge (The Edge, Book 4)" by Ilona Andrews

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Size of ebooks. (Amazon Aust).

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2026 Hugo, Lodestar, and Astounding Winners

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(Meetpoint) The Collected Short Fiction of C.J. Cherryh

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(review) The Best of All Possible Planets By Alex Shvartsman

By James Nicoll on Tue Sep 1 08:57:00 2026

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"Canines and Cocktails, Book 4 of Oberon?s Meaty Mysteries" by Kevin He

By Lynn McGuire on Tue Sep 1 16:41:35 2026

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(ReacTor) Five Classic SF Tales of the Nanny State Gone Mad!

By James Nicoll on Tue Aug 25 16:21:35 2026

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(Tears) The Victorian Chaise-Longue By Marghanita Laski

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The possible futures of planet Earth....

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?Our Deepest Condolences to Dolly Parton?s Family?

By Lynn McGuire on Thu Aug 27 01:55:55 2026

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(WFC) Weird Fishes by Rae Mariz

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FYI: web discussion page for SF book threads

By TheBadger on Thu Aug 27 18:54:48 2026

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XKCD today...

By BobbieSellers on Thu Aug 27 12:38:41 2026

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?SpaceX unveils Starbase launch site in Louisiana, moves up orbital dat

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(ReacTor) An Award-Based Anthology Series With a Difference

By James Nicoll on Thu Aug 20 14:16:07 2026

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"Powerless" by Harry Turtledove

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"Sued For Peace (The Kurtherian Gambit)" by Michael Anderle

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"Implied SPACES" by Walter John Williams

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(Bundle of Holding) Kage Baker

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(Review) The Fall of Hyperion by Dan Simmons

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Re: xkcd

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Re: change in coming sudden evolution

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"Release the Dogs of War (The Kurtherian Gambit #10)" by Michael Anderl

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(Realized) This is Not a Game By Walter Jon Williams

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Re: L. Ron Hubbard said you don't get rich writing sci-fi

By Lynn McGuire on Wed Aug 5 00:51:55 2026

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?Heinlein?s Crazy Years?

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H. Beam Piper

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(Tears) An Old Friend of the Family by Fred Saberhagen

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Re: "AI companies are buying up rare and out-of-print books and shreddi

By Lawrence D?Oliveiro on Sun Aug 9 23:29:18 2026

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"It's Hell To Choose (The Kurtherian Gambit #9) by Michael Anderle

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Re: "The Mandibles: A Family, 2029-2047" by Lionel Shriver

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Pearls Before Swine: Get Rich Quick

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(WFC) The Great Game by Arvind Ethan David

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Exponents

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"Death & Honey, Book 3 of Oberon?s Meaty Mysteries" by Kevin Hearne, De

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(review) The Final Chronicle of Yeneh by Jo Miles

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First test flight of largest all-electric aircraft used just $5 of elec

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"Blood, Oil and Love (Combined Operations #2)" by Dorothy Grant

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(Homeward) The High Crusade by Poul Anderson

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(ReacTor) Classic SFF Covers With Potential Health & Safety Issues

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(tears) Star Trek Log One by Alan Dean Foster

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"Magic (Book Six, The Wizards Series): A Paranormal Thriller" by Jack L

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?SpaceX's biggest investors are finally visible ? just as millions more

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BC: Catch and Release

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?Dilbert 2004-10-03?

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Re: Adrian Tchaikovsky - where to start?

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Mesklin on Wikipedia front page

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Highlights and Lowlights - July 2026

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A new kind of weak (in)consistency model

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?The sharpest pictures ever taken of the Sun show it swirling?

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(Review) On a Pale Horse by Piers Anthony

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"End Game: Wolfhounds - Book Six" by John Van Stry

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(WFC) Find Me Where It Ends by Cassandra Khaw

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Re: ƒ??It Is Going to Be a Very Difficult Winter if the Global Energy C

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(review) The Curve of the World by Vonda N. McIntyre

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Re: Dystopian fiction as a model

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"The Cat?s Choice" by Sarah A. Hoyt

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?Elon Musk to build the biggest building in the world ? spanning a colo

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"Manifest Destiny: Wolfhounds - Book Five" by John Van Stry

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(Translation) A Plagued Sea by Kim Bo-Young

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rec.arts.sf.written Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) by Evelyn Leeper

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(Review) A Short Stay in Hell by Steven L. Peck

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Dilbert: Gun Ownership

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?Liar's pants.png?

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"1636-The China Venture" by Eric Flint and Iver P. Cooper

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Pearls Before Swine: Drove My Chevy To The Levee

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"War Child: Wolfhounds - Book Four" by John Van Stry

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(Tears) Swordsmistress of Chaos by Robert Holdstock & Angus Wells

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Re: (ReacTor) Five SF Works About Building a New Nation

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"Force Majeure: Wolfhounds - Book Three" by John Van Stry

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Three Laws for AI. (Based on Asimov's).

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_A Trade of Blood_ and ?The Lion?s Tusk? by Robert Jackson Bennett

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Wizard Of Id: Oh Henry!

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(WFC) Luminous by Silvia Park

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?8 Years Later, Ready Player One Is Finally Getting A Movie Sequel?

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Installment immortality" by Seanan McGuire.

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"Taking Ground: Wolfhounds - Book Two" by John Van Stry

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?A 9,000-pound SpaceX rocket will crash into the moon tonight. Will you

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?SpaceX rocket's impact crater on the moon spied by Korean lunar orbite

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(Translation) Yami-Hara by Mizuki Tsujimura

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Re: "Soft Rains" by Bradbury

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BC: Beware Of Velociraptor

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"Fate's Edge (The Edge, Book 3)" by Ilona Andrews

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Re: Retaining Earth's Habitability

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?Here's When SpaceX Expects $1 Trillion in Annual Revenue?

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