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Intelligent Design by Denise Little

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Tuesday, September 14th, 2010

Intelligent Design
Author: Ed. Denise Little
Publisher: DAW Books
ISBN-10: 0756405688
ISBN-13: 978-0756405687
Rating: 7/10

When I was a young, maybe 9 or 10, one of my favorite games on the computer was Sim Earth. As “God” games go, it was pretty primitive, not at all like Black and White or Spore or whatever the kids are playing these days. The sheer enjoyment and frustration (mostly the latter) I derived from having to manage an Earth-sized planet and keep species of all stripes from going extinct taught me two things: A) being God sucks and B) this whole Earth was created in six days thing is way more complex than it looks on paper.
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We Never Talk about My Brother by Peter S. Beagle

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Tuesday, October 20th, 2009

We Never Talk about My Brother
Author: Peter S. Beagle
Publisher: Tachyon
ISBN-13: 9781892391834
ISBN: 189239183X
Rating: 8/10

Surrealism and fantasy. Not exactly two peas in a pod, right? Well, maybe, maybe not. Then again, if you’re Peter S. Beagle, and you’ve just compiled a compilation of beautifully written, taut surrealistic short stories called, intriguingly, We Never Talk about My Brother, you may be the odd duck in the flock.
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Notes For A Memoir by Janet Jeppson Asimov

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Thursday, September 24th, 2009

Notes for a Memoir
Author: Janet Jeppson Asimov
Publisher: Prometheus Books
ISBN-13: 9781591024057
ISBN -10: 1591024056
Rating: 8/10

With science fiction, there is always something new every day (or week, or year, or decade). Yet rarely do readers find out about the interior lives of their favorite novelists, especially when the person in question has been deceased for almost 20 years. Enter Janet Jeppson Asimov. As wife of novelist and bon vivant Isaac Asimov, Jeppson collaborated with-and had access to-one of the giants of the Golden Age of science fiction. In Notes for a Memoir, she shares the hopes, dreams, and tribulations she enjoyed with the creator of I, Robot and the Foundation trilogy-affording a special look into the mechanics of an extraordinary relationship.
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The Dimension Next Door by Martin H. Greenberg & Kerrie Hughes

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Tuesday, July 21st, 2009

The Dimension Next Door
Author: Martin H. Greenberg and Kerrie Hughes, Eds.
Title: The Dimension Next Door
Publisher Daw Fantasy
ISBN: 9780756405090
Rating: 7/10

Anthologies are a tricky lot. Either the stories are all good or they all suck, and everybody has their favorites. “The Dimension Next Door” is no different. Within its pages, there are sleepers, and then there are stories that tingle the spine and encourage the reader to plow through the book even further. Fortunately, there are more of the latter than the former.
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