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- jun - @J I had the same thought about the rhino. And he’s nearly drowned twice so far. @K I’m glad to...
- K - It was the passage of time between advances that really got me. On the one hand, yeah, Cal is a 15 year old...
- J - Wow. You’ve convinced me I made the right decision in not reading the rest. How many times does he nearly...
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science fiction Archive
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Nebula Project: A Time of Changes
Posted on September 13, 2011 | No CommentsWhen a man from Earth introduces prince-in-exile Kinnal Darival a telepathic drug from Kinnal's own planet, he has a revolutionary epiphany. He takes the subversive and obscene step of writing his autobiography -- in the first person, as part of a crusade to share this drug and this worldview with others. -
Nebula Project: The Sixties in Review
Posted on August 7, 2011 | No CommentsJ: So from 1965 to 1970 is a short decade, but there was a tie in there, so it was actually 7 books. And the first thing I notice about them right off is that... -
Skyfall by Catherine Asaro
Posted on August 2, 2011 | 5 CommentsFrom the back cover: Skyfall goes back to the beginning, to the rebirth of Skolia, showing how a chance meeting on a backwater planet forges a vast interstellar empire. Eldrinson, a provincial ruler on a... -
Nebula Project: Ringworld
Posted on July 28, 2011 | 3 CommentsOn his 200th birthday, Louis Wu is recruited by an alien to join an expedition to an unknown destination. The reward is the plans for a spaceship drive beyond anything the human race has yet invented. -
Skyfall (Catherine Asaro)
Posted on July 19, 2011 | 3 CommentsThe Plot The Skolian Empire stands on the brink of war, with only an important vote in the ruling Assembly to decide which way the decision will turn. Roca Skolia, the Foreign Affairs Minister and...