omnivoracious.com - 11/10/2008
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Diversity of approach and subject matter marked the best science fiction and fantasy of 2008, with notable titles by two new writers and excellent efforts by several seasoned pros. Brian Francis Slattery's Liberation combined the serious and the satirical in...
sfsignal.com - 11/4/2008
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sfsignal.com —
REVIEW SUMMARY : An excellent science fiction film
whose social commentary still stands up today. MY RATING
: BRIEF SYNOPSIS : Astronauts land on a planet where humans are primitive and talking apes are the dominant species. MY REVIEW : PROS : ...
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SF Signal - A Science Fiction Blog
newscientist.com - 11/14/2008
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newscientist.com —
Sci-Fi as a genre will never die because
there are and will always be unknowns in science.
Take for example the 10/11 dimensional space necessary for string theory. What if, a question commonly used to author Sci-fi by the way, one could use those ...
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fi special: Is science fiction dying? - 12 November 2008 ...
newscientist.com - 11/14/2008
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newscientist.com —
Say, "Arthur", that's only because you didn't "get
it". It may be a big snore to you
if you weren't at least 10 years of age back when that superb film first came out, but if you weren't, you haven't the foggiest idea of what impact that film had on ...
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Science fiction special: The future of a genre - 12 ...
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Liberation Is A Better Novel Than Anathem, Says Amazon [Top 10 Books Of 2008]
io9 —
... story of a gang of super-criminals reuniting to save a fallen America that's reinstated human slavery beat out Neal Stephenson's Anathem (which came in at number five), Jeanette Winterson's The Stone Gods (number eight) and Iain M. Banks' Matter (number nine). But Amazon.com's customers chose Stephenie Meyers' symbiont love story The Host as the best book of the year. (Click on each book title to read our own review.) [Omnivoracious]
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tor.com / frontpage —
Here at Tor.com, we err on the side of being overly humble about what Tor’s books are up to. But now that io9 has scooped us, we might as well mention that the second book by Brian Slattery, a blogger here and the author of this month’s free ebook, is at the tippy-top of Amazon’s list of best science fiction and fantasy books of 2008.
Although the book’s official release date was a few weeks ago, the news is well timed given that this is the week Liberation is really heading out in style. For starters, there will be a truly rocking release ...
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