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Day: November 5, 2014

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WWWednesday: November 5, 2014

November 5 is a big day in world space history. On this day in 2007, China launches its first lunar satellite, Chang’e 1; also, on this date in 2013, India launches its first interplanetary probe, the Mars Orbiter Mission.

Writing, Editing, and Publishing:

Similar to the Maria Alexander post I shared last week, this week io9 featured 10 tropes involving fantasy weapons that need to die–preferably with a Valyrian-steel blade through the heart.

Check out this dark Soviet animation of Stephen King‘s short story,


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November 5th, 2014. | World Wide Wednesday | 6 comments |

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California Bones: A fun fantasy caper with inventive magic

California Bones by Greg van Eekhout

Daniel Blackland has been raised to be a magician from at least the time he was six years old and found a kraken spine on Santa Monica Beach. He inherited his propensity to osteomancy — bone magic — from his father, a powerful magician who has made his share of enemies. More than that, he was trained, shaped and molded by his father, who wants to make him strong enough to withstand the schemes of his enemies, regardless of how that hill hurt him, physically and emotionally.


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November 5th, 2014. and ´s rating: | | SFF Reviews | 5 comments |

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Falling Free: An early stand-alone VORKOSIGAN book

Falling Free by Lois McMaster Bujold

Falling Free is an early stand-alone story in Lois McMaster Bujold’s VORKOSIGAN SAGA. It takes place before the events we read about in the other books and tells the story of the Quaddies, those genetically engineered “mutants” who have four arms and no legs and who, therefore, make good workers for zero-gravity situations. They were created in secret by a corporation who is using them as free labor.

The story starts when Leo Graf, an engineer, is hired to train students on a distant planet.


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November 5th, 2014. ´s rating: | | , | SFF Reviews | 3 comments |

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