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The Hemingway Hoax: Award-winning novella

The Hemingway Hoax by Joe Haldeman While on vacation in Key West, John Baird, a Hemingway scholar, meets a conman named Castle in a bar. After telling Castle about Hemingway’s missing manuscript, Castle suggests that they forge it and make a lot of money. Baird refuses, of course, but Castle enlists Baird’s wife Lena and […]

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Jurassic Park: Crichton has improved his formula

Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton In our Edge of the Universe column we review mainstream authors that incorporate elements of speculative fiction into their “literary” work. However you want to label them, we hope you’ll enjoy discussing these books with us. It’s difficult to talk about Michael Crichton’s Jurassic Park, though not because the novel’s plot […]

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Possession: A Romance

Possession: A Romance by A.S. Byatt [In our Edge of the Universe column, we review mainstream authors that incorporate elements of speculative fiction into their “literary” work. However you want to label them, we hope you’ll enjoy discussing these books with us.] An historical mystery, a bittersweet love story, an exploration of myths and fairytales, a tribute […]

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The Difference Engine: Thickly veiled and imperceptible

The Difference Engine by William Gibson & Bruce Sterling William Gibson and Bruce Sterling, two major SciFi powerhouses, joined forces to produce The Difference Engine, a classic steampunk novel which was nominated for the 1990 British Science Fiction Award, the 1991 Nebula Award for Best Novel, and the 1992 John W. Campbell Memorial Award and […]

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Jack of Kinrowan: Draws you in

Jack of Kinrowan by Charles de Lint Jack of Kinrowan is actually two books — Jack the Giant Killer and Drink Down the Moon — in an omnibus edition. Jack the Giant Killer served as de Lint’s volume in the excellent Datlow and Windling edited series of modern retellings of classic fairy tales, as it […]

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Haroun and the Sea of Stories: Lots of meaning

Haroun and the Sea of Stories by Salman Rushdie I confess that I’ve read nothing by Salman Rushdie before, and any knowledge I have of him stems from the controversy that surrounds him. Most are probably well aware of this already, but in 1988 his novel The Satanic Verses was published, resulting in a call […]

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Tigana: Fascinating story filled with passion

Tigana by Guy Gavriel Kay Tigana is a masterpiece. It is difficult to summarize the plot, for so much of the story unfolds organically — indeed, as a near-perfect tainflower — that one fears to spoil the pleasure of becoming swept up in the narrative. That said, the tale concerns the Palm, a mythic penninsula […]

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