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Uncanny Valley Digest: Karl Schroeder’s Stealing Worlds

Posted on 18 June 2020 by Suhail Rafidi

A spunky burglar is on the run for her life after helping her now-murdered father rob a corrupt ecological securities firm. Schroeder’s virtual worlds detective caper, set in the near future, is a young adult primer on the implications of … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The High Crusade by Poul Anderson

Posted on 17 January 2013 by Suhail Rafidi

14th century English Baron Sir Roger de Tourneville is about to make war on France, when an interstellar scout ship lands amidst his army encampment. From the craft emerge a small group of star-faring, alien conquerors. Having evolved beyond the … Continue reading →

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