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Alastair Reynolds’ Slow Bullets

Wars do not end neatly. While treaties may be signed and victories declared, there’s always room around the edges and in the grey spaces away from cameras and central command for those more interested in brutality than resolution. Such is … Continue reading

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Roger Zelazny; Donald S. Grubbs, Christopher S. Kivas and Ann Crimmins (eds.): Last Exit to Babylon: The Collected Stories of Roger Zelazny, Volume 4

I reviewed some time ago the first three volumes of the six total volumes in this set. So I figured that I was overdue to finish off my reviews of this exemplary collection of everything that this writer did save … Continue reading

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William Gibson’s The Peripheral

Once again, a William Gibson book seems ripped from today’s headlines, extrapolated forward a bare few years.  I like The Peripheral as much as I’ve liked any of Gibson’s books. Probably better. It takes place in a very real-seeming world, … Continue reading

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Isaac Asimov’s Foundation trilogy

Isaac Asimov’s Foundation trilogy is inarguably one of the seminal works of modern science fiction. It was one of the first to take its inspiration from the social sciences rather than the physical sciences (Gernsback’s formula of “better living through … Continue reading

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Kage Baker’s Ancient Rockets: Treasures and Trainwrecks of the Silent Screen

Most of you most likely know Kage Baker as the writer of The Company series where immortal cyborgs gleaned treasures for their masters down the long years, but but did you know that she had a deep, loving interest in … Continue reading

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Margaret Atwood’s In Other Worlds: SF and the Human Imagination

Margaret Atwood needs no introduction to readers of Green Man Review. Suffice to say she is one of the best known and highly respected North American writers of … hmm, well, what is it that she writes? Actually, that is … Continue reading

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Glen Cook’s A Matter of Time

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Dan Simmons’s Phases of Gravity

I was puzzled when I began reading Phases of Gravity by Dan Simmons. Like a lot of Simmons fans, my entry to his fiction was the Hyperion series. I’ve since read many of his books, both newer and older, but … Continue reading

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Greg Bear’s Hull Zero Three

Prolific hard-sci-fi author Greg Bear has come up with another winner with Hull Zero Three. It’s a space opera of sorts that pits a handful of human and humanoid characters against their ship, which has somehow gone rogue. Some of … Continue reading

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Kage Baker’s Not Less Than Gods

Matthew Winslow submitted this review. It is a little after 1:15 p.m., January 31, 2010. Kage Baker passed away just 12 hours ago and I found out about it less than a half hour ago. Even though the Green Man … Continue reading

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