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Books

Isaac Asimov’s Robots: The Robots of Dawn

April 4, 2011 at 2:00 pm
Ann Wells
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Isaac Asimov, Robot Month, robots
Although it is no longer Robot Month at Fandomania, the trek through Isaac Asimov's novels and stories about robots continues with The Robots of Dawn.
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Isaac Asimov’s Robots: The Naked Sun

March 28, 2011 at 2:00 pm
Ann Wells
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Isaac Asimov, Robot Month, robots
While I, Robot and The Caves of Steel focused heavily on themes of prejudice and fear of those who are different, whether human or robot, The Naked Sun takes place away from earth and therefore away from these competing groups.
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Isaac Asimov’s Robots: The Caves of Steel

March 25, 2011 at 11:00 am
Ann Wells
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Isaac Asimov, Robot Month, robots
Isaac Asimov's The Caves of Steel appeared in 1953, first as a magazine serial and subsequently in novel form. The Caves of Steel is at its heart a murder mystery which takes places thousands of years after the events of the stories in I, Robot.
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Isaac Asimov’s Robots: I, Robot

March 18, 2011 at 2:00 pm
Ann Wells
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Isaac Asimov, Robot Month, robots
When Fandomania chose "robots" as the theme for the month, one of the first things that came to mind was the classic science fiction of Isaac Asimov. This is just the first of a series on Isaac Asimov's Robots, in which we will explore the collection of
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Book Review: Chicks Dig Time Lords

March 10, 2011 at 5:00 pm
Ann Wells
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books-, doctor who, Reviews
Chicks Dig Time Lords is a collection of 23 essays, three interviews, and one cartoon edited by Lynne M. Thomas and Tara O'Shea. They have assembled quite a treasure trove of stories that documents the history of Doctor Who fandom through the individual
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Quirk Classics’ Art of The Mash-Up Contest

March 7, 2011 at 11:00 am
Paige F MacGregor
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Quirk Books
In honor of the March 22nd release of this final chapter in the Pride and Prejudice and Zombies trilogy, Quirk Books and Bridgeman Art Library invite you to create your own mash-up title and original book cover using a public domain book title and a
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Book Review: How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe

March 1, 2011 at 5:00 pm
Ann Wells
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books-, Reviews, science fiction
How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe, the first novel by award-winning young short story writer Charles Yu, can best be described as meta-science fiction.
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Book Review: Broken

February 9, 2011 at 5:00 pm
Kimberly Lynn Workman
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books-, Reviews
A broken superhero and an apocalyptic world seem a large undertaking for anyone, especially a first-time author. However, Susan Jane Bigelow manages to not only tell an interesting story, but to paint a picture of a world gone wrong and the superheroes
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Book Review: Do You Believe in Ninjas? A Celebration of Ninjutsu in Verse

January 26, 2011 at 11:00 am
Paige F MacGregor
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books-, Chris Moreno, D.J. Kirkbride, ninjas, Reviews
Kirkbride’s Do You Believe in Ninjas? is far more than just “poems about ninjas.” Kirkbride’s verse plays with both poetic form and diction while presenting readers with playful and entertaining subject matter.
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Book Review: Yarn

January 21, 2011 at 11:00 am
M.C. Shumaker
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books-, dystopian science fiction, Reviews
Yarn is a fairy tale that answers the question, "What would happen if fashion literally ruled society?". But this isn't a fluffy bed time story. In Yarn, the prequel to his best seller, Grey, Jon Armstrong has created a dystopian society ruled by one
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Book Review: The Habitation of the Blessed

January 14, 2011 at 5:00 pm
Ann Wells
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books-, Reviews
Valente's telling of Prester John's story reveals one man's journey to reconcile everything he thought he knew about God and the world with the reality of a place where none of that knowledge seems to apply.
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Book Review: Perhaps.

January 12, 2011 at 2:00 pm
Kimberly Lynn Workman
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books-, Jersey Devil Press, Reviews
If I had to use one word to describe this book, it would be "quirky." Schwegler has sought to use the world around us and give it a slant. With appearances by intelligent squirrels, talking food, and even Jesus, the range of story subjects will make you
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