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3 November 2008

[Column by James Schellenberg]

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COLUMN: Summer Movies 2008, by James Schellenberg

It's like I don't enjoy blockbusters any more — I feel lonely in my dislike of The Dark Knight, for example — but I keep going every summer. Why might that be?

FICTION: Return (part 1 of 2), by Eric Vogt

He wasn't Rapid Combat, but a standard and very lethal fight package was part of his Mass Dynamics Overtraining. He was very, very aware that the hand holding her to the wall was in a position to crush her trachea with just a small twitch.

POETRY: The Astronaut's Return, by Marge Simon

Too long I've been in exile, / I've paid enough for my misdeeds.

REVIEW: This Week's Reviews, posted three times a week

Monday: The ABC Family Network show The Middleman, reviewed by Rov Kaveney
Wednesday: Or Else My Lady Keeps the Key by Kage Baker, reviewed by Donna Royston
Friday: The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness, reviewed by Martin Lewis