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19 January 2009

[Article by  Brian Trent]

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ARTICLE: Lost Chance: Greek and Chinese Philosophy's Unrealized Romance, by Brian Trent

Over the course of two centuries, intellectual luminaries simultaneously emerged in Greece and China. . . . What would have happened had the two met?

FICTION: The Shangri-La Affair, by Lavie Tidhar

It came spilling over Asia like grains of rice measured into a pan. Digital systems were corrupted. Tailor-made viruses swept through urban populations, spread out to villages, sometimes merely killing, sometimes transforming people into ... into other things.

POETRY: A Guide to the Air-Dependent, by Kaolin Imago Fire

Focus on the effort wasted / that makes you stronger.

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

Monday: Watermind by M.M. Buckner, reviewed by L. Timmel Duchamp
Wednesday: Going Under by Justina Robson, reviewed by Kari Sperring
Friday: The Bell at Sealey Head by Patricia A. McKillip, reviewed by Hannah Strom-Martin