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23 February 2009

[Article by  Nader Elhefnawy]

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ARTICLE: Revisiting the Victorian Techno-thriller, by Nader Elhefnawy

[W]hat these [1980s techno-thriller] novels really represented was a resurgence of a genre long thought dead, namely the "future war" story as it was known prior to the outbreak of World War I.

FICTION: Sometimes We Arrive Home, by K. Bird Lincoln

This alien air feels familiar, like something from her own pores.

POETRY: I Christen Thee, My Higgs Boson, by Michael Meyerhofer

starlings migrating over Wal-Mart / calligraphy of the inexplicable

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

Monday: Gears of War: Aspho Fields by Karen Traviss, reviewed by Nader Elhefnawy
Wednesday: Poe, edited by Ellen Datlow, reviewed by Jonathan McCalmont
Friday: Dragon in Chains by Daniel Fox, reviewed by Kari Sperring