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11 May 2009

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ARTICLE: Let's Stop Conning Ourselves, by Patience Wieland

Are failures like JumpCon and FedConUSA a testament to science fiction fandom's limitations?

COLUMN: Beyond Bows and Eyelashes: Avatar Alternatives to Gender Rigidity, by E. Cabell Hankinson Gathman

Ridiculous as it may seem, while I have had a copy of Mario Kart since I got my Wii this past October, it's really only in the last couple of months that I've become aware of just how much unlockable content the game contains.

FICTION: The Rising Waters (Part 2 of 2), by Benjamin Crowell

"Was that the police?" asked Debbie about the invisible ghosts I'd been shouting at. "I don't like police. They hurt Alan Turing, and I can tell you're scared of them. I wish I could see them."

POETRY: Conflict Carbon, by Ann K. Schwader

unutterably blue / as that sad legend's skies, the shattered hue / of starlight failing

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

Monday: Battlestar Galactica: "Daybreak", reviewed by Roz Kaveney and Karen Meisner
Wednesday: A Thread of Truth by Nina Allan, reviewed by Martin Lewis
Friday: True Blood, season one, reviewed by Adam Roberts

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