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1 June 2009

[Article by Karen Burnham]

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ARTICLE: Superheroes Used Symbolically in Novels, by Karen Burnham

Superheroes, being so over-the-top and recognizable, lend themselves brilliantly to satire, and satire is easy to turn towards any number of political targets.

FICTION: A Journal of Certain Events of Scientific Interest from the First Survey Voyage of the Southern Waters by HMS Ocelot, As Observed by Professor Thaddeus Boswell, DPhil, MSc; or, A Lullaby (Part 1 of 2), by Helen Keeble

By Divine providence, we captured the mermaid with neither loss of life nor injury to any seaman, nor any harm done to the specimen.

POETRY: Spacers' Planet, by Marge Simon

We are his reminders, / a company of ghosts,

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

Monday: Hoshruba, Book One: The Land and the Tilism, by Muhammad Husain Jah, translated by Musharraf Ali Farooqi, reviewed by Anil Menon
Wednesday: Blood and Ice by Robert Masello, reviewed by Duncan Lawie
Friday: Nights of Villjamur by Mark Charan Newton, reviewed by Martin Lewis

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