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15 June 2009

[Article by  Mike Fisher]

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ARTICLE: Captain Newbie!: A 3-D Pete Cartoon, by Mike Fisher

Hmm . . . I wonder what the first mission with Captain "No Starfleet Experience Whatsoever" Kirk would be like?

COLUMN: Bookshelf Worlds, by Matthew Cheney

I am a bookshelf voyeur; any time I go into a room with books, I spy and pry. A new room—whether a waiting room, an office, a basement used for storage—always contains excitement for me if it has books, because, until I have thoroughly pored over them, there is the potential for surprise, and the potential is often as electrifying as the reality.

FICTION: Second-Hand Information, by Jennifer Linnaea

The next day I go to Pisha's house as usual, but his parent meets me at the door and looks at me extra long with her small, pink eyes. "I tell you first-hand that Pisha can't play today," she says. "He's gone in."

POETRY: Paper Doll, by Elizabeth Lee

all our lives will resemble what we see in magazines

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

Monday: Up, reviewed by David J. Schwartz
Wednesday: Genesis by Bernard Beckett, reviewed by Jonathan McCalmont
Friday: Fast Ships, Black Sails, edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer, reviewed by Richard Larson