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We've all seen what that happens when people believe "fake news." But in this exclusive interview with author Sue Burke about her new hard sci-fi novel "Dual Memory," she explains how this far future story was actually inspired by a fallacy from our past.
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And now, one for fans of The X-Men's Kid Omega, a.k.a. Quentin Quire: My exclusive interview with Neil Kleid, author of the Marvel-ous novel "School Of X: The Phoenix Chase."
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It's been a while since we've seen "Jews" and "The Old West" in the same sentence, and even then, it didn't also include "horror." But that's what you get from Zachary Rosenberg's novella "Hungers As Old As This Land" ... and this Q&A about it.
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It's her name on the cover, and she wrote everything in it, but in my new Q&A with writer Premee Mohamed about her / / collection "No One Will Come Back For Us," she shares some of the credit.
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Finished reading Bret Easton Ellis' "The Shards."
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This was one wild, gripping, dark, clever, and ultimately excellent novel. One of his better ones, too.

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Started reading Hanif Abdurraqib's "The Crown Ain't Worth Much: Poems."
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As with his second book, the best in this collection are the one that seem like they'd be as good if read aloud (which, so far, is most of them).

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As scary as made up monsters may be, they don't compare to the real-life horrors found in Australia's ecosystem. In my Q&A with editor Deborah Sheldon, she discusses the real world horror short story anthology "Killer Creatures Down Under."
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Having survived zombies in the real world, as well as their sci-fi cousins, we now turn to fantasy for our undead fix, courtesy of C.L. Werner's board game-inspired, horror-infused, fantasy novel "Zombicide: Black Plague: Isle Of The Undead" ... which you can learn more about in this Q&A.
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Started reading Catherine Wagner's "Of Course: Poems."
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Not sure about this one; nothing in the first 10 pages really grabbed me.

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Finished reading K. Iver's "Short Film Starring My Beloved's Red Bronco: Poems."
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Good stuff, both in terms of what they say and how they say it. Looking forward to their next one.

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Started reading K. Iver's "Short Film Starring My Beloved's Red Bronco: Poems."
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Has an interesting way of saying things that pack an emotional punch.

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In honor of Ren Hutchings' excellent sci-fi space opera novel "Under Fortunate Stars" now being available in paperback, here's the good interview we did when the book came out last year.
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Finished reading Eileen Myles' "A 'Working Life': Poems."
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An exemplary collection, especially the really long .

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Started reading Bret Easton Ellis' "The Shards."
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Is slowly but steadily pulling me in...

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Read John Scalzi's "The Dispatcher: Travel By Bullet" tonight.
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Enjoyed this inventive, -ish, metaphysical story, maybe even more than the others in this series.

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Finished reading Mike Brooks' "The Black Coast: Book 1 Of The God-King Chronicles."
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A compelling and exciting start to this epic fantasy trilogy.

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In my new interview with author L.R. Lam about her epic fantasy / high fantasy / romantasy novel "Dragonfall," she explains how it's not just about that hot human-on-dragon action.
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Started reading Henry Rollins' "Sic."
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Seems like forever since I last read a book of his journals...

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With his seventh book of short stories, "Zen And The Art Of Starship Maintenance," writer Tobias S. Buckell is collecting his "deep space, off world, big idea science fiction." For more, check out this exclusive interview.
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Nine years after its initial release, Christine Norrris' "A Curse Of Ash And Iron," her steampunk spin on "Cinderella," is being re-released. For more, check out this exclusive Q&A.
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