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Mar. 14th, 2014

So this is not a review of the book. It is a review of the blurb intended to entice me to buy it.

I do not care for this blurb but am curious how other people react to it.

Crossposts: http://james-nicoll.livejournal.com/4852840.html

John Grimes shouldn't look like he roofies his dates.

Crossposts: http://james-nicoll.livejournal.com/4853050.html

An excerpt from the upcoming Varley.

Crossposts: http://james-nicoll.livejournal.com/4853265.html

I don't in fact think Baen has the worst covers in F&SFdom. I invite you all to provide proof of this thesis.

Crossposts: http://james-nicoll.livejournal.com/4853593.html

Writer and artist Mark E. Rogers, 61, died February 2, 2014 of an apparent heart attack while hiking in Death Valley with his family

Crossposts: http://james-nicoll.livejournal.com/4853832.html

A Neanderthal steps through from another history; due to various events he strikes and kills someone here.

Can he be arrested for murder? Does a Neanderthal automatically count as a human in the eyes of the law? If so, how far from homo sapiens sapiens does a hominid have to be before they don't count as a person by default?

Crossposts: http://james-nicoll.livejournal.com/4854041.html

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