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	<description>The Worlds of Laura E. Reeve, SF/F Writer</description>
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		<title>I Am Not A Serial Killer, by Dan Wells</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 21:12:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dan Wells]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;d never have wandered by this book in the bookstore (online or brick-and-morter). But I encountered this book in the strangest of places: on my mother&#8217;s kitchen counter. I stopped, in surprise, and picked it up. &#8220;Did you buy this?&#8221; I asked her. It looked to be mainstream with a horror bent, or just plain [...]<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_32x32_style" addthis:url='http://www.ancestralstars.com/wp/sff-books/i-am-not-a-serial-killer-by-dan-wells/' addthis:title='I Am Not A Serial Killer, by Dan Wells ' ><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a><a class="addthis_button_compact"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Year&#8217;s (2004) Best SF, 21st Collection, edited by Gardner Dozois</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 15:46:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>laura</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Paolo Bacigalupi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Short Stories]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The problem with short stories, both in reading them and trying to get them published, is that they're so subjective. As they say about Beauty, Story and Character are also in the eye of the beholder.<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_32x32_style" addthis:url='http://www.ancestralstars.com/wp/sff-books/years-2004-best-sf-21st-collection-edited-by-gardner-dozois/' addthis:title='Year&#8217;s (2004) Best SF, 21st Collection, edited by Gardner Dozois ' ><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a><a class="addthis_button_compact"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Ariel, by Steven R. Boyett (and Thoughts About Updating Backlist)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 18:31:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>laura</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[For Writers]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Apocalyptic]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Steven Boyett]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Back cover, which is a good summation: It&#8217;s been five years since the change&#8230; Five years since the lights went out, cars stopped in the streets, and magical creatures began roaming the towns and countrysides of Earth. Pete Garey, a young loner who survived the Change and the madness that followed, spent two years wandering [...]<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_32x32_style" addthis:url='http://www.ancestralstars.com/wp/sff-books/ariel-by-steven-r-boyett-and-thoughts-about-updating-backlist/' addthis:title='Ariel, by Steven R. Boyett (and Thoughts About Updating Backlist) ' ><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a><a class="addthis_button_compact"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Knight&#8217;s Curse, by Karen Duvall</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 11:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>laura</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Urban Fantasy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the back cover: Orphan. Crusader. Angel. Thief. A skilled knife fighter since the age of nine, Chalice knows what it&#8217;s like to live life on the edge&#8212;precariously balanced between the dark and the light. But the time has come to choose. The evil sorcerer who kidnapped her over a decade ago requires her superhuman [...]<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_32x32_style" addthis:url='http://www.ancestralstars.com/wp/sff-books/knights-curse-by-karen-duvall/' addthis:title='Knight&#8217;s Curse, by Karen Duvall ' ><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a><a class="addthis_button_compact"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Schism: Part 1 of Triad, by Catherine Asaro</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 10:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>laura</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Catherine Asaro]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Space Opera]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Synopsized From Back Cover: Return to the early years of the Skolian Empire. Strife has riven the Skolian royal family. Sauscony, the eldest Skolian daughter, is ready to seek her fortune as an officer-in-trining in the military. When her father forbids her to undertake such a dangerous path, a wedge is formed as Soz chooses [...]<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_32x32_style" addthis:url='http://www.ancestralstars.com/wp/sff-books/schism-part-1-of-triad-by-catherine-asaro/' addthis:title='Schism: Part 1 of Triad, by Catherine Asaro ' ><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a><a class="addthis_button_compact"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>A Canticle For Leibowitz, by Walter M. Miller, Jr.</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 12:05:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>laura</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SF/F Books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Science Fiction]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every now and then, I try to pick up a classic SF novel. This one was published in the year I was born (hmm&#8212;let&#8217;s not make a big deal about its age, okay?) and I hadn&#8217;t read it. I picked it because it&#8217;s obviously memorable; it&#8217;s always brought up by other SF readers (you&#8217;ve read [...]<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_32x32_style" addthis:url='http://www.ancestralstars.com/wp/sff-books/a-canticle-for-leibowitz-by-walter-m-miller-jr/' addthis:title='A Canticle For Leibowitz, by Walter M. Miller, Jr. ' ><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a><a class="addthis_button_compact"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Bloodlands, by Christine Cody</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 11:55:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>laura</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SF/F Books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christine Cody]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Urban Fantasy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vampires Again]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[My husband won this for me in a drawing at the Ace/Roc presentation at Renovation (World SF Convention in Reno). The front tagline: They called it the New Badlands&#8212;Until the vampire came&#8230; That was interesting, until I turned it over and read the top blurb. &#8220;A great, edgy, fresh twist on paranormal romance. Brilliant!&#8221; by [...]<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_32x32_style" addthis:url='http://www.ancestralstars.com/wp/sff-books/bloodlands-by-christine-cody/' addthis:title='Bloodlands, by Christine Cody ' ><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a><a class="addthis_button_compact"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>The Bone Palace, by Amanda Downum</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2011 12:11:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>laura</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[SF/F Books]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Doppelganger Trap]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fantasy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vampires Again]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I loved the first book in Downum&#8217;s Necromancer Chronicles, called The Drowning City, which I covered in this post. This second book was just as impressive, set in a detailed and lush society, with multi-dimensional characters. As with the first book, there are multiple subplots and &#8220;games&#8221; being played, for very high stakes. All of [...]<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_32x32_style" addthis:url='http://www.ancestralstars.com/wp/sff-books/the-bone-palace-by-amanda-downum/' addthis:title='The Bone Palace, by Amanda Downum ' ><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a><a class="addthis_button_compact"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 02:30:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>laura</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Fantasy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[J.R.R. Tolkien]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ancestralstars.com/wp/?p=1679</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In preparation for Peter Jackson&#8217;s movie, The Hobbit, I decided to pull out Tolkien&#8217;s classic children&#8217;s tale and re-read it. It&#8217;s been two decades since I last read it, because I don&#8217;t read this book as frequently as I read Tolkien&#8217;s Lord of the Rings (LOTR). It was as delightful as I remember and since [...]<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_32x32_style" addthis:url='http://www.ancestralstars.com/wp/sff-books/the-hobbit-by-j-r-r-tolkien/' addthis:title='The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien ' ><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a><a class="addthis_button_compact"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>The Cardinal&#8217;s Blades, The Alchemist in the Shadows, by Pierre Pevel</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2011 15:20:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>laura</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Fantasy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Historical Fantasy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pevel&#8217;s series will envelope the reader in seventeenth-century Paris, but it&#8217;s not our Paris, because here be dragons. If you look these books up on Amazon.com, you may see some snotty comments (I don&#8217;t know how else to describe them) which say, &#8220;This is just The Three Musketeers with dragons.&#8221; No, it isn&#8217;t. Brush off [...]<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_32x32_style" addthis:url='http://www.ancestralstars.com/wp/sff-books/the-cardinals-blades-the-alchemist-in-the-shadows-by-pierre-pevel/' addthis:title='The Cardinal&#8217;s Blades, The Alchemist in the Shadows, by Pierre Pevel ' ><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a><a class="addthis_button_compact"></a></div>]]></description>
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