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	February 5, 2008 Jack Vance "To Live Forever" and other Vance extravaganzas
	January 23, 2008 Alastair Reynolds "Pushing Ice" Cosmological "noir" chase across space
	January 18, 2008 Charles Stross "Missile Gap" Mind-bending Cold War world-building
	January 16, 2008 Hidden Gems of Pulp SF, Part 2 Rare stories from the "Age of Wonder" incl. David Keller, Horace Gold etc.
	January 12, 2008 Ultra-Rare Serials from "Fantasy Magazine" "Cosmos" + "Challenge From Beyond" incredible line-up of writers
	December 30, 2007 Hidden Gems of Pulp SF, Part 1 Neat & Rare Stories incl. the mad rally story "The Racer"
	December 25, 2007 Astounding Stories, June 1935 Full Issue Review incl. Gallun, Schachner, Campbell
	December 24, 2007 Astounding Stories, May 1941 Full Issue Review incl. Heinlein, Asimov, Eric Frank Russell
	December 23, 2007 Horace Gold; P. Schuyler Miller "Apocalyptic Blockbusters" "Inflexure" and "Spawn", unreal stuff
	December 19, 2007 Exclusive: Interview with John C. Wright Plus his advice to new writers Adventures in Space & Magic
	November 11, 2007 Frank Belknap Long "The Horror from the Hills" Great Lovecraftian Weird Novella
	October 13, 2007 Exclusive: Interview with Jeff VanderMeer Plus his Recommended Reading List A Triumph of the Bizarre...and the Rise of Squidpunk
	September 13, 2007 Alastair Reynolds, Part 2 More "Galactic North" Stories A Mixture of Hard Sf, James Bond & Jaws...
	September 10, 2007 Alastair Reynolds Review "Galactic North" staring down infinity...
	September 9, 2007 Most Shocking Article "Holey Fools" by M. Christian Warning: Gross Subject Matter
	September 7, 2007 Alfred Bester Review "The Stars My Destination" "...nail it to the Retro Hugo voting board..."
	September 4, 2007 Larry Niven Review "Neutron Star" "better get GP alien ship hull"
	September 3, 2007 Poul Anderson Review "Ensign Flandry" "or how to start a sub-genre..."
	September 1, 2007 Thomas M. Disch Review "The Squirrel Cage" "...seriously mind-bending stuff..."
	August 31, 2007 Henry Kuttner Review "Mimsy Were the Borogoves" (The Last Mimzy) "...great storyline for a pretty average movie..."
	August 30, 2007 Robert A. Heinlein Review "The Moon is the Harsh Mistress" "...it caused a tooth ache, and put my brain on freeze..."
	August 29, 2007 Frank Herbert Review "Destination: Void" "...a layered cake of ideas and a scientific extrapolation on a genius level..."
	August 28, 2007 Harlan Ellison Review "The Abnormals" "...editors slapped the most outrageous titles on his stories..."
	August 28, 2007 James White Review "All Judgement Fled" "...the tension is palpable, soon to grow almost unbearable..."
	August 26, 2007 Grand Adventure Strikes Again Space Opera Article, by Avi Abrams Based on Arthur Clarke's "Against the Fall of Night"
	August 21, 2007 William Gibson Review "Burning Chrome" "...sheer pyrotechnics and exuberance of style..."
	August 19, 2007 Murray Leinster Review "Ace Double: The Mutant Weapon" "...the characters might as well be cats or hamsters..."
	August 18, 2007 Astounding Stories, May 1935 Pulp SF Magazine Review with many original illustrations
	August 17, 2007 Clifford Simak Review "So Bright the Vision" "...Scrumptious assortment of vintage 50s SF morsels..."
	August 16, 2007 Philip K. Dick Review "Beyond Lies the Wub" "...a happy chunk of PKD vintage writing..."
	August 15, 2007 Wonder Stories, Feb 1935 Pulp SF Magazine Review with original illustrations
	August 14, 2007 Startling Stories, July 1940 Pulp SF Magazine Review with original illustrations
	August 13, 2007 Astounding Stories, June 1936 Pulp SF Magazine Review with many original illustrations
	August 11, 2007 Planet Stories, Summer 1946 Pulp SF Magazine Review Leigh Brackett joins Ray Bradbury!
	August 10, 2007 Asimov's SF Magazine, June 2006 New SF Magazine Review utterly crazy Rudy Rucker story
	August 9, 2007 Universe 16, ed. by Terry Carr Original Anthology Review two SUPER stories in this issue!

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