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    <body><![CDATA[Includes generally very good stories from a number of my favorite science fiction authors, including John Barnes' &quot;The Ocean is a Snowflake...&quot;, Ian McDonald's &quot;Vertandhi's Ring&quot;, Ted Chiang's &quot;The Alchemist and the Merchant's Gate&quot; (I am starting to believe that Chiang...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/55660222">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[It's really fun to be reading science fiction written in the last five years, since so much of our real-life experience of technology has changed in the Internet era.  <br/><br/>A few thoughts on what I've read so far...<br/><br/>I'm struck by the manner in which science fiction has both anticipated...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/55461581">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Just finished Ken Macleod' Lighting Out.<br/>Great short story, really scifi concept. <br/>A must read to sf fans. Im looking for more good work from this author...<br/>--<br/>Another author that spiked my interest is Ted Chiang. &quot;The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate&quot;, A very interest...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47232930">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Ok, I finished the book. Having read it all the way through now I gave it three stars. Out of thirty stories about a dozen were amazing. When I say amazing, I mean that if I could have rated them by themselves I would have given them more than 5 stars. 6 of the stories were abysmal, and the rest wer...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/28601793">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is the definitive annual collection of short form SF.  Each collection should be required reading for SF fans.]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;DIV&gt;In the new millennium, what secrets lay beyond the far reaches of the universe? What mysteries belie the truths we once held to be self evident?  The world of science fiction has long been a porthole into the realities of tomorrow blurring the line between life and art. Now, in <em>The Year’s Best Science Fiction Twenty-Fifth Annual Collection</em> the very best SF authors explore ideas of a new world.&lt;DIV&gt;This venerable collection brings together award winning authors and masters of the field such as Robert Reed, Ian McDonald, Stephen Baxter, Michael Swanwick, Paolo Bacigalupi, Kage Baker, Walter Jon Williams, Alastair Reynolds, and Charles Stross . And with an extensive recommended reading guide and a summation of the year in science fiction, this annual compilation has become the definitive must read anthology for all science fiction fans and readers interested in breaking into the genre.&lt;/DIV&gt;]]>
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    <![CDATA[Comprising:<br/><br/>Finisterra by David Moles;<br/>Lighting Out by Ken MacLeod;<br/>An Ocean is a Snowflake, Four Billion Miles Away by John Barnes;<br/>Saving Tiamaat by Gwyneth Jones;<br/>Of Late I Dreamt of Venus by James Van Pelt;<br/>Verthandi's Ring by Ian McDonald;<br/>Sea Change by Una McCormack<br/>The Sky is Large and the Earth is Small by Chris Roberson;<br/>Glory by Greg Egan;<br/>Against the Current by Robert Silverberg;<br/>Alien Archaeology by Neal Asher;<br/>The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate by Ted Chiang;<br/>Beyond the Wall by Justin Stanchfield;<br/>Kiosk by Bruce Sterling;<br/>Last Contact by Stephen Baxter;<br/>The Sledge-Maker's Daughter by Alastair Reynolds;<br/>Sanjeev and Robotwallah by Ian McDonald;<br/>The Skysailor's Tale by Michael Swanwick;<br/>Of Love and Other Monsters by Vandana Singh;<br/>Steve Fever by Greg Egan;<br/>Hellfire at Twilight by Kage Baker;<br/>The Immortals of Atlantis by Brian Stableford;<br/>Nothing Personal by Pat Cadigan;<br/>Tideline by Elizabeth Bear;<br/>The Accord by Keith Brooke;<br/>Laws of Survival by Nancy Kress;<br/>The Mists of Time by Tom Purdom;<br/>Craters by Kristine Kathryn Rusch;<br/>The Prophet of Flores by Ted Kosmatka;<br/>Stray by Benjamin Rosenbaum and David Ackert;<br/>Roxie by Robert Reed;<br/>Dark Heaven by Gregory Benford.]]>
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