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Look for Frederick Gero Heimbach's fiction in Analog Science Fiction and Fact and at Mysterion Online. He was editor of the Hugo Award-winning podcast StarShipSofa. He can be found on the internet as Fredösphere and in the real world as a resident of Ann Arbor, Michigan, along with his family. He is the author of three novels. ...more

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	The Devil's Dictum 4.29 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Analog Science Fiction and Fact January/February 2019 (Vol 139, Nos. 1&2) by Trevor Quachri (Editor), Adam-Troy Castro (Contributor), Tom Jolly (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.46 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 2019	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Silence and Starsong Magazine: Spring 2023, Volume 1 Number 1 by Joseph Knowles (Editor), T.R. Alexander (Contributor), Zachary Grafman (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.53 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2023 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cirsova #10: Heroic Fantasy and Science Fiction Magazine by P. Alexander (Editor), Jason Ray Carney (Goodreads Author), Brian K. Lowe (Goodreads Author) 4.55 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2018 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Ronald Reagan's Brilliant Bullet: A Cold Warriors Novel 3.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2020 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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The Fall of Rome and the End of Civilization

by Bryan Ward-Perkins

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