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	Strangers Among Us: Tales of the Underdogs and Outcasts by Derwin Mak, Lucas K. Law (Editor), Derwin Mak 3.82 avg rating — 125 ratings — published 2016 — 4 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
	Summer of Sci-Fi & Fantasy: Volume One (Summer of Sci-Fi & Fantasy Collection Book 1) by Dustin Bilyk (Goodreads Author), Kevin Folliard, Gustavo Bondoni (Goodreads Author) 4.45 avg rating — 51 ratings — 3 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
	Imaginarium 2012: The Best Canadian Speculative Writing (The Imaginarium Series) by Sandra Kasturi (Editor), Halli Villegas (Editor), Kelley Armstrong (Goodreads Author) 4.10 avg rating — 50 ratings — published 2012 — 5 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
	The Group of Seven Reimagined: Contemporary Stories Inspired by Historic Canadian Paintings by Karen Schauber (Goodreads Author) (Editor/Contributor), Jim Waddington (Foreword), Sue Waddington (Foreword) 4.54 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
	Playground of Lost Toys (The Exile Book of) by Colleen Anderson (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Ursula Pflug (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Rhonda Eikamp (Contributor) 4.37 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2015 — 5 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
	Other Times and Places by Joe Mahoney (Goodreads Author), Robert Runte (Goodreads Author) (Foreword) 4.40 avg rating — 10 ratings — 3 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
	Queens in Wonderland by Theresa Halvorsen (Goodreads Author) (Editor/Contributor), Chris Bannor (Goodreads Author) (Editor/Contributor), Alicia K. Anderson (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.89 avg rating — 9 ratings — 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
	Tesseracts 5 by Robert Runte (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Yves Meynard (Editor), John Park (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.17 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 1996 — 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
	Prairie Starport: Stories in Celebration of Candas Jane Dorsey by Rhonda Parrish (Goodreads Author) (Compiler), Timothy J. Anderson, Greg Bechtel (Goodreads Author) 4.11 avg rating — 9 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
	The Chorochronos Archives by Jessica Augustsson (Goodreads Author), Susanne Hülsmann, Mike Adamson 4.50 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2021 — 3 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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This is a collection of short stories by Geoffrey Cole that one could loosely classify as clifi, since most of these stories contain some element of environmental erosion. Stylistically, however, these narratives range from fantasy to slipstream to o ...more
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The Starlost was a Canadian science fiction series that first aired in September 23, 1973 and ended with episode 16, January 5, 1974. Which immediately raises the question: Why would anyone want to read, let alone write, a book about a TV show from o ...more
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Robert Runte rated a book really liked it Unnatural Death by Dorothy L. Sayer	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
Excellent mystery, although somewhat embarrassingly dated in its attitudes toward race, gender, and lgbtq, but accurately reflects attitudes of the time. One senses Sayer is on the 'liberal' end of things in these observations. Slightly more botherso ...more
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The Starlost was a Canadian science fiction series that first aired in September 23, 1973 and ended with episode 16, January 5, 1974. Which immediately raises the question: Why would anyone want to read, let alone write, a book about a TV show from o ...more
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Robert Runte made a comment on his review of Super-Earth Mother: The AI that Engineered a Brave New World " I was tipped off by someone the author had told. "
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Robert Runte made a comment on his review of The Legend of Sarah " When Five Rivers Publishing closed, this novel was reprinted by Shadowpaw Press, and remains in print. "
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John Linwood Grant is currently one of my favourite writers and this is up to his usual high standards. Short stories about a black hoodoo woman (not a witch!) set in 1920s America, each one essentially a perfect balance of social commentary, weirdne ...more
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