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REVIEW: 2176: The Birth of the Belt Republic – Ted Butler

2176: The Birth of the Belt Republic - Ted Butler

Genre: Sci-Fi, YA Reviewer: Scott Get It On Amazon About The Book His Principal tricked into a swimming pool of dessert? Corporate blacklisting? Riots? Jail breaks? Rocks against machine guns? Rescues? Gas attacks? Space battles? After corporate blacklisting, Gil’s perfect life went into the trash, but it sure got interesting. The greedy corporation has all … Read more

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REVIEW: Eye of the Beholder – C H Clepitt

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Genre: Fairy Tale, Historical Reviewer: Dan Get It On Amazon About The Book When pressure from his materialistic children turns Claude into a thief, it is down to his youngest daughter to set things right. Angelique agrees to take her father’s place as prisoner to what she is told is a hideous beast. Angelique soon … Read more

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WRITER FUEL: Was Mars Doomed to Be Dry?

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Mars was doomed to desiccation by its small size, a new study suggests. Thanks to observations by robotic explorers such as NASA’s Curiosity and Perseverance rovers, scientists know that in the ancient past, liquid water coursed across the Martian surface: The Red Planet once hosted lakes, rivers and streams, and possibly even a huge ocean … Read more

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REVIEW: Astounding – Kim Fielding

Astounding! - Kim Fielding

Genre: Sci-Fi, Romance Reviewer: Scott Get It On Amazon About The Book Carter Evans is founder and editor-in-chief of Astounding!—a formerly popular spec fiction magazine currently in its death throes. Not only can he do nothing to save it, but stuck in a rathole apartment with few interpersonal connections, he can’t seem to do much … Read more

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WRITER FUEL: Was Biblical Story of Sodom Inspired By a Space Rock Crash?

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As the inhabitants of an ancient Middle Eastern city now called Tall el-Hammam went about their daily business one day about 3,600 years ago, they had no idea an unseen icy space rock was speeding toward them at about 38,000 mph (61,000 kph). Flashing through the atmosphere, the rock exploded in a massive fireball about … Read more

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WRITER FUEL: Who Were the Knights Templar?

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The Knights Templar was an order of devout Christians founded in Jerusalem sometime between A.D. 1118 and 1119, after the First Crusade (1096-1099). The Order was created to protect Europeans traveling to the Holy Land, among other duties. The knights were known across Europe as an elite fighting force with a strict code of conduct … Read more

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REVIEW: The Bantam – RJ Theodore

The Bantam - RJ Theodore

Genre: Sci-Fi Reviewer: Scott Get It On Amazon About The Book Ehli is an iscillian, designed in a lab to serve as a bantam, a ship custodian for a merchant crew. She imagines no future beyond the care of her starship and the quiet hours between ships spent painting in her quarters. But when she … Read more

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WRITER FUEL: What Google’s New “Time Crystal” Means for Computing

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Welcome to the latest installment of “Writer Fuel – cool real-world stories that might inspire your little writer heart. Check out our Writer Fuel page on the LimFic blog for more inspiration. Today:   Researchers working in partnership with Google may have just used the tech giant’s quantum computer to create a completely new phase of … Read more

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WRITER FUEL: There’s a Lot of Space Rock Out Past Neptune

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Welcome to the latest installment of “Writer Fuel – cool real-world stories that might inspire your little writer heart. Check out our Writer Fuel page on the LimFic blog for more inspiration. Today:  A six-year search of space beyond the orbit of Neptune has netted 461 newly discovered objects. These objects include four that are … Read more

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COVER REVEAL: Blood Bound – Courtney Maguire

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Courtney Maguire has a new MM paranormal historical romance out, and we have the cover reveal: Blood Bound. And there’s a giveaway! Two hundred years can strain even the seemingly eternal love of the youkai.When Hideyoshi’s coldness drives them apart, Hiro finds comfort in his friendship with Takanori, a vociferous human man he met at … Read more