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Double Review: The Gauntlet Runner – J. Scott Coatsworth

The Gauntlet Runner - J. Scott Coatsworth

Genre: Sci-Fantasy, YA-Adult Crossover Reviewers: Maryann, Ulysses Get It On Amazon | Publisher/Signed Copies | Apple | B&N | Google | Kobo | Smashwords | Universal Buy Link About The Book A guard and a thief. What could go wrong? Aik has fallen hopelessly in love with his best friend. But Raven’s a thief, which … Read more

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New Release / Giveaway: The Gauntlet Runner – J. Scott Coatsworth

The Gauntlet Runner - J. Scott Coatsworth

J. Scott Coatsworth has a new queer sci-fantasy book out, The Tharassas Cycle Book Two: The Gauntlet Runner. And there’s a giveaway! A GUARD AND A THIEF. WHAT COULD GO WRONG? Aik has fallen hopelessly in love with his best friend. But Raven’s a thief, which makes things… complicated. Oh, and Raven has just been … Read more

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Writer Fuel: Will the Whole Universe Eventually Evaporate?

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Stephen Hawking’s most famous theory about black holes has just been given a sinister update — one that proclaims that everything in the universe is doomed to evaporate. In 1974, Hawking proposed that black holes eventually evaporate by losing what’s now known as Hawking radiation — a gradual draining of energy in the form of … Read more

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Review: The Flying Mermaid – Eule Grey

The Flying Mermaid - Eule Grey

Genre: Fantasy, Alternate Universe Reviewer: Lucy Get It At Amazon | Publisher | Universal Buy Link About The Book All Luce wants is to go home, but how can she? Since the war, her beloved city has been under an enchantment. Rivers run dry and the streets are haunted, or so they say.When she hears a rumor that the … Read more

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Writer Fuel: Elon Musk Wants to Put a Chip in Someone’s Brain

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Elon Musk’s brain-implant company Neuralink has been given clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to carry out its first trials in humans, according to news reports. Neuralink aims to use its brain-computer interface (BCI) technology to restore movement in people with quadriplegia, meaning complete or partial paralysis of the arms, legs and … Read more

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Review: OverLondon – George Penney & Tony Johnson

OverLondon - George Penney & Tony Johnson

Genre: Comic Fantasy, Crime, Mystery, Satire, Steampunk Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book A Rollicking Comic-Fantasy Whodunnit with a Tudor Twist! Priests from OverLondon’s Church of Vengeful Acquisition are exploding. Is the cause divine retribution, ballistic undergarments or something more sinister? If only the city had a professional private investigator… Luckily, notorious … Read more

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Review: Deficient – Michael Solis

Deficient - Michael Solis

Genre: Sci-Fi, YA Reviewer: Maryann Get It At Amazon | Publisher | B&N | Kobo | Waterstones About The Book The near future is progressively free from discrimination based on race, class, and sexual orientation. But in a world populated by the gifted, fifteen-year-old Alejandro Aragon (Alé) is part of the only remaining minority—he’s a Deficient. Powerless. The one that accelerated genetics left … Read more

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Review: 2112: Revelation – Derek Beaugarde

2112: Revelation - Derek Beaugarde -

Genre: Sci-Fi Reviewer: Lucy Get It On Amazon About The Book In 2084, Planet Earth was utterly destroyed by a rogue comet and around 25,000 surviving humans were transported to Capitol Base on Mars. These humans included Ewan and Jill Sinclair. Their son Jack Crossan Sinclair is the first Martian child born on Mars and … Read more

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Writer Fuel: How Many Habitable Planets Does the Milky Way Have?

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The sun is an ordinary star, but it’s not the only kind of star out there. Most stars in our galaxy are M dwarfs (sometimes called red dwarfs), which are significantly smaller and redder than the sun — and many of them may have the potential to host life, new research shows. A new reanalysis … Read more

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Writer Fuel: How Much of a Risk Are “Zombie Viruses”?

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Locked away in frigid Arctic soils and riverbeds is a world teeming with ancient microbes. Bacteria and viruses that existed thousands of years ago are frozen in time inside prehistoric layers of permafrost. Warming temperatures could cause much of the ice to melt and unleash these microbes from their frosty prisons. Once free, unknown pathogens … Read more