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Torque Control (Free subscription) | 10/06/2008
Time for another round-table discussion, this one looking at Stephen Baxter’s most recent novel, Flood, involving me, Karen Burnham, Adam Roberts and Graham Sleight. “The ultimate disaster”, say the publisher. “The world is drowning and there is nowhere left on earth to go.” You can read a bit about the thinking that went into the book [...]
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Autopia (Free subscription) | 09/21/2008
... Baker Year's Best SF 13 : Repeating the Past - Peter Watts Year's Best SF 13 : No More Stories - Stephen Baxter Year's Best SF 13 : The Tomb Wife - Gwyneth Jones Year's Best SF 13 : An Evening's Honest Peril - Marc Laidlaw Year's Best SF 13 : End Game - Nancy Kress Year's Best SF 13 : Induction - Greg Egan Year's Best SF 13 : A Blue and Cloudless Sky - Bernard Ribbeck Year's Best...
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Nature.com Blogs (Free subscription) | 09/09/2008
... pointed out that "depictions of scientists and science in films is a bit silly". But author Stephen Baxter illustrated the role of science fiction in exciting aspiring young scientists with the examples of the young boys Wernher von Braun and Robert Goddard, who were inspired by the tales of Martians travelling to Earth by Kurd Lasswitz ( Two Planets ) and H. G. Wells ( War of the...
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SF Signal (Free subscription) | 09/02/2008
... and the Alchemist's Gate" by Ted Chiang "Beyond The Wall" by Justin Stanchfield "Last Contact" by Stephen Baxter "The Sledge-Maker's Daughter" by Alastair Reynolds "Nothing Personal" by Pat Cadigan "Tideline" by Elizabeth Bear "The Prophet of Flores" by Ted Kosmatka Individual story reviews follow... [The following story was originally reviewed as part of a 2008 Hugo Award Short Fiction...