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19 September 2011

[Review  posted three times a week]

(Review)

FICTION: A Box of Thunder, by Lewis Shiner

«Everyone here,» Alex said, «is supposed to have signed the compact that pledged us to nonviolence.» He felt like an imposter, piling lies on top of the blatant violation of his own code that was already in progress. «We knew there would be a test sooner or later. This is it.»

POETRY: The Book of Drowned Things, by Adrienne J. Odasso

Death has always wanted me closer / than those she steals from my arms.

REVIEW: This Week's Reviews, posted three times a week

Monday: Torchwood: Miracle Day, reviewed by Abigail Nussbaum
Wednesday: Dancing With Bears: The Postutopian Adventures of Darger and Surplus by Michael Swanwick, reviewed by Duncan Lawie
Friday: Redwood and Wilfire by Andrea Hairston and Galore by Michael Crummey, reviewed by Karen Burnham