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30 January 2012

[Review  posted three times a week]

(Review)

COLUMN: Scores, by John Clute

The pure modernist extremism of Kafka is to show us a world without bling.

FICTION: The Chastisement of Your Peace, by Tracy Canfield

"Midnight Cruiser abducted the president of the American Psychological Association and fed him to her pet hyena," said Jenny. "Oh my God, she is awesome."

POETRY: Ariel, by Erik Amundsen

It's not / quite true, my sister-brother, it's your foot-tread in the / mist, it's neither one nor quite the other.

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

Monday: The Children of the Sky by Vernor Vinge, reviewed by Andy Sawyer
Wednesday: Gods Without Men by Hari Kunzru, reviewed by Maureen Kincaid Speller
Friday: The Bone Spindle by Anne Sheldon, reviewed by Sofia Samatar