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Smithereens<\/span><\/a> Promo copy:<\/span><\/p>\n Steve Aylett has been described as “utterly original” (SFX), “the most original voice in the literary scene” (Michael Moorcock), “an unstoppable master of space and time” (Asimov\u2019s) and “the coolest writer alive today” (Starburst). SMITHEREENS collects 19 stories including \u2018The Man Whose Head Expanded\u2019, the prophetic \u2018Download Syndrome\u2019, \u2018The Burnished Adventures of Injury Mouse\u2019, the full text of \u2018Voyage of the Iguana\u2019, the last ever Beerlight story \u2018Specter\u2019s Way\u2019, \u2018Horoscope\u2019, and the closest thing Aylett has ever written to a traditional SF story, \u2018Bossanova\u2019 (featuring a robot and two spaceships!) There are also animal-attack-while-writing reminiscences in \u2018Evernemesi\u2019 and top-of-the-line declarative bitterness in \u2018On Reading New Books\u2019. Snails, whales and cortical drills. Aylett\u2019s last collection.<\/p>\n As evident in Part I<\/a>, I\u2019m a big Aylett fan. Back when I was the RevolutionSF fiction editor, I published his short story “Infestation”<\/a> and for Fantastic Metropolis in 2005, I interviewed Aylett<\/a>. Anything new by the bizarrely talented Aylett is always a treat. Like donning a costume and getting candy in June!<\/span><\/p>\n \n Madeline And Her Friends<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n Promo copy:<\/span><\/p>\n Join Madeline, the smallest of 12 little girls in Miss Clavel\u2019s class, and her best friend, her loyal dog Genevieve, as they take the fun to town with six outrageous adventures inspired by Ludwig Bemelmans\u2019 best-selling children\u2019s books! <\/p>\n Madeline\u2019s Singing Dog<\/p>\n Madeline And The Missing Clown<\/p>\n Madeline And The Talking Parrot<\/p>\n Madeline And The Big Cheese<\/p>\n Madeline\u2019s Rescue<\/p>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n \n City of Ruins<\/span><\/a> Promo copy:<\/span><\/p>\n Boss, a loner, loved to dive derelict spacecraft adrift in the blackness of space\u2026<\/p>\n But one day, she found a ship that would change everything\u2014an ancient Dignity Vessel\u2014and aboard the ship, the mysterious and dangerous Stealth Tech. Now, years after discovering that first ship, Boss has put together a large company that finds Dignity Vessels and finds “loose” stealth technology.<\/p>\n Following a hunch, Boss and her team come to investigate the city of Vaycehn, where fourteen archeologists have died exploring the endless caves below the city. Mysterious “death holes” explode into the city itself for no apparent reason, and Boss believes stealth tech is involved. As Boss searches for the answer to the mystery of the death holes, she will uncover the answer to her Dignity Vessel quest as well\u2014and one more thing, something so important that it will change her life\u2014and the universe\u2014forever.<\/p>\n \nPart I<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n Stuff received 6\/5\/11 Part II<\/a> was originally published on The Geek Curmudgeon<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Let\u2019s take a quick look to see what\u2019s arrived at the Geek Compound. Smithereens by Steve Aylett Promo copy: Steve Aylett has been described as “utterly original” (SFX), “the most original voice in the literary scene” (Michael Moorcock), “an unstoppable … Continue reading
\nby Steve Aylett<\/span><\/p>\n![](\"http:\/\/ecx.images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51bm5OmxA%2BL._SL500_AA300_.jpg\")
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Madeline And The Soccer Star<\/p>\n
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\nby Kristine Kathryn Rusch
\nCover by Dave Seeley<\/span> <\/p>\n