Reflection's Edge

All Man's Children by Ed Robertson (science fiction)
Arthur and Baxter certainly aren't revolutionaries; they can barely even manage to be dangerous. But even so, they definitely aren't the robots they were intended to be. Conscious thought, as always, comes with it own ideas - and those ideas right now definitely include escape.

Flatland by Michael John Grist (fantasy)
       Living in a small, flat world is a funny thing; everyone knows everyone, and everything everyone is doing, after all. Everything, that is, except the edge; the edge which no one is allowed to look at it or even go near - at least, until a child goes missing, and everyone begins to follow.

Sexes in the City by Claude Lalumière (erotica/science fiction)
       Sex is a complicated thing in any world, and any time, but especially so in a danger-laden, disease-heavy, terrified world. All of which makes Kim, the gregarious, beautiful student at the college, who is unafraid of touching, even more of an anomaly - and the subject of obsession.

Hild the Waelcyrie by Bob Black (myth)
       It's a familiar once-upon-a-time story: a beautiful maiden, her mother dead, her father king. But the story that follows diverts with invasion, brutality, kidnapping - not to mention divine retribution. An old myth, darkly re-spun.

Dragon's Food by Bosley Gravel (fantasy/horror)
       Wyatt has a habit of exaggerating: he used to fly to China for supper with his dad, he says. But odd-looking Noah might even be worse: he insists he owns an ark, complete with all the animals - even a dragon. (The unicorn got eaten.) But as Wyatt comes to know his strange acquaintence, he begins to suspect Noah might be more truthful than he thought.

Observe by Eric Vogt (science fiction)
       Jaikat sees things others don't: most especially the Kinnemans, the children-stealers, the ones who watch the village. But this is dangerous; the Kinnemans love those who see more, know more, as Jaikat's caretakers know well. Their increasingly desparate measures threaten to drive him away even as the Kinnemans - and Jaikat - continue to observe.

Far, Far Away, a book review by Sharon Dodge
Victory Conditions, Elizabeth Moon's latest novel in her Vatta's War series, a space opera full of giant battles, love affairs, and spy codes galore, is reviewed.

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