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Category: Fiction Reviewed by: Marianne Dyson Title: Old Man’s War Author: John Scalzi NSS Amazon link for this book Format: Paperback Pages: 320 Publisher: Tor
Category: Fiction Reviewed by: Allen G. Taylor Title: Red Lightning Author: John Varley NSS Amazon link for this book Format: Paperback Pages: 368 Publisher: Ace
Category: Fiction Reviewed by: Allen G. Taylor Title: Red Thunder Author: John Varley NSS Amazon link for this book Format: Paperback Pages: 416 Publisher: Ace
Category: Fiction Reviewed by: Brian L. Enke Title: Forbidden Cargo Author: Rebecca K. Rowe NSS Amazon link for this book Format: Paperback Pages: 352 Publisher:
Category: Fiction Reviewed by: Ken Murphy Reprinted from Ken’s Out of the Cradle website with permission Title: Lunar Descent Author: Allen Steele NSS Amazon link
Category: Fiction Reviewed by: Allen G. Taylor Title: Powersat Author: Ben Bova NSS Amazon link for this book Format: Paperback Pages: 400 Publisher: Tom Doherty
Category: Fiction Reviewed by: Marianne Dyson Title: Spin Author: Robert Charles Wilson NSS Amazon link for this book Format: Paperback Pages: 452 Publisher: Tor Books
Category: Fiction Reviewed by: Bart Leahy Title: Variable Star Author: Robert A. Heinlein and Spider Robinson NSS Amazon link for this book Format: Hardcover Pages:
Category: Fiction Reviewed by: Marianne Dyson Title: Challenger Park Author: Stephen Harrigan NSS Amazon link for this book Format: Hardcover Pages: 397 Publisher: Alfred A.
Category: Fiction Reviewed by: Bart Leahy Title: Red Mars Author: Kim Stanley Robinson NSS Amazon link for this book Format: Paperback Pages: 592 Publisher: Bantam
Category: Fiction Reviewed by: Marianne Dyson Title: Journey Between Worlds Author: Sylvia Engdahl Ages: Young Adult to Adult NSS Amazon link for this book Format:
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