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Kim Stanley Robinson Takes Us Back Out Into The Solar System, 300 Years From Now
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Why hasn't a science fiction novel ever won England's prestigious Booker Prize? Kim Stanley Robinson asked the question in an essay in New Scientist magazine, and now it's become a war of words over the age-old SF-vs-lit issue. More »The Science Fiction Writer Who Received Fan Mail From Virginia Woolf
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