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    Image of Wookie1972 Wookie1972
    01:58 PM

    In reply to Greatest Swashbuckling Heroes From 100+ Years Of SF Books
    If we're going old school, what about Lemuel Gulliver or Baron Munchausen?
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    01:10 PM

    In reply to Independent Publishers Who Are Reinventing The Future
    Also Threat Quality Press. We have published ONE WHOLE BOOK!
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    Image of Ruthless, If you let me Ruthless, If you let me
    02:13 PM

    @braak: and a HALF! Holland's was sorta out, and then not out right?
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    01:08 PM

    In reply to Independent Publishers Who Are Reinventing The Future
    Eraserhead gets an automatic win because of the Shatner Quake. Dear sweet jeebus.
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    Image of Tomb: R.O.A.C.H. Tomb: R.O.A.C.H.
    01:07 PM

    In reply to Independent Publishers Who Are Reinventing The Future
    I would call this a post that starts with a image that makes you wanna run away. But the hashtag was to long.
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    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    12:55 PM

    In reply to io9 Book Club, Winter Edition: Jacqueline Carey's "Santa Olivia"
    your timing could not be worse. i literally placed an order for 5 books yesterday.

    just out of curiousity, why a lnk to borders and not some other bookseller (like amazon or B&N)?
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    Image of PostMarque PostMarque
    01:16 PM

    @tetracycloide: i wonder what commercial relationship exists between Gawker and Borders?
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    Image of Annalee Newitz Annalee Newitz
    01:26 PM

    @tetracycloide: Actually we've partnered with Borders's scifi blog Babel Clash for our book club. It's not a commercial relationship, though. We're just linking to each other.
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    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    01:30 PM

    @Annalee Newitz: [bordersblog.com]

    look at that, a nifty little logo right there. thank you, my curiosity has be satiated. for now...
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    Image of TemporalSword TemporalSword
    12:33 PM

    In reply to io9 Book Club, Winter Edition: Jacqueline Carey's "Santa Olivia"
    Nothing personal, but I think I'll have to pass on this one. It sounds like a good book, but I'm tired of "coming-of-age" stories right now. Seems like a lot of books, movies and TV shows lately have been coming-of-age stories (Juno, Harry Potter, Twilight, Heroes to some extent, etc.).
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    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    12:56 PM

    @TemporalSword: twilight and heroes are coming-of-age stories? you could have fooled me, all the characters, adults included, seem as childish and self-centered at the end as they did at the beginning.
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    Image of Annalee Newitz Annalee Newitz
    01:28 PM

    @TemporalSword: This book is a pretty unusual version of that sort of story. It is most emphatically NOT for kids. I mean, it's a coming-of-age story if you consider The Hobbit to be a coming-of-age story.
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    Image of dirtybacon dirtybacon
    12:33 PM

    In reply to io9 Book Club, Winter Edition: Jacqueline Carey's "Santa Olivia"
    For people who have a Sony Reader, it is available at booksonboard.com

    anyone know of a cheaper price?
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    12:31 PM

    In reply to io9 Book Club, Winter Edition: Jacqueline Carey's "Santa Olivia"
    Godsdamnitall, I just got notification of pending arrival of 3 Culture books. Oh well, plenty of time.
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    Image of Chuck Chuck
    12:31 PM

    In reply to io9 Book Club, Winter Edition: Jacqueline Carey's "Santa Olivia"
    Count me in.

    With any luck I'll have finished Hamilton's Night's Dawn trilogy by then; I think I'm nearly halfway done with only 'lebnty million pages to go...
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    Image of GayRobotsRUS GayRobotsRUS
    11:36 AM

    In reply to io9 Book Club, Winter Edition: Jacqueline Carey's "Santa Olivia"
    I really loved Santa Olivia, the world, the heroine, the way she thought. It was incredibly compelling and I can't wait for the meeting to hear what others have to say about it...
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    Image of Ruthless, If you let me Ruthless, If you let me
    11:32 AM

    In reply to io9 Book Club, Winter Edition: Jacqueline Carey's "Santa Olivia"
    This will be bought today. Nearly finishing up an older Gaiman book now. I couldn't take part in the last meeting, and I am excited to join this one!
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    Image of acrobatic rabbit acrobatic rabbit
    11:32 AM

    In reply to io9 Book Club, Winter Edition: Jacqueline Carey's "Santa Olivia"
    great! love this book! can't wait for the "book club" when we can discuss it with the author... i have so many questions...
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    Image of Whitworthian Whitworthian
    09:02 AM

    In reply to Greatest Swashbuckling Heroes From 100+ Years Of SF Books
    I really have a difficult time thinking of Cugel the Clever as a swashbuckler... he's more a dandy and rogue. There's little that's heroic or courageous about him. Few of your "D" words (other than dapper) actually apply.
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    Image of PostMarque PostMarque
    08:41 AM

    In reply to Greatest Swashbuckling Heroes From 100+ Years Of SF Books
    i only read one book off the list, and knew of the second.

    i have failed in my sci-fi fan boy module installation.

    can i still wear my Captain Planet shirt?
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    Image of scroggzilla raids again scroggzilla raids again
    06:44 AM

    In reply to Greatest Swashbuckling Heroes From 100+ Years Of SF Books

    Richard Corben's Den, as seen in the magazine and film Heavy Metal
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