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    2007:


    Starman Jones, by Robert A. Heinlein
    January, 2008

    Farmer in the Sky, by Robert A. Heinlein
    January, 2008

    Beyond This Horizon, by Robert A. Heinlein
    January, 2008


    2007:


    Time for the Stars, by Robert A. Heinlein
    December, 2007

    Interworld, by Neil Gaiman and Michael Reaves
    November, 2007

    Eastern Standard Tribe, by Cory Doctorow
    October, 2007

    Fleet of Worlds, by Larry Niven and Edward M. Lerner
    October, 2007

    Korea, by Simon Winchester
    October, 2007

    Polaris, Jack McDevitt
    August 2007

    A Crack on the Edge of the World, by Simon Winchester
    August 2007

    Over the Hills, David Lamb
    August, 2007

    The Ministry of Special Cases, Nathan Englander July 2007

    A World Out of Time, Larry Niven
    June 2007

    Ringworld, Larry Niven
    June 2007

    The Mote in God's Eye, Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
    June 2007

    Crashlander, Larry Niven
    June 2007

    Caldé of the Long Sun, Gene Wolfe
    June 2007

    Lake of the Long Sun, by Gene Wolfe
    April 2007

    Nightside the Long Sun, by Gene Wolfe
    March 2007

    The Big Time, by Fritz Lieber
    February 2007

    The Singularity is Near, by Ray Kurzweil
    February 2007

    Numbers Don't Lie, by Terry Bisson
    February 2007

    The Jennifer Morgue, by Charles Stross
    January 2007


    2006:


    The Scar, by China Miéville
    December 2006

    The Trumps of Doom, by Roger Zelazny
    November 2006

    Orphans of the Sky, by Robert Heinlein
    October 2006

    Fragile Things, by Neil Gaiman
    October 2006

    Billions and Billions, by Carl Sagan
    October 2006

    New York: Life in the Big City, by Will Eisner
    October 2006

    My Secret, compiled by Frank Warren
    October 2006

    Variable Star, by Robert A. Heinlein and Spider Robinson
    October 2006

    Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury
    October 2006

    Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science, by Atul Gawande
    September 2006

    Homeward Bound, by Harry Turtledove
    September 2006

    Counting Up, Counting Down, by Harry Turtledove
    September 2006

    Camoflague, by Joe Haldeman
    September 2006

    Glasshouse, by Charles Stross
    August 2006

    Antimony, by Spider Robinson
    August 2006

    The Crook Factory, by Dan Simmons
    July 2006

    Lady Slings the Booze, by Spider Robinson
    July 2006

    Callahan's Lady, by Spider Robinson
    July 2006

    Callahan's Legacy, by Spider Robinson
    July 2006

    The Callahan Touch, by Spider Robinson
    July 2006

    Callahan's Secret, by Spider Robinson
    July 2006

    Time Travellers Strictly Cash, by Spider Robinson
    July 2006

    Callahan's Croostime Saloon, by Spider Robinson
    July 2006

    I, Robot: The Illustrated Screenplay, by Harlan Ellison, based on a book by Isaac Asimov
    July 2006

    The Hemmingway Hoax, by Joe Haldeman
    June 2006

    Steel Beach, by John Varley
    June 2006

    Mammoth, by John Varley
    May 2006

    Nine Princes in Amber, by Roger Zelazny
    May 2006

    The Guns of Avalon, by Roger Zelazny
    May 2006

    Sign of the Unicorn, by Roger Zelazny
    May 2006

    The Hand of Oberon, by Roger Zelazny
    May 2006

    The Courts of Chaos, by Roger Zelazny
    May 2006

    Embroideries, by Marjane Satrapi.
    May 2006

    The Elegant Universe, by Brian Greene
    May 2006

    Seize the Daylight, by David Prerau
    May 2006

    Here, There and Everywhere, by Geoff Emerick and Howard Massey
    April 2006

    First Meetings, by Orson Scott Card
    April 2006

    Astronomy Hacks, by Robert Bruce Thompson & Barbara Fritchman Thompson
    March 2006

    The Universe in a Nutshell, by Stephen Hawking
    March 2006

    The Illustrated A Brief History of Time, by Stephen Hawking
    February 2006

    The Contract with God Trilogy, by Will Eisner
    January 2006

    Through the Darkness: One man's Fight to Overcome Epilepsy, by Mike Henle
    January 2006

    The Draco Tavern, by Larry Niven
    January 2006

    The Plot, by Will Eisner
    January 2006


    2005:


    A Wrinkle in Time, by Madeline L'Engle
    December 2005

    Olympos, by Dan Simmons
    November 2005

    The Planets, by Dava Sobel
    November 2005

    Anansi Boys, by Neil Gaiman
    October 2005

    Accelerando, by Charles Stross
    July 2005

    The Wizard, by Gene Wolfe
    July 2005

    V for Vendetta, by Alan Moore and David Lloyd
    August 2005

    Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return, by Marjane Satrapi. Translated by Anjali Singh
    August 2005

    1602, by Neil Gaiman, Andy Kubert, and Richard Isanove
    17 July 2005

    The Mac OS X Tiger Book, by Andy Ihnatko
    13 July 2005

    Red Thunder, by John Varley
    12 Jul 2005

    A Contract With God, by Will Eisner
    11 Jul 2005

    Berserker, by Fred Saberhagen
    24 Mar 2005

    Golden Fleece, by Robert J. Sawyer
    22 Mar 2005

    Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking, by Malcolm Gladwell
    15 Mar 2005

    Ticket to Ride: Inside the Beatles' 1964 & 1965 Tours That Changed the World, by Larry Kane
    17 Feb 2005

    The Runes of the Earth, by Stephen R. Donaldson
    16 Jan 2005


    2004:


    The Annotated Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions, by Edwin A. Abbot. Notes by Ian Stewart

    Perdido Street Station, by China Miéville

    The Elephant Man, a play by by Bernard Pomerance

    R.U.R., a play by by Karel Capek

    Good-Bye, Chunky Rice, by Craig Thompson

    Random Zits, by Jerry Scott and Jim Borgman

    Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood, by Marjane Satrapi. Translated by Mattias Ripa and Blake Ferris

    Callahan's Con, by Spider Robinson

    The Books of Magic, by Neil Gaiman et al

    The Iron Sunrise, by Charles Stross

    The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen volume 2, by Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill

    The Last Day, by Dave Sim and Gerhard

    Form & Void, by Dave Sim and Gerhard

    Going Home, by Dave Sim and Gerhard

    The Knight, by Gene Wolfe

    Ringworld's Children, by Larry Niven

    Down and Out in the Magic Kindgom, by Cory Doctorow

    MASH: An Army Surgeon in Korea, by Otto F. Apel, MD and Pat Apel

    A Place So Foreign and Eight More, by Cory Doctorow

    The Atrocity Archives, by Charlie Stross

    Toast and Other Rusted Futures, by Charlie Stross

    On Writing, by Stephen King

    Will the Last Person to Leave the Planet Please Shut Off the Sun?, by Mike Resnick

    The Meaning of Everything: The Story of the Oxford English Dictionary, by Simon Winchester

    Birthright: The Book of Man, by Mike Resnick

    The Return of Santiago, by Mike Resnick

    Quicksilver, by Neal Stephenson

    Bob the Angry Flower, by Stephen Notley

    Sandman: The Dream Hunters, by Neil Gaiman and Yoshitaka Amano

    Ruled Britannia, by Harry Turtledove

    Stars & Stripes Forever, by Harry Harrison

    Stars and Stripes in Peril, by Harry Harrison

    Stars & Stripes Triumphant, by Harry Harrison

    Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883, by Simon Winchester

    The Depths of Time, by Roger Macbride Allen

    The Ocean of Years, by Roger Macbride Allen

    The Shores of Tomorrow, by Roger Macbride Allen


    2003:


    Bizarro Among the Savages, by Dan Piraro

    Hominids, by Robert J. Sawyer

    Humans, by Robert J. Sawyer

    Hybrids, by Robert J. Sawyer

    The Book of Lame Excuses, by Dan Piraro

    The Best of Bizarro, Volume 2, by Dan Piraro

    Barlowe's Guide to Fantasy, by Wayne Douglas Barlowe and Neil Duskis

    Barlowe's Guide to Extraterrestrials, by Wayne Douglas Barlowe, Ian Summers, and Beth Meachum

    Word Freak, by Stefan Fatsis
    September, 2003

    The Wolves in the Walls, by Neil Gaiman & Dave McKean

    Cryptonomicon, by Neal Stephenson

    Mountains Beyond Mountains: Healing The World: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, by Tracy Kidder

    Scatterbrain, by Larry Niven

    Singularity Sky, by Charles Stross

    Endless Nights, Neil Gaiman, etc.

    Ilium, by Dan Simmons


    1999:


    I, Robot: The Illustrated Screenplay, by Harlan Ellison

    The Golden Globe, by John Varley

    Good Benito, by Alan Lightman

    Einstein's Dreams, by Alan Lightman

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