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| What Is Science Fiction? |
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Sci Fi Explained
There is a great deal of misunderstanding about what that particular branch of literature called "Science Fiction" actually consists of. Is it space-ships and monsters? Time machines? Galactic empires? Well, it's all of those things, and often none of them.
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| Sci Fi's Popularity |
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A Look At Sci Fi Books
Science fiction books have been my favorite reading since my childhood days. I was introduced to the world of science fiction at the good young age of eight, when I was introduced to a science fiction book club.
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| The Writer |
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Isaac Asimov
Isaac Asimov is one of the best known science fiction writers of all time. In part that is probably due to the sheer volume of material which he wrote, but it is also due to the scale of his imaginative vision.
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| History of Sci Fi |
 | Sci Fi Through The Years
Science fiction is a popular literary genre, abutting such fictional fields as techno-thrillers, fantasy, horror, and the "lost world" narratives of the early twentieth century. Less frequently it overlaps spy novels, mysteries, and romantic fiction; it occasionally even surfaces as "serious" literature.
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| Judging A Book By The Back Cover |
 | Science Fiction Books By The Back Cover
There are so many great books released every month. How do you choose which ones go on your personal "To Be Read Pile"? Is it word of mouth? Reviews? Anything that's released by your favorite authors? Or are you a back cover blurb reader like myself? Well, if you are, this article is for you.
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| What's New At Author Island.com |
 | Growing Every Day
Were you the one millionth hit on Author Island.com? If you were at the Island on March 25th, 2007, it’s possible you were it! Wow, never thought we’d see this kind of a milestone so early in our cyber life, but then again, God didn’t give me this big mouth for nothing!
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| Author Spotlight |
 | Jacki Bentley
Space ships … flying horses … and classic romance. Jacki Bentley has often wondered why she writes. And for heaven’s sake why write romance with a future setting -- the most nichey of the romance niches. Well, Jacki writes because she loves to and because she has had far too much trouble finding the kind of sci-fi romance she loves to read…one with a world of a hopeful, upbeat, hyper-speed space travel future - none of the-earth-has-been-destroyed-must-start-over kind of story ...
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Author Spotlight
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Space ships … flying horses … and classic romance. Jacki Bentley has often wondered why she writes. And for heaven’s sake why write romance with a future setting -- the most nichey of the romance niches. Well, Jacki writes because she loves to and because she has had far too much trouble finding the kind of sci-fi romance she loves to read…one with a world of a hopeful, upbeat, h... |
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