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Poul Anderson

  The Boat of a Million Years
  
   "The Boat of a Million Years -- sometimes Narrenschiff, ever the
   Flying Dutchman -- offers first-class accommodations on a reading
   voyage down the ages, with stops at many a fascinating port. For a
   long time I felt Poul was too long between books. It is good to see
   why and to know, simultaneously, that it was worth the wait."
   
Lawrence Block

  Random Walk
  
   "In Random Walk, Lawrence Block has written a New Age Pilgrim's
   Progress, a parable for the eighties."
   
Damien Broderick

   "Thoughtful and vivid...Broderick is a striking and absolutely unique
   writer."
   
  "A Passage in Earth"
  
   "Damien Broderick's "A Passage in Earth"... reminds me of some of the
   work of the late Cordwainer Smith, and I can only selfishly hope that
   he returns to this same universe, many times, to fetch back more
   pieces of that vision."
   
Steven Brust

   "Watch Steven Brust. He's good. He moves fast. He surprises you.
   Watching him untangle the diverse threads of intrigue, honor,
   character and mayhem from amid the gears of a world as intricately
   constructed as a Swiss watch is a rare pleasure."
   
  Jhereg
  
   "A rare pleasure. I like this book a lot!"
   
  To Reign in Hell
  
   "He tells a fantastically engaging story with consummate grace and
   genuine artistry."
   
Orson Scott Card

  Wyrms
  
   "Wyrms is an extremely powerful and thoughtful book - one of the best
   things Orson Scott Card has written to date."
   
New! Jeffrey Carver

  From a Changeling Star
  
   "Running from the micro to the macro and back again, redefining
   sentience, spacetime, and perhaps humanity along the way, From a
   Changeling Star is a fast-paced puzzler, rich in invention, and
   Jeffrey A. Carver's most ambitious book to date."
   
  The Rapture Effect
  
   "Jeffrey A. Carver deserves attention. The Rapture Effect is a lively
   dance of ideas first contact, interstellar war, artificial
   intelligence, alien cultureand it moves at a rapid pace, from Earth
   through cyberspace to the Horsehead Nebula, and various points
   between. It's well-worth the trip ticket."
   
Tony Daniel

  Warpath
  
   "Disembodied intelligences both artificial and not so, interstellar
   travel by canoe, mass minds, totemic aliens, and a small-town
   newspaperman whose lost love is part of the environment -- It is an
   achievement to produce a successful amalgram of such disparate items.
   But Tony Daniel has done it, in this, his impressive first novel.
   Remember his name, and keep watching for whatever he does."
   
Jack Dann

  The Man Who Melted
  
   "A powerful and fascinating book - hypnotic in its hold on the
   reader."
   
Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling, eds.

  Snow White, Blood Red
  
   "Extraordinarily fine...this is a book to be savored."
   
Philip K. Dick

  Radio Free Albemuth
  
   "In Radio Free Albemuth we have Philip K. Dick's final novel, a story
   of political repression, reality shifts, theological speculationall of
   those elements which he wove so maddeningly well."
   
Jack C. Haldeman II and Jack Dann

  High Steel
  
   "A solid adventure story involving Indian traditions, shamanism, and
   high tech-- fast-paced, tough, and provocative."
   
Philip Jose Farmer

   "Philip Jose Farmer arouses awe... Philip Jose Farmer is special."
   
Alan Dean Foster

  Into the Out Of
  
   "Has all the ingredients - sympathetic characters, sustained action,
   colorful settings and a truly novel menace - for a first-class
   page-turner. It's the kind of book that makes you miss sleep and be
   late for appointments."
   
Joe Haldeman

  Buying Time
  
   "Joe Haldeman always delivers the goods, and Buying Time is no
   exception. A first-rate thriller."
   
L. Ron Hubbard

  The Invaders Plan
  
   "...a big, humurous tale of interstellar intrigue in the classical
   mold. I fully enjoyed it."
   
Damon Knight

  The World and Thorinn
  
   "It is a very good thing to see a new tale by Damon Knight. And I like
   this one, considerably. It is a journey of revelation, a science
   fiction story to satisfy the fantasy fan and something close to
   vice-verse -- no mean achievement. I recommend it in all directions."
   
Fritz Leiber

  The Knight and Knave of Swords
  
   "It's all Fritz Leiber's fault. If he weren't such a deadly fine
   fantasist I wouldn't be stopping everything to read his tales. And if
   he weren't such a master I wouldn't occasionally look out the window
   and wish he'd interrupt my routine again, as he doesn't do it often
   enough. The Knight and Knave of Swords came into my life and took over
   an otherwise fully programmed afternoon. I stop everything when a new
   Fafhrd and Gray Mouser story comes into my hands."
   
Julian May

  The Many-Colored Land
  
   "Julian May has woven a many-colored tapestry of exotic adventure,
   bringing together a cast of humans and aliens of every stripe and
   friction in a place where science might as well be magic and the
   conflicts resonate with myth. Enjoyable and recommended."
   
Vonda McIntyre

  Dreamsnake
  
   "Dreamsnake is a fine tale...I like this book very much."
   
William Sanders

  Journey to Fusang
  
   "William Sanders' Journey To Fusang is a clever romp through maybes
   and might-have-beens - picaresque, witty, colorful. I like the way
   this man's mind works. Whatever he does for an encore will be worth
   the wait and the price."
   
  The Wild Blue and the Gray
  
   ""God damn! I liked Sanders' new book! It pushes all the right buttons
   for me - a great protagonist, WWI fighter pilots, terrific background,
   and - mainly - a fine story with really clever twists. It was one of
   those where I just wanted to keep going, though he did choose a
   satisfying place to stop. As you may gather, I liked it. The Wild Blue
   and the Gray is an absolutely captivating story by one of the hottest
   new talents in the business. Subtle, strong, gutsy, humorous - it's
   got it all. Watch this man. You won't regret it."
   
Melissa Scott

  Burning Bright
  
   "Burning Bright is a clever, intense, and complex tale by an author
   possessed of the skill to make it look easy."
   
Norman Spinrad

  Songs From the Stars
  
   "Brilliantly written, I enjoyed every page of it!"
   
Michael Swanwick

  In the Drift
  
   "A tough, keen-edged blade of a story. The author's hand is steady and
   sure, the results powerful and moving."
   
  Vacuum Flowers
  
   "Vacuum Flowers is a dance of ideas and action at the razor-edge of
   technology. Vivid and highly entertaining."
   
Sheri Tepper

  King's Blood Four
  
   "Very good! It moves with allt he precision of a chess game with
   fate!"
   
Walter Jon Williams

  Hardwired
  
   "A tough, sleek juggernaut of a story, punctuated by strobe light
   movements, coursing to the wail of jets and the twang of steel
   guitars--glittering, nasty and noble--and told in a style perfectly
   suiting its content. It has all my favorite things - blood, love,
   fire, hate and a high ideal or two. I wish I'd written this one."
   
Connie Willis

  Doomsday Book
  
   "I have never been let down by a Connie Willis story, and this one is
   no exception. My, what a good book."
   
Gene Wolfe

   "A Gene Wolfe story is always surprising, rewarding and well-told."
   
  The Shadow of the Torturer
  
   "A striking portrait of the artist as a young torturer. It takes hold
   of you and conducts you down strange corridors..."
   
Dave Wolverton

   "Wolverton can dispense the flash and dazzle of space opera while at
   the same time providing tough, real, sympathetic characters."
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