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Octavia E. Butler’s KINDRED

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John Jennings, Stacey Robinson, and Emily Asher-Perrin unlock Luke Cage

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John Crowley’s ENGINE SUMMER

By: Adrienne Crew

When I look at the fish scaler, I see my family’s frugality and ingenuity.

By: Alissa Walker

Selections were made with a satisfying double-thwang of a letter key and number key pressed in quick succession.

By: Erin M. Routson

The paper wallet still makes me laugh. And cry.

By: Joshua Glenn

Vonda N. McIntyre’s DREAMSNAKE

By: Chelsey Johnson

The horses developed complex social networks, animosities and affections.

By: Dave Boerger

I became a “soldier in God’s army.”

By: Gordon Dahlquist

Who — in 1913 — could conceive a capital of Europe being so depopulated, so beset?

By: Joshua Glenn

John Varley’s THE OPHIUCHI HOTLINE

By: Tony Leone

Model building was considered nerdy, but I didn’t care — and I still don’t care.

By: Karl Taro Greenfeld

He became the world’s foremost expert in opium antiquities.

By: Joshua Glenn

Gary Panter’s JIMBO

By: Jason Gilbert

I was no longer purchasing the Hand; the Hand had been entrusted to me.