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	<description>Science fiction and fantasy book reviews: by Harriet Klausner</description>
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		<title>The Book of the Living Dead- John Richard Stephens(ed)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Book of the Living Dead
Edited by John Richard Stephens
Berkley, Oct 5 2010, $15.00
ISBN: 9780425237069
This is a fascinating collection of a who’s who of literature that writes a short horror thriller.  Some of the contributors are expected to appear in an anthology dedicated to the living dead; defined by Editor John Richard Stephens to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.alternative-worlds.com/2010/09/03/the-book-of-the-living-dead-john-richard-stephensed/</link>
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		<title>More Stories from the Twilight Zone-Carol Serling</title>
		<description><![CDATA[More Stories from the Twilight Zone
Carol Serling
Tor, Jul 2010, $17.99
ISBN: 9780765325822
The second Twilight Zone anthology edited by Carol Serling contains nineteen strong entries that will remind readers of the TV series with final twists and intriguing paradoxical morality dramas.  None of the entries are bad, but a few are excellent.  This author especially [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.alternative-worlds.com/2010/09/02/more-stories-from-the-twilight-zone-carol-serling/</link>
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		<title>Truthseeker-C.E. Murphy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Truthseeker
C.E. Murphy
Del Rey, Aug 31 2010, $15.00
ISBN: 9780345516060
In Boston Lara Jansen trusts her intuition so while working at a tailor shop, her hairs leap up when a handsome man enters.  He insists he is Prince Dafydd ap Caerwyn of the faerie and she is a Truthseeker; a rare individual who is more accurate than [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.alternative-worlds.com/2010/09/02/truthseeker-ce-murphy/</link>
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		<title>The Silent Army-James Knapp</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Silent Army
James Knapp
Roc, Oct 5 2010, $7.99
ISBN: 9780451463616
In a dark and bleak future, science has progressed to the point where the deceased can be revived and function mentally with recall of their past though their bodies remain dead.  Revivors are used as soldiers fighting endless wars on the other side of the world [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.alternative-worlds.com/2010/09/02/the-silent-army-james-knapp/</link>
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		<title>How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe-Charles Yu</title>
		<description><![CDATA[How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe
Charles Yu
Pantheon, Sep 7 2010, $25.00
ISBN:9780307379207
In Minor Universe 31, time travel is a way of life as is paradoxes caused by someone tinkering with the past.  Time technician Charles Yu fixes the stupid actions of those wanting change without comprehending the consequences.  He councils these [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.alternative-worlds.com/2010/08/31/how-to-live-safely-in-a-science-fictional-universe-charles-yu/</link>
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		<title>Tome of the Undergates-Sam Sykes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Tome of the Undergates
Sam Sykes
PYR, Sep 1 2010, $17.00
ISBN 9781616142421
They are a band loathed and feared by everyone else.  They take only jobs that no one else even considers as that is the only work they can get.  These mercenaries are not a band of brothers (and sisters) in arms as they detest [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.alternative-worlds.com/2010/08/31/tome-of-the-undergates-sam-sykes/</link>
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		<title>Intrigues-Mercedes Lackey</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Intrigues
Mercedes Lackey
Daw, Oct 5 2010, $25.95
ISBN: 9780756406394
Once Magpie was a slave for a sadistic mine owner, but the young teen became free when the Valdemar Companion Sentient Horse like magical being, who communicates telepathically, Chose him.  Mags is ensconced in Haven training at the Herald Collegium to become a herald.  Although the curriculum [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.alternative-worlds.com/2010/08/31/intrigues-mercedes-lackey/</link>
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		<title>Weight Of Stone-Laura Anne Gilman</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Weight Of Stone
Laura Anne Gilman
Gallery, Oct 2010, $24.99
ISBN 9781439101452
In the Vin Lands, the powerful Sin Washers sect accuses Vineart wine mage apprentice and former slave Jerzy of heresy dealing with their ruling Commandment involving magic users and rulers. He knows their condemnation is an open invitation to kill him, so he flees.  Joining him [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.alternative-worlds.com/2010/08/30/weight-of-stone-laura-anne-gilman/</link>
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		<title>Lodestone: The Sea of Storms-Mark Whiteway</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Lodestone: The Sea of Storms
Mark Whiteway
VBW Publishing, May 200, $14.95
www.virtualbookworm.com
ISBN: 9781602645462
On Kelanni, people are disposable with their solo mission to mine &#8220;Lodestone&#8221; for use by the planet’s great dictator.  The Prophet who rules the orb is the grandmaster of using the lodestone resource that comes to Kelanni in meteor showers.  His powerful extremely [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.alternative-worlds.com/2010/08/30/lodestone-the-sea-of-storms-mark-whiteway/</link>
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		<title>Grave Witch-Kalayna Price</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Grave Witch
Kalayna Price
Roc, Oct 5 2010, $6.99
ISBN: 9780451463807
Having met Death when she was five years old, Grave Witch Magic Eye Alex Craft makes a living by raising ghosts for living clients.  The Nekros City police department consults with Alex on some recent homicide cases.  However, she is stunned when one of the shades [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.alternative-worlds.com/2010/08/30/grave-witch-kalayna-price/</link>
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		<title>Bayou Moon-Ilona Andrews</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bayou Moon
Ilona Andrews
Ace, Sep 28 2010, $7.99
ISBN: 9780441019458
The Adrianglian Secret Service asks William Sandine the Changeling to stop Spider from possessing a weapon of mass destruction that will lead to war.  Loathing his long time enemy, William agrees to go to the Bayous of Louisiana to challenge Spider and his insidious ring of operatives.
When [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.alternative-worlds.com/2010/08/30/bayou-moon-ilona-andrews/</link>
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		<title>Masques-Patricia Briggs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Masques
Patricia Briggs
Ace, Sep 28 2010, $7.99
ISBN: 9780441019427
Aralorn the shapechanger has been a spy for Sianim for years as the money is great.  She is assigned to penetrate the Kingdom of Reth where the powerful sorcerer Geoffrey ae&#8217;Magi has established a cruel dictatorship; her mission is to assess how potent the mage is and what [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.alternative-worlds.com/2010/08/30/masques-patricia-briggs/</link>
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		<title>Twelve-Jasper Kent</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Twelve
Jasper Kent
PYR, Sep 1 2010, $17.00
ISBN 9781616142414
In 1812, Napoleon&#8217;s army marches closer and closer to Moscow.  Nothing seems to slow down the inevitable.   Four Russians are dispatched to obtain help from a dirty dozen mercenaries to hassle the French in order to slow down the encroachment; they agree.
However, two of the Russians [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.alternative-worlds.com/2010/08/30/twelve-jasper-kent/</link>
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		<title>Sparks-Laura Bickle</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sparks
Laura Bickle
Juno (Pocket), Aug 31 2010, $7.99
ISBN: 9781439167687
In Detroit, city fire department arson investigator Anya Kalinczyk works more than just the blazes as she is also a Lantern.  Her latter skill is to send spirits into nothingness.  Used to 24/7 shifts, six months ago, with her salamander familiar Sparky having her back, she [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.alternative-worlds.com/2010/08/30/sparks-laura-bickle/</link>
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		<title>Killbox-Ann Aguirre</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Killbox
Ann Aguirre
Ace, Aug 31 2010, $7.99
ISBN: 9780441019410
Sirantha Jax, March and their crew struggle with ending the death and destruction of jumpers in Grimspace.  However as the peril from the man-eating Morgut expands, the Conglomerate has need of March.  They want March to train an Armada whose missions will be to take the war [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.alternative-worlds.com/2010/08/30/killbox-ann-aguirre/</link>
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		<title>I Shall Wear Midnight-Terry Pratchett</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I Shall Wear Midnight
Terry Pratchett
Harper, Sep 28 2010, $16.99
ISBN: 9780061433047
Trained in witchcraft by experts like Nanny Ogg (unofficially in this case that is), Tiffany Aching has become the Witch of the Chalk.  Being young and wanting fun with and without witchcraft, Tiffany understands her responsibility to perform the spells to help those in need [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.alternative-worlds.com/2010/08/29/i-shall-wear-midnight-terry-pratchett/</link>
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		<title>The Rebel Prince-Celine Kiernan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Rebel Prince
Celine Kiernan
Orbit, Oct 18 2010, $14.99
ISBN: 9780316077071
Though young in years, the trio matured rapidly from a harrowing experiences while on their quest (see The Crowded Shadows and The Poison Throne).  Now the cat whisperer Wynter Moorehawke, the illegitimate Prince Razi Kingsson and the musician Christopher Garron feel the worst is over as [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.alternative-worlds.com/2010/08/29/the-rebel-prince-celine-kiernan/</link>
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		<title>Trio of Sorcery-Mercedes Lackey</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Trio of Sorcery
Mercedes Lackey
Tor, Oct 2010, $24.99
ISBN: 9780765328519
“Arcanum 101”.  Diana Tregarde is just starting college, but also is a Guardian witch dedicated to keeping mortals safe from nasty supernaturals.  She makes friends with four other students who reside in the same building she does.  They saw her banish a dybbuk; but rather [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.alternative-worlds.com/2010/08/29/trio-of-sorcery-mercedes-lackey/</link>
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		<title>Nightshade-Andrea Cremer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Nightshade
Andrea Cremer
Philomel (Penguin), Oct 19 2010, $17.99
ISBN: 9780399254826
The Keepers have already ordained the joining of two Guardians from different werewolf packs Calla Tor leader of the Nightshade clan and Ren Laroche leader of the Bane clan once she graduates from the Mountain School.  Everyone wonders who between these two alphas will be top dog. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.alternative-worlds.com/2010/08/28/nightshade-andrea-cremer/</link>
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		<title>Troubled Waters-Sharon Shinn</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Troubled Waters
Sharon Shinn
Ace, Oct 5 2010, $25.95
ISBN: 9780441019236 
While grieving the death of her father Navarr of the flame, Zoe Ardelay receives a surprising visit from the capital Chialto where she and her late father once fled to rusticate in safety.  King Vernon sent Darien Serlast to bring back Zoe as the fifth bride [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.alternative-worlds.com/2010/08/28/troubled-waters-sharon-shinn/</link>
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		<title>Harvest Moon-Mercedes Lackey, Michelle Sagara, Cameron Haley</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Harvest Moon
Mercedes Lackey, Michelle Sagara, Cameron Haley
Luna, Oct 1 2010, $17.95
ISBN: 9780373803224
“A Tangled Web” by Mercedes Lackey.  At. Mt Olympus, Thanatos kidnaps Brunnhilde in the opening ploy of a scheme to enable his master Hades to capture Persephone.  Ever since he met her (see The Sleeping Beauty) Leopold is not one to sit [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.alternative-worlds.com/2010/08/26/harvest-moon-mercedes-lackey-michelle-sagara-cameron-haley/</link>
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		<title>Poison Kissed-Erica Hayes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Poison Kissed
Erica Hayes
St. Martin’s, Sep 28 2010, $7.99
ISBN: 9780312624705
Kick-butt Mina the blue-haired banshee with a deadly siren’s tune works as an enforcer for snakeshifting mob boss Joey DiLuca because she owes him for saving her life.  Currently Joey and his gang are at war with a rival mob.  Joey and Mina are attracted [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.alternative-worlds.com/2010/08/26/poison-kissed-erica-hayes/</link>
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		<title>Bones Of Empire-William C. Dietz</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bones Of Empire
William C. Dietz
Ace, Oct 5 2010, $24.95
ISBN: 9780441019229
The Uman Empire has conquered many worlds, but the species they watch most carefully and carefully is the shapeshifting Sagathies.  Feral to a berserker level, these predators are caged on the planet Corin under the watchful eyes of Xeno police officers who have been reengineered [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.alternative-worlds.com/2010/08/26/bones-of-empire-william-c-dietz/</link>
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		<title>The House On Durrow Street-Galen Beckett</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The House On Durrow Street
Galen Beckett
Bantam, Sep 28 2010, $16.00
ISBN: 9780553807592
Saving her country Altania and having married the mage Mr. Quent, the witch Ivy and her sisters have been welcomed back by the aristocracy (see The Magicians and Mrs. Quent).  She and her siblings establish a residence in the mysterious house inherited from their [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.alternative-worlds.com/2010/08/26/the-house-on-durrow-street-galen-beckett/</link>
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		<title>Kill the Dead-Richard Kadrey</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Kill the Dead
Richard Kadrey
Eos, Oct 5 2010, $22.99
ISBN: 9780061714313
Stark, known as Sandman Slim, is not a human.  He is a Nephilim; the offspring of a fallen angel and a human mother.  He has all the power of a Nephilim, but still was not strong enough to fight black magician Mason Faim, who dispatched [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.alternative-worlds.com/2010/08/26/kill-the-dead-richard-kadrey/</link>
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		<title>The Black Prism-Brent Weeks</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Black Prism
Brent Weeks
Orbit, Aug 25 2010, $25.99
ISBN: 9780316075558
He had been the Prism who controlled the magic of the Chromeria.  However that seems like eternity as he lost the civil war to his brother Gavin, the current Prism.  Everyday since Gavin incarcerated him in a dungeon beneath heir home. Jacen sees a world [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.alternative-worlds.com/2010/08/25/the-black-prism-brent-weeks/</link>
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		<title>Sin Undone-Larissa Ione</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sin Undone
Larissa Ione
Grand Central, Aug 24 2010, $6.99
ISBN: 9780446556811
Assassin’s Guild. Chief Seminus demon Sin unintentionally released a virus that is killing werewolves.  The epidemic threatens to go pandemic and wipe out the species.  Stunned, Sin wants to save the surviving werewolf population from extinction while others have a different deadly agenda for the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.alternative-worlds.com/2010/08/25/sin-undone-larissa-ione/</link>
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		<title>A Star Shall Fall-Marie Brennan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A Star Shall Fall
Marie Brennan
Tor, Aug 31 2010, $15.99
ISBN: 9780765325365
Almost a hundred years ago back in 1666, the Fae and all of London were threatened by the great Dragon Spirit of Fire.  However, by 1682 the Fae successfully deported the lethal beast inside its home of what was soon to be named Halley’s Comet, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.alternative-worlds.com/2010/08/25/a-star-shall-fall-marie-brennan/</link>
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		<title>The Way of Kings-Brandon Sanderson</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Way of Kings
Brandon Sanderson
Tor, Aug 31 2010, $27.99
ISBN: 9780765326355
The storms of Roshar are legendary for their fierceness as natural selection has led to flora and fauna adapting to the intensity.  Failure to do so means extinction.  Humans understand the basic premise for survival of the fittest as they have built great cities [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.alternative-worlds.com/2010/08/25/the-way-of-kings-brandon-sanderson/</link>
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		<title>Haunted Legends-Ellen Datlow and Nick Mamaras</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Haunted Legends
Ellen Datlow and Nick Mamaras
Tor, Sep 14 2010, $27.99
ISBN: 9780765323002
These twenty regional ghost stories based on local legends around the world make up a spirited fun anthology that will have readers keeping the lights on for two or three weeks.  All the entries are fabulous with perhaps the best of the lot being [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.alternative-worlds.com/2010/08/23/haunted-legends-ellen-datlow-and-nick-mamaras/</link>
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