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  • The 13 1/2 Lives of Captain Bluebear by Walter Moers. Reviewed for Magill Book Reviews.

  • Airs Beneath the Moon (first in The Horsemistress Saga) by Toby Bishop. Reviewed December 2007 in VOYA.

  • The Amazing Dr. Darwin by Charles Sheffield. Reviewed February 2003 in VOYA.

  • Anonymous Rex by Eric Garcia. Reviewed January 20, 2000 in Metroland.

  • Attack of the Jazz Giants by Gregory Frost. Reviewed for Magill Book Reviews.

  • Black Pockets and Other Dark Thoughts by George Zebrowski. Reviewed for Magill Book Reviews (February 2007).

  • Bright of the Sky (first in the Entire and the Rose series) by Kay Kenyon. Reviewed January 2008 for Magill Book Reviews.

  • Calculating God by Robert J. Sawyer. Reviewed August 17, 2000 in Metroland.

  • The Chicken Dance by Jacques Couvillon. Reviewed December 2007 in VOYA.

  • The Chronoliths by Robert Charles Wilson. Reviewed December 2001 in The New York Review of Science Fiction.

  • Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister by Gregory Maguire. Reviewed November 11, 1999 in Metroland.

  • Crache by Mark Budz. Reviewed February 2005 in Amazing Stories.

  • The Dark Lord by Patricia Simpson. Reviewed March 2005 in Amazing Stories.

  • Death Stars, Weird Galaxies, and a Quasar-spangled Universe: The Discoveries of the Very Large Array Telescope by Karen Taschek. Reviewed April 2007 in VOYA.

  • The Dress Lodger by Sheri Holman. Reviewed March 30, 2000 in Metroland.

  • Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn. Reviewed August 2002 in The New York Review of Science Fiction.

  • Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn and Tepper Isn't Going Out by Calvin Trillin. Reviewed April 11, 2002 in Metroland.

  • Faerie Lord (fourth in The Faerie Wars Chronicles)by Herbie Brennan. Reviewed October 2007 in VOYA.

  • Faerie Wars (first in The Faerie Wars Chronicles)by Herbie Brennan. Reviewed June 2003 in VOYA.

  • Farscape Illustrated Companion by Paul Simpson and David Hughes. Reviewed February 2003 in VOYA.

  • Fearless by Tim Lott. Reviewed February 2008 for VOYA.

  • Firebirds Rising edited by Sharyn November. Reviewed April 2006 in VOYA.

  • Forever Free by Joe Haldeman. Reviewed January 6, 2000 in Metroland.

  • The Fox and the Flies: The Secret Life of a Grotesque Master Criminal by Charles Van Onselen. Reviewed May 2008 for Magill Books Online.

  • The Future is Wild by Dougal Dixon and John Adams. Reviewed April 2003 in VOYA.

  • The Ghost Brigades by John Scalzi. Reviewed for Magill Book Reviews (June 2007).

  • The Great American Paperback by Richard A. Lupoff. Reviewed January 24, 2002 in Metroland.

  • In the Beginning... Was the Command Line by Neal Stephenson. Reviewed November 24, 1999 in Metroland.

  • Isaac Newton: The Scientist Who Changed Everything by Philip Steele. Reviewed April 2008 for VOYA.

  • The Jazz by Melissa Scott. Reviewed May 25, 2000 in Metroland.

  • Joan of Arc: The Teenager Who Saved her Nation by Philip Wilkinson. Reviewed April 2008 for VOYA.

  • Judas Unchained by Peter F. Hamilton. Reviewed for Magill Book Reviews (September 2007).

  • Kiln People by David Brin. Reviewed June 13, 2002 in Metroland.

  • Kitty and the Midnight Hour by Carrie Vaughn. Reviewed October 2005 in VOYA.

  • Kitty Goes to Washington by Carrie Vaughn. Reviewed October 2006 in VOYA.

  • Kitty Takes a Holiday by Carrie Vaughn. Reviewed August 2007 for VOYA.

  • Leaping to the Stars by David Gerrold. Reviewed October 2002 in VOYA.

  • Limit of Vision by Linda Nagata. Reviewed May 31, 2001 in Metroland.

  • The Looking Glass Wars (first in The Looking Glass Wars series) by Frank Beddor. Reviewed October 2006 in VOYA.

  • Melusine by Sarah Monette. Reviewed for Magill Book Reviews (February 2007).

  • Memory by Linda Nagata. Reviewed October 2003 in VOYA.

  • My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult. Reviewed December 2004 in VOYA.

  • Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America by Barbara Ehrenreich. Reviewed July 12, 2001 in Metroland.

  • Nobody's Fault by Jonathan Pearce. Reviewed August 2006 for VOYA.

  • Od Magic by Patricia A. McKillip. Reviewed October 2005 in VOYA.

  • The Outcasts by L.S. Matthews. Reviewed December 2007 in VOYA.

  • The Purple Emperor (second in The Faerie Wars Chronicles)by Herbie Brennan. Reviewed February 2005 in VOYA.

  • The Queen of Second Place by Laura Peyton Roberts. Reviewed December 2005 in VOYA.

  • Radiant by James Alan Gardner. Reviewed February 2005 in VOYA.

  • Rite of Conquest by Judith Tarr. Reviewed August 2005 in VOYA.

  • River of Gods by Ian McDonald. Reviewed for Magill Book Reviews (June 2007).

  • The Road of Bones by Anne Fine. Reviewed for VOYA (forthcoming).

  • Ruler of the Realm (third in The Faerie Wars Chronicles) by Herbie Brennan. Reviewed August 2006 for VOYA.

  • Runaway by Wendelin Van Draanen. Reviewed December 2006 for VOYA.

  • Secrets, Lies, Gizmos, and Spies: A History of Spies and Espionage by Janet Wyman Coleman. Reviewed October 2006 in VOYA.

  • Seeing Redd (second in The Looking Glass Wars series) by Frank Beddor. Reviewed October 2007 in VOYA.

  • Serendib by Jim Toner. Reviewed April 19, 2001 in Metroland.

  • Shadow Falls by Amy Kathleen Ryan. Reviewed June 2005 in VOYA.

  • Skulduggery Pleasant (first in the Skulduggery Pleasant series) by Derek Landy. Reviewed August 2007 for VOYA.

  • Skulduggery Pleasant: Playing with Fire (second in the Skulduggery Pleasant series)by Derek Landy. Reviewed for VOYA (forthcoming).

  • Solstice Wood by Patricia A. McKillip. Reviewed for Magill Book Reviews (January 2007).

  • Star Wars: The Approaching Storm by Alan Dean Foster. Reviewed August 2002 in VOYA.

  • The Starry Rift edited by Jonathan Strahan. Reviewed February 2008 for VOYA (forthcoming).

  • The Sushi Economy: Globalization and the Making of a Modern Delicacy by Sasha Issenberg. Reviewed May 2008 for Magill Book Reviews.

  • Tepper Isn't Going Out by Calvin Trillin and Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn. Reviewed April 11, 2002 in Metroland.

  • Test by William Sleator. Reviewed April 2008 for VOYA.

  • Time's Eye by Arthur C. Clarke and Stephen Baxter. Reviewed October 2004 in VOYA.

  • The Virtu by Sarah Monette. Reviewed for Magill Book Reviews (February 2007).

  • The Way Science Works: Discovering the Secrets of Science with Exciting, Accessible Experiments by Robin Kerrod and Dr. Sharon Ann Holgate. Reviewed December 2002 in VOYA.

  • A World Too Near (second in the Entire and the Rose series) by Kay Kenyon. Reviewed May 2008 for Magill Book Reviews.