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Science plays a small part in science fiction, according to Clark Ashton Smith
By Gahan Wilson & Paul Witcover
It wouldn’t be fair if I didn’t come right out and confess at the start of this review that I am a devoted fan of Clark Ashton Smith’s work...
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The Hero Spoke
By Darrell Schweitzer Illustration by Chuck Lukacs
So he spoke, opening up the hoard of his words. They flowed forth, like spilled gold.
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True North
By K. D. Wentworth Illustration by Peter Ferguson
“Great things are done when men and mountains meet.”
—William Blake
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The Grand Mal Reaper
By Scott William Carter Illustration by Andrea Wucklund
She stood across from me, hands tucked into the armpits of her jean jacket, the tear in her nylon stocking looking garish in the pale yellow light. When she glanced at me through the fogging breaths and cigarette smoke, my heart did the skids.
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Of Metal Men and Scarlet Thread and Dancing with the Sunrise
By Ken Scholes Illustration by Allen Douglas
Rudolfo’s Gypsy Scouts found the metal man sobbing in an impact crater deep in the roiling
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The Cold Drake
By Renee Bennett Illustration by Brian Horton
My father was a cold-drake; revenge and malice flowed through him as blood through a lesser being.
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The journey of the armless maiden begins with despair and ends with self-restoration.
By Midori Snyder
In hero narratives, a young man leaves the familiar home of his birth and ventures into the unknown world where the fantastic awaits him. Along the journey, his worth as a man and as a hero is tested.
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New RPGs blend classic tales with new environments and updated graphics.
By Eric Baker
By Bethesda Softworks’s count, its new game Oblivion, for the PC and Xbox 360, is the fourth in the Elder Scrolls series, which began with Arena back in 1993.
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Director Bryan Singer gives fans a simple superhero living in a complex world
By Resa Nelson
Director Bryan Singer burst onto the cinema scene in 1995 with the breakout hit, The Usual Suspects. His success continued with X-Men and X2: X-Men United.
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Summer’s Other Fantasy Movies
By Resa Nelson
On July 7, Johnny Depp returns as Captain Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest from Walt Disney Pictures. He’s in debt to Davey Jones, the captain of the ghost ship, the Flying Dutchman.
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