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Elaine Chung When Ty Franck and Daniel Abraham started to collaborate, turning Francks long-running role-playing game into a novel called Still Franck and Abraham persevered, selling Leviathan Wakes to Orbit Books under the pen name James S.A. Corey. When the book was published, the front cover sported a quote from George R.R. Martin: "Its been too long since weve had a really kickass space opera." Now, of course, Leviathan Wakes has been followed by eight sequels and a TV show, The Expans...

One hundred thousand years in the future, humanity is but one race among many providing officers to the Federated Stars’ Interstellar Patrol. Although little inconvenienced by plausible science, the Patrol bears a weighty responsibility, for the Milky Way and the other Island Universes are realms subject to entropy’s harsh rule. Again and again the Patrol encounters desperate civilizations endangered by the impending demise of their homes—from dimming solar systems to comets losing their ...

Byron and Pine Island leading the way in new home construction near Rochester. Written By: Brian Todd | × The green area shows a new area adjacent to Pine Islands elementary school at the corner of New Haven Road and Olmsted County Road 5 where the city of Pine Island has approved a development agreement with Bigelow Homes to create buildable lots for 42 total homes. (Courtesy City of Pine Island) PINE ISLAND — In a quick, special meeting, the Pine Island City Council approve...

This article is part of three-part series on summer reads for young people after a very unique year. As this tumultuous year comes to a close, the Australian summer is an ideal time to relax and escape through reading. Like many people, Australian teenagers have experienced higher rates of psychological distress this year as a result of the COVID pandemic. Reading is one way for teens to remove themselves, if only temporarily, from their current stresses. As fantasy writer Neil Gaiman said: Boo...

Amazing Audiobooks (#AA2021) Nominees Round Up, December 16 Edition Click here to see all of the current Amazing Audiobooks nominees along with more information about the list and past years’ selections. We Are Not Free by Traci Chee; narrated by: Scott Keiji Takeda, Dan Woren, Ryan Potter, Ali Fumiko, Sophie Oda, Andrew Kishino, Christopher Naoki Lee, Grace Rolek, Erika Aishii, Brittany Ishibashi, Kurt Sanchez Kanazawa, and Terry Kitagawa Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ISBN: 9780358343561 Fourte...