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Books Without Pictures

Tales of speculative fiction have been told since before recorded history, but in the past century it has grown into an art form all its own. From Asimov to Wells, from adventures in space opera to cy... Read more

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Wendee and Dan end Dan's minor freakout at having confused different portions of the DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Princ... Read more

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Wendee and Dan finish their discussion of Hyperion, squeezing this in, naturally, between mentions of award slates, conv... Read more

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Armageddon 2015 AD - The Hugo Awards

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In this special episode of Books Without Pictures, while taking a look at the 2015 nominees for Best Short Story, Wendee... Read more

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Hyperion, Part A: Clergy, Soldiers, Poets, and Semirobotic Harbingers of Murderdeath

Books Without Pictures returns with the first half of Dan Simmons' Hyperion, and also the story of that time Dan saw boo... Read more

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