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My Best of 2010, Part Two

J. L. Carr, A Month in the Country A short novel about a First World War veteran who recovers from PTSD and a broken marriage as he restores a fresco by an unknown medieval artist in a village church. If … Continue reading

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Memories of the Future

The best science fiction/fantasy collection of 2009 was a book of 80-year old stories: Memories of the Future by Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky. If anyone out there knows how to pronounce “Krzhizhanovsky,” leave a comment. I’m really curious. Memories collects seven stories … Continue reading

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