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    • Books Reviewed by David A. Olson

    A Night in the Lonesome October

    Roger Zelazny

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    Fantasy
    Reviewer: David A. Olson
    Reader Rating: 9/10
    Posted 7/4/2005

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    Aliens and AIs

    Lawrence M. Schoen

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    Science Fiction
    Reviewer: David A. Olson
    Posted 10/12/2005

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    Ancient Rising

    JC De La Torre

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    Fantasy
    Reviewer: David A. Olson
    Posted 10/31/2006

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    Atlas' Revenge

    Ron and Tony DiTocco

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    YA Fantasy
    Reviewer: David A. Olson
    Reader Rating: 5/10
    Posted 9/18/2006

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    Bondage: Tales of Obsession

    Tyree Campbell

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    Mixed Genre Anthology
    Reviewer: David A. Olson
    Reader Rating: 9/10
    Posted 11/16/2006

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    Egg of the Damned

    April French

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    Fantasy
    Reviewer: David A. Olson
    Reader Rating: 10/10
    Posted 9/18/2006

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    Essential SF: A Concise Guide

    Jonathan Cowie, Tony Chester

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    Non-Fiction
    Reviewer: David A. Olson
    Reader Rating: 10/10
    Posted 7/21/2005

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    Fictitious Force

    Various Authors

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    Magazine
    Reviewer: David A. Olson
    Reader Rating: 10/10
    Posted 1/13/2006

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    Flashing the Dark

    Bruce Boston, Marge Simon

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    Mixed Genre Anthology
    Reviewer: David A. Olson
    Reader Rating: 10/10
    Posted 8/12/2006

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    Hungur Magazine (Issue 1)

    Terrie Leigh Relf

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    Magazine
    Reviewer: David A. Olson
    Posted 9/21/2006

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    I Was Probed by Aliens and Lived to Tell the Tale

    Barry J. House

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    Science Fiction
    Reviewer: David A. Olson
    Reader Rating: 8/10
    Posted 1/2/2007

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    Jack of Shadows

    Roger Zelazny

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    Fantasy
    Reviewer: David A. Olson
    Reader Rating: 9/10
    Posted 9/21/2006

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    Lord of Swords

    Daniel E. Blackston

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    Fantasy
    Reviewer: David A. Olson
    Reader Rating: 9/10
    Posted 6/23/2005

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    Magic for Hire

    Alex Greene

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    YA Fantasy
    Reviewer: David A. Olson
    Posted 7/18/2005

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    Magistria: Realm of the Sorcerer

    G.W. Thomas

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    Fantasy
    Reviewer: David A. Olson
    Reader Rating: 8/10
    Posted 6/18/2005

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    Star Brigade: First Renaissance

    C. C. Ekeke

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    Science Fiction
    Reviewer: David A. Olson
    Reader Rating: 4/10
    Posted 9/21/2006

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    Temple of Cod

    Adrienne Jones

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    Dark Fantasy
    Reviewer: David A. Olson
    Reader Rating: 9/10
    Posted 10/7/2005

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    The Coming of Dragons

    A. J. Lake

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    YA Fantasy
    Reviewer: David A. Olson
    Reader Rating: 8/10
    Posted 11/16/2006

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    The Extraordinary Adventures of Alfred Kropp

    Richard Yancey

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    YA Fantasy
    Reviewer: David A. Olson
    Reader Rating: 9/10
    Posted 11/3/2005

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    The Forests of Silence

    Emily Rodda

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    YA Fantasy
    Reviewer: David A. Olson
    Reader Rating: 6/10
    Posted 11/8/2006

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    The Malloreon Volume 1

    David Eddings

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    No Stars!

    Fantasy
    Reviewer: David A. Olson
    Reader Rating: 6/10
    Posted 10/14/2006

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    The Phantom Tollbooth

    Norton Juster

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    YA Science Fiction
    Reviewer: David A. Olson
    Reader Rating: 7/10
    Posted 9/18/2006

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    Unparalleled Journeys

    Edward Knight

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    Mixed Genre Anthology
    Reviewer: David A. Olson
    Posted 9/18/2006

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    X & Y and Other Like Stories

    Heidi Cyr

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    Mixed Genre Collection
    Reviewer: David A. Olson
    Posted 9/21/2006

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