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Counting the Days: Five SFF Approaches to Calendars

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Counting the Days: Five SFF Approaches to Calendars

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Detail from the cover of Watchstar
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Five SFF Books About Oddballs Resisting Conformity

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Detail from the cover of Shroud by Adrian Tchaikovsky
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Science Fiction

Five Stories About Being Stranded on an Alien Planet

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Detail from the cover of The Man Who Folded Himself by David Gerrold
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Time Travel

Five Stories About Time Travel on a Limited Scale

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Detail from the cover of The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water by Zen Cho
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Five Stories About What Happens After You’ve Defeated the Big Bad

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Five Books That Serve Serious Eat-the-Rich Energy

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Detail from the cover of The Space Olympics
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Five SFF Works About Contests and Competition

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Five Horror Books That Will Make You Afraid of the Dark

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Detail from the cover of Julie Chan Is Dead
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Five Books About the Horrors of Surviving in America

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Five Books That Rethink Magic School Tropes

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Five SFF Stories Set on Hills and Mountains

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Five SFF Works About Meddling, Mystery-Solving Kids

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