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Finishing _The Water Knife_: the end of the world and what comes next

Posted on August 5, 2016 by Bryan Alexander

In July we launched our near-future science fiction reading project with The Water Knife, Paolo Bacigalupi’s dark vision of a desertified American southwest.  Last week I posted notes on the first half of the book.  Alan Levine wrote a fantastic post … Continue reading →

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Into _The Water Knife_

Posted on July 26, 2016 by Bryan Alexander

I’m 52% of the way into Bacigalupi’s near-future science fiction novel The Water Knife, and wanted to share some notes for our online reading/book club. (Relevant posts on this blog are tagged waterknife) First, quick and general reactions with an eye … Continue reading →

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Starting off our science fiction reading with The Water Knife

Posted on July 20, 2016 by Bryan Alexander

On Tuesday I floated the idea of reading a near-future science fiction novel.  The goal was twofold: to get ideas about the future, while having fun. Readers here and elsewhere (Twitter, Facebook, email) voted for their favorites and contributed more … Continue reading →

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