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Blinks: Ansible, Gaiman, Banks, novels for people who hate SF

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» Dave Langford’s Ansible 312

» NYT Book Review: Benjamin Percy reviews Neil Gaiman’s The Ocean at the End of the Lane

» Financial Times interviews Neil Gaiman

» Guardian: Five science fiction novels for people who hate SF

» NPR: Ellah Allfrey reviews Iain Banks’ The Quarry

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