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» Time Magazine’s Top 10 Fiction Books of 2013 (selected by Lev Grossman and Radhika Jones) are led by titles by Kate Atkinson and George Saunders, and include other titles by Joe Hill, Neil Gaiman, and Max Berry

» Boston Globe: Ed Power writes, Sorry, J.R.R. Tolkien is not the father of fantasy

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