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The Trouble With Heroes (Fantasy) 80(1)
Published by DAW on November 03, 2009
  
Grasping for the Wind Review Rating: 80
this anthology is a lot of fun to read, and has some really creative stories in it.
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Plague Zone (Plague Year, Book 3) (Science Fiction) 80(1)
Published by Ace on November 24, 2009
  
Grasping for the Wind Review Rating: 80
It has all the earmarks of a political thriller, the content of a science fiction novel, and the characterization to match.
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Death Troopers (Star Wars) (Horror) 65(6)
Published by LucasBooks on October 13, 2009
  
Grasping for the Wind Review Rating: 60
Schreiber creates a good mashup of the horror genre into the Star Wars mythos...
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Flight of the Renshai (Fantasy) 40(1)
Published by DAW Hardcover on September 01, 2009
  
Grasping for the Wind Review Rating: 40
Long-time readers of Reichert will no doubt enjoy Flight of the Renshai and high school age readers will find a good entry point to the metanarrative, but adult readers will find that the book feels dumbed down and overly simplistic in construction and content.
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Shades of Grey (Science Fiction) 76(3)
Published by Viking Adult on December 29, 2009
  
Grasping for the Wind Review Rating: 100
This is great fiction, and highly enjoyable for its complexity, its originality, and its humor.
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The Dragon Book: Magical Tales from the Masters of Modern Fantasy Image
The Dragon Book: Magical Tales from the Masters of Modern Fantasy (Fantasy) 73(3)
Published by Ace Hardcover on November 03, 2009
  
Grasping for the Wind Review Rating: 60
I enjoyed it for the most part; Dann and Dozois laid sequence of stories well...
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Suicide Kings (Wild Cards, Book 20) (Fantasy) 79(7)
Published by Tor Books on December 22, 2009
  
Grasping for the Wind Review Rating: 80
...a no-nonsense novel that tackles world issues and events head-on, not afraid to make a statement even as they entertain.
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Bone Dance: A Fantasy for Technophiles (Young Adult Fantasy) 75(2)
Published by Orb Books on July 07, 2009
First Published by Ace in 1991
  
SF Signal Review Rating: 90
Bone Dance is an appealing, well-written, and thoughtful story, but is best suited to readers of a philosophical nature or reading temperament.
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Death Troopers (Star Wars) (Horror) 65(6)
Published by LucasBooks on October 13, 2009
  
SF Site Review Rating: 60
[audio version] The plot of this tale is a fairly simple one, following a straight line from point A to Z with no real twists or turns.
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