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Extra pages at a book's end prove that it is honest.

Veraj paĝoj havas molaĵon.

Rotting fallen fruit proves that a tree has grown.

Veraj fruktoj havas semojn.

Sour green berries prove that the harvest has passed.

Veraj vitoj havas dornojn.

Joseph's cry proves that Rachel had once been near …

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By Paul Lee

Turning 30 with the Wheel

You stand in the center of mountain stadium, beneath the collective gaze of the spectators watching from the tiers rising around you into the peaks above. In front of you, the judges stare at you from their platform, their expressions as blank as those of the assorted masks hanging from …

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'Voices from Babylon: Into One Cup'

The Gathering is the pilot movie for Babylon 5. It is sometimes numbered as the first episode, while other sources number Midnight on the Firing Line as Episode 1.
It was originally broadcast on February 22, 1993. Subtitle: 'Review of The Gathering' Tags: television, sci-fi, mythology Image: img/voices-from-babylon.jpg …

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IFComp: Grandma Bethlinda’s Variety Box

Playfulness is one quality of traditional IF that is often difficult to critique or evaluate. Big-headed reviewers often find little use for it, since it is concerned neither with Making a Difference, nor with High Art, nor with abstract Capital Letter Ideals (CLI, because parser). Although many types of digital …

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True Tales

Faith in one meaningful life can elevate everyday mundane ones.

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Lament of the Lost Moon

The poetry anthology Under Every Moon by G.L. Francis uses the pigments of world folklore and nautical tradition to color a subtle vision of reality, full of spiritual depth and of the fantastic. The poems largely forsake traditional meter and familiar rhyme schemes, and the themes and references can …

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The Old Tree

Bid the Gods Arise by Robert Mullin takes the basic materials of ancient Judeo-Christian legend and gives them life and coherence in a mythic universe. In doing so, it avoids falling into the Evangelical stereotypes of the same source material, and it is definitely not “biblical fiction.” The myth-creation leaves …

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By Paul Lee