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Oxford authors Colin Dexter and Brian Aldiss added to biography dictionary  Oxford Mail

Royal Mint’s H.G. Wells Commemorative Coin Has Some Errors  Nerdist

Landmarks: With an eye toward the future, new year a good time to consider the literature of ideas — especially those of science fiction  Chicago Tribune

Tewksbury Public Library events, Jan. 1-7  Wicked Local

Gary K. Wolfe and Ian Mond Review The Arrest by Jonathan Lethem  Locus Online

Four Stories That Subvert the Cosy Catastrophe Genre  tor.com

Look east, old man  The Spectator US

The Dice Man author George Cockcroft (aka Luke Rhinehart) dies aged 87  The Guardian

The Romanies didn't haggle but Princess Margaret did - antiques memories from The Jam Factory  Oxford Mail

SF Grandmaster Brian Aldiss Remembered in New Photo Book  tor.com

Ramsey Campbell Interview  Book and Film Globe

'Ready Player Two' author Ernest Cline on returning to the Oasis  EW.com

Science fiction: Fast forward into a universal future  The Irish Times

Sci-fi writer Brian Aldiss' possessions are the stars of daughter's photograph book  Oxford Mail

Cory Doctorow on his drive to inspire positive futures  Polygon

ABCD Awards Winners  Locus Online

A lesson from failure  Kashmir Reader

10 Best Final Horror Movies by Great Directors  Film School Rejects

Dr. Strangelove 2 & 9 More Unrealized Stanley Kubrick Projects That Could've Been Great  Screen Rant

Got Series Fatigue? Try These Ten Standalone Fantasy Novels!  tor.com

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I just finished playing the Mass Effect trilogy (including the four novels) and I need more sci-fi! I've read some of the older classics like Dune but what I really need is something more recent with heavy science in it, no matter how fictional or even absurd. Mass Effect for example had alien communities, galactic teleportation and even biotic superpowers but everything had science behind it! PS: I prefer something about space but not necessesarily, as long as it's sci-fi and totally geeky :D Thanks in advance to everyone that answers!

There are two short fiction horror stories I cannot recall the name or what collection they were apart of. I thought they were apart of a Stephen King novel, but I can't find them in any of his collections. The first story is about a man obsessed with some form of exercise (weight lifting or chin ups.) The man starts to amputate his limbs for the benefit of weighing less. He visits a surgeon frequently, in the end he amputates all fingers or his arm where he cannot do the exercise anymore. The second story is about a man who owes a large amount of money to some mob. He is given the option of placing his hand on a red hot stove burner for 10 seconds to pay his debt. Turns out he can't do it, very gross and detailed that's why I believe it is Stephen King. I do believe they are from the same book. Please help thank you.

Some of the characters were Lily Yo, Flor and Band Appa Bondi. Can anyone tell me where to find this story?

Preferably written within the last 10 years or so? Thank you.