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$\"\"$ <\/a> $\"\"$ The Christian Century<\/em> has released its issue with recommendations for Christmas gifts. This year they had a science fiction category, and Gabriel McKee and I wrote the recommendations<\/a>. Click through to read them!<\/a><\/p>\n

Fuller reviews of\u00a0 Shada<\/em><\/a> and Existence<\/a> can be found in separate posts on my blog.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"