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SPSFC Semifinalist Review: Time of the Cat by Tansy Rayner Roberts

We’ve made it to the quarterfinals of the fourth annual Self-Published Science Fiction Competition. Team Tar Vol On has sifted through 32 randomly assigned books and selected a top four. That number has since dropped to two, so we’ll be evaluating a pair of our own and a third-place book from one other team in… Continue reading SPSFC Semifinalist Review: Time of the Cat by Tansy Rayner Roberts

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SPSFC Semifinalist Review: A Swift and Sudden Exit by Nico Vincenty

We’ve made it to the quarterfinals of the fourth annual Self-Published Science Fiction Competition. Team Tar Vol On has sifted through 32 randomly assigned books and selected a top four. That number has since dropped to two, so we’ll be evaluating a pair of our own and a third-place book from one other team in… Continue reading SPSFC Semifinalist Review: A Swift and Sudden Exit by Nico Vincenty

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SPSFC Semifinalist Review: Any Minor World by Craig Schaefer

Self-Published Science Fiction Competition (SPSFC) Team Tar Vol On has sent our two semifinalists to a pair of other teams, and in return, we’ve gotten four new semifinalists to review and rate. Our scores will combine with those of these two other teams in order to select two books to advance to the finals, starting… Continue reading SPSFC Semifinalist Review: Any Minor World by Craig Schaefer

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SPSFC Finalist Review: Thrill Switch by Tim Hawken

My judging team in the third annual Self-Published Science Fiction Competition (SPSFC3) has made our way through our full 24-book allocation and selected seven quarterfinalists. Since then, we’ve spent a couple months reading these seven quarterfinalists in full in an effort to narrow our allocation down to the two books we’ll be sending forward to… Continue reading SPSFC Finalist Review: Thrill Switch by Tim Hawken

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SPSFC Semifinalist Review: Apocalypse Parenting by Erin Ampersand

My judging team in the third annual Self-Published Science Fiction Competition (SPSFC3) has made our way through our full 24-book allocation and selected seven quarterfinalists. Since then, we’ve spent a couple months reading these seven quarterfinalists in full in an effort to narrow our allocation down to the two books we’ll be sending forward to… Continue reading SPSFC Semifinalist Review: Apocalypse Parenting by Erin Ampersand

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SPSFC Finalist Review: The Last Gifts of the Universe by Rory August

After whittling our initial 28-book allotment down to three, my SPSFC2 team has received six more semifinalists from other judging teams. Our scores of these six new books, along with our original three semifinalists, have combined with with 81 other scores (nine each from nine teams) to determine the SPSFC2 finalists, and three of our… Continue reading SPSFC Finalist Review: The Last Gifts of the Universe by Rory August

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SPSFC Finalist Review: Those Left Behind by N.C. Scrimgeour

After whittling our initial 28-book allotment down to three, my SPSFC2 team has received six more semifinalists from other judging teams. Our scores of these six new books, along with our original three semifinalists, have combined with with 81 other scores (nine each from nine teams) to determine the SPSFC2 finalists, and three of our… Continue reading SPSFC Finalist Review: Those Left Behind by N.C. Scrimgeour