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<div>Enrique Gaspar y Rimbau, <b>El A<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; min-height: 0.01px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">nacronópete</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; display: inline !important; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span> </span></span>[The
Time Ship]</b>. 1887. This is a first edition of the first Western (Spanish-language) novel to feature a time machine, published eight years before H. G. Wells' vision of the technology! <em style="box-sizing: border-box; min-height: 0.01px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"></em></div>
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</li><li style="font-family:"Times New Roman", Times, serif">Elizbeth Jane Howard, <b>
Three Miles Up and Other Strange Stories</b>. Tartarus Press, 1951. A rare book of weird fiction by a British novelist - accompanied by a letter describing possible adaptation for radio. </li></ul>
<div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">This weekend sees the Nebula Awards Conference, which I'll be presenting at; there are still some
</span><a href="https://nebulas.sfwa.org/nebula-scholarships-and-sponsorships/" title="https://nebulas.sfwa.org/nebula-scholarships-and-sponsorships/" data-loopstyle="link" id="LPNoLPOWALinkPreview"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">scholarships
available for both online and in-person attendance</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">, so do check them out if you're interested! </span></div>
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book of the month:</span></u></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman", serif;margin:0px"><span class="x_ContentPasted0 ContentPasted0" style="margin:0px"> <i style="font-weight: bold;">Kushiel's Dart,
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