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SPSFC Finalist Review: Accidental Intelligence by Bryan Chaffin

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June 5 update: Accidental Intelligence has been named a finalist! We’ve made it to the semifinals of the fourth annual Self-Published Science Fiction Competition (SPSFC4). Team Tar Vol On advanced two semifinalists, which were joined in our half of the bracket by semifinalists from Space Girls and Red Stars. In this round, the three teams are reading each other’s selections… Continue reading SPSFC Finalist Review: Accidental Intelligence by Bryan Chaffin

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SPSFC Finalist Review: On Impulse by Heather Texle

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June 5 update:  We’ve made it to the semifinals of the fourth annual Self-Published Science Fiction Competition (SPSFC4). Team Tar Vol On advanced two semifinalists, which were joined in our half of the bracket by semifinalists from Space Girls and Red Stars. In this round, the three teams are reading each other’s selections and combining scores to identify the top… Continue reading SPSFC Finalist Review: On Impulse by Heather Texle

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SPSFC Finalist Review: Children of the Black by W.J. Long III

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We’ve made it to the finals of the third annual Self-Published Science Fiction Competition. Team Tar Vol On has combined with eight other teams to select six finalists to be read by every judge in the competition. We’ve already read and scored Thrill Switch and Kenai, but we’re reviewing four more as part of the last round of… Continue reading SPSFC Finalist Review: Children of the Black by W.J. Long III

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SPSFC Finalist Review: Dark Theory by Wick Welker

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We’ve made it to the finals of the third annual Self-Published Science Fiction Competition. Team Tar Vol On has combined with eight other teams to select six finalists to be read by every judge in the competition. We’ve already read and scored Thrill Switch and Kenai, but we’re reviewing four more as part of the last round of… Continue reading SPSFC Finalist Review: Dark Theory by Wick Welker

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SPSFC Finalist Review: Three Grams of Elsewhere by Andy Giesler

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We’ve made it to the finals of the third annual Self-Published Science Fiction Competition. Team Tar Vol On has combined with eight other teams to select six finalists to be read by every judge in the competition. We’ve already read and scored Thrill Switch and Kenai, but we’re reviewing four more as part of the last round of… Continue reading SPSFC Finalist Review: Three Grams of Elsewhere by Andy Giesler

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SPSFC Finalist Review: Memoirs of a Synth–Gold Record by Leigh Saunders

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We’ve made it to the finals of the third annual Self-Published Science Fiction Competition. Team Tar Vol On has combined with eight other teams to select six finalists to be read by every judge in the competition. We’ve already read and scored Thrill Switch and Kenai, but we’re reviewing four more as part of the last round of… Continue reading SPSFC Finalist Review: Memoirs of a Synth–Gold Record by Leigh Saunders

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SPSFC Finalist Review: Thrill Switch by Tim Hawken

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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 Finalist Review: Percival Gynt and the Conspiracy of Days by Drew Melbourne

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The end of the second annual Self-Published Science Fiction Competition (SPSFC2) is within sight, with the winner to be announced in mid-July. My team advanced three of our semifinalists to the finals, before being given four more books to read on the way to determining an overall winner. Today, we’ll be looking at the comic… Continue reading SPSFC Finalist Review: Percival Gynt and the Conspiracy of Days by Drew Melbourne