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Article of the day for April 11, 2019 is Satellite Science Fiction . Satellite Science Fiction was an American science fiction magazine, published from October 1956 to April 1959 by Leo Margulies' Renown Publications. It was edited initially by Sam Merwin, then Margulies, and finally Frank Belknap Long. In addition to a handful of short stories, initially each issue ran a full-length novel, including the original version of Philip K. Dick's first novel The Cosmic Puppets, and well-received work by Algis Budrys and Jack Vance, though the quality was not always high. Isaac Asimov, Arthur C. Clarke, and L. Sprague de Camp were among the short story contributors. Sam Moskowitz wrote a series of articles on the early history of science fiction for Satellite; these were later to be revised as part of his book Explorers of the Infinite. In 1958 Margulies tracked down the first magazine publication of H.G. Wells' The Time Machine from 1894–1895, and reprinted a short excerpt from...

Spring’s Best New Romance Novels: Hockey Players, Werewolves, 19th-Century Farmers and More

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By JAIME GREEN from NYT Books https://nyti.ms/2U5rPHb

PM Thunderstorms Tomorrow Weather!

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With a high of 71F and a low of 57F.

In T.C. Boyle’s Trippy New Novel, Characters Turn On, Tune In and Drop Lots of Acid

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By CHRIS BACHELDER from NYT Books https://nyti.ms/2UtEBUV

In This Novel, a Man’s Face Becomes Distorted. His Sanity Follows.

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By STEPHAN LEE from NYT Books https://nyti.ms/2Z1Bhz8

‘Women Talking,’ by Miriam Toews, Is a Mennonite #MeToo Novel

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By JENNIFER REESE from NYT Books https://nyti.ms/2WZoTxz

A Modern Riff on an Old Testament Climate Catastrophe

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By JOAN SILBER from NYT Books https://nyti.ms/2Igk2oL