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April 2023
13:  
Did Plato Just Debunk the Loch Ness Monster? You Won't Believe What This Ancient Philosopher Has to Say!

July 2019
03:  
Verner Vinge and The Fermi Paradox | A Fire Upon The Deep

December 2018
05:  
The Most Mysterious Book in the World - The Voynich Manuscript

October 2018
28:  
Union Station Series Review | Recommended Reading
09:  
The Connection Between Reading Science Fiction and Productivity.

August 2018
21:  
Hugo Award 2018 Winners and Finalists.
04:  
Arthur C. Clarke Award 2018

May 2018
14:  
Cycling In The Dark - A Technique For Writing Fiction.
01:  
Unfinished Tales | Shadow Worlds | Part Three

March 2018
24:  
Weekend Reads - 180324
16:  
Weekend Reads - 180316
02:  
Old, Timeless, Yet Still Relevant Today - Caves of Steel

February 2018
23:  
Weekend Reads - 180223
16:  
Weekend Reads - The Last Jedi Edition 1802
09:  
Top 5 Science Fiction and Fantasy of 2017
02:  
Weekend Reads - 180202

January 2018
31:  
Discover | The Dying Game by Asa Avdic
26:  
Weekend Reads - 180126
24:  
Discover | Amatka by Karin Tidbeck
19:  
Weekend Reads For Aspiring Writers - 1801 Edition
14:  
Cryptic, Ambiguous and Hypnotic - The Gunslinger
12:  
Weekend Reads - 180112
05:  
Weekend Reads - Science Fiction Special Edition 1801

December 2017
22:  
Weekend Reads - 171222
17:  
Who Is Big Brother in 2017? The Year That Was.
15:  
Weekend Reads - 171215

November 2017
10:  
Weekend Reads - 171110
05:  
Unfinished Tales | Shadow Worlds | Part Two
03:  
Weekend Reads - 171103
01:  
Discover | The Cityborn by Edward Willett

October 2017
29:  
The Far Called Trilogy by Stephen Hunt | Quicklooks
27:  
Weekend Reads - 171027
25:  
Discover | Killing Gravity by Corey J. White
22:  
Unfinished Tales | Shadow Worlds | Part One
20:  
Weekend Reads - 171020
18:  
Discover | Sea of Rust by C. Robert Cargill
13:  
Weekend Reads - 171013
11:  
Discover | Off Rock by Kieran Shea
06:  
Weekend Reads - RAW 171006
04:  
Discover | Christian Science Fiction
01:  
What's the Difference Between Christian Science Fiction and Regular Science Fiction | Ask Wolf

September 2017
29:  
Weekend Reads - RAW 170929
27:  
Discover | Starfire: A Red Peace by Spencer Ellsworth
17:  
Timothy Zhan Author | Treasures from the Bookshelf
15:  
Weekend Reads - RAW 170915
13:  
Discover | 2 Novels In The Steps of Lovecraft
08:  
Weekend Reads - RAW 170908
06:  
Discover | River of Teeth by Sarah Gailey
03:  
Star Wars or Star Trek? | A Critique of Utopian Fiction
01:  
Weekend Reads - RAW 170901

August 2017
30:  
Discover | An Oath of Dogs by Wendy N. Wagner
27:  
RainForest Encounter | Bonus Material
25:  
Weekend Reads - RAW 170825
23:  
Discover | Walking on the Sea of Clouds
18:  
Weekend Reads - RAW 170818
16:  
Discover | Firefall by Peter Watts
13:  
Too Deep for A Single Read | Hyperion Cantos
11:  
Weekend Reads - RAW 170811
09:  
Discover Minecraft: The Island by Max Brooks
04:  
Weekend Reads - RAW 170804
02:  
Discover | The Stars Are Legion by Kameron Hurley

July 2017
29:  
Weekend Reads - RAW 170729
26:  
Discover | The Tourist by Robert Dickinson
23:  
Reading Science Fiction Is Essential For Our Modern Times
21:  
Weekend Reads - RAW 170721
19:  
Discover | The Refrigerator Monologues by Catherynne Valente
14:  
Weekend Reads - RAW 140717
09:  
Science Fiction's Mythical List That Will Make You Rethink How You Recommend Books
07:  
Weekend Reads - RAW 170707
05:  
Discover | Beren and Lúthien by J.R.R. Tolkien

June 2017
30:  
Weekend Reads - RAW 170630
25:  
The Reason Why Science Fiction Is Like An Egg
23:  
Weekend Reads - RAW 170623
21:  
Discover | The Legends of Luke Skywalker by Ken Liu
16:  
Weekend Reads - RAW 170616
14:  
Discover | A Little Book for New Philosophers by Paul Copan
10:  
Weekend Reads - RAW 170609
07:  
Discover | Walkaway by Cory Doctorow
04:  
What Does Science Fiction Have in Common With Philosophy?
02:  
Weekend Reads - RAW 170602

May 2017
30:  
Discover | The Bakers Wife by Erin Healy
26:  
Weekend Reads - RAW 170526
24:  
Redshirts by John Scalzi | DNF
21:  
Pandora's Star | #5 Treasures from the Bookshelf
19:  
Weekend Reads - RAW 170519
17:  
Discover | Ninth City Burning by J. Patrick Black
14:  
Revenger by Alastair Reynolds, A Quick Look
12:  
Weekend Reads - RAW 170512
10:  
Up and Coming Reads | Far Space by Jason Kent
06:  
The Arthur C. Clarke Award Shortlist 2017
05:  
Weekend Reads - RAW 170505
03:  
Up and Coming Reads | The Collapsing Empire By John Scalzi

April 2017
28:  
Weekend Reads - RAW 170428
26:  
Up and Coming Reads | Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman
23:  
QuickLook at The Long Way To A Small Angry Planet
21:  
Weekend Reads - RAW 170421
19:  
Up and Coming Reads | The Celaran Solution by Michael McCloskey
14:  
Weekend Reads - RAW 170414
12:  
Up and Coming Reads | Thrawn by Timothy Zahn
07:  
Weekend Reads - RAW 170407
06:  
Up and Coming Reads | Hugo Awards 2017

March 2017
31:  
Weekend Reads - RAW 170331
24:  
Weekend Reads - RAW 170324
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Weekend Reads - RAW 170317
12:  
Weekend Reads - RAW 170310
05:  
A Journey Towards Redemption or Damnation | Downward to the Earth
03:  
Weekend Reads - RAW 170303

February 2017
24:  
Weekend Reads - RAW 240217
22:  
Up and Coming Reads | The Hangman's Daughter by Gavin G. Smith
17:  
Weekend Reading - RAW 170217
15:  
Up and Coming Reads | The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden
12:  
Fantasy Is Not Escapism But Equipping - J.R.R. Tolkien Biography
10:  
Weekend Reads - RAW 170210
08:  
Up and Coming Reads | The Long Cosmos by Pratchett and Baxter
04:  
Weekend Reads - RAW 170203

January 2017
31:  
Wolf's Book Of The Year 2016

December 2016
23:  
Random Articles - RAW 161223
18:  
Do More Better And The Meaning Of Life (It's Not 42)
16:  
Random Articles - RAW 161216
11:  
What Does An Economist, A Fish and Literature Have In Common?
10:  
Sturgeon's Revelation: In Defence Of Science Fiction
09:  
Random Articles - RAW 161209
04:  
The Time Machine, The Robot and Regrets
02:  
Random Articles - RAW 161202

November 2016
27:  
Behind The Scenes And Outtakes from the 2016 Videos
25:  
RAW Special Edition - Sherlock Holmes
20:  
Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of 2016 - Amazon's View
18:  
Up and Coming Reads| Vigil: Verity Fassbinder Book 1
16:  
Superhero Series: Hawkeye
13:  
Up and Coming Reads | The Corporation Wars: Dissidence by Ken MacLeod
11:  
Random Articles - RAW 161111
07:  
Trekonomics: The Economics of Star Trek | Thoughts and Ideas About...
04:  
Random Articles - RAW 161104

October 2016
28:  
Random Articles - RAW 161028
26:  
Up and Coming Reads | The Dinosaur Knights by Victor Milán
23:  
Memorable Reads:The Long Earth Series.
21:  
Random Articles about Time Travel - RAW 161021
15:  
Why I Dislike Utopian Fiction...
14:  
Shakespeare Special Edition | Random Articles - RAW 161014
07:  
Random Articles - RAW 161007
02:  
Lack Of Resolutions In The Wheel Of Time | Ask Wolf

September 2016
30:  
Random Articles - RAW 160930
25:  
New Star Trek Movies Controversy Explained | Kelvin Timeline | Ask Wolf
23:  
Random Articles - RAW 160923
18:  
Treasures from the Bookshelf | Shakespeare
16:  
Random Articles - RAW 160916
14:  
Up and Coming Reads | A Wolf at the Gate by Mark Van Steenwyk
11:  
Treasures from the Bookshelf | Century Rain by Alastair Reynolds
09:  
Random Articles - RAW 160909
07:  
Up and Coming Reads | The Celaran Refuge by Michael McCloskey


September 2016
04:  
Treasures from the Bookshelf | Rampart Worlds Series by Julian May
02:  
Random Articles - RAW 160902

August 2016
31:  
Up and Coming Reads | Year 200
28:  
Treasures from the Bookshelf | The Freedom Series by Anne McCaffrey
26:  
Random Articles - RAW 160826
24:  
Up And Coming Reads | NineFox Gambit
20:  
Random Articles - RAW 160819
16:  
Up and Coming Reads | Trekonomics: The Economics of Star Trek
12:  
Random Articles - RAW 160812
06:  
Random Articles - RAW 160806

July 2016
29:  
Up And Coming Reads | The Paper Menagerie
22:  
Random Articles - RAW 160722
16:  
Up And Coming Reads | United States of Japan
11:  
Up and Coming Reads | Shifting Reality
08:  
Random Articles - RAW 160708
02:  
Random Articles - RAW 160702

June 2016
25:  
Up and Coming Reads | The Fireman
19:  
C S Lewis' Cosmic Trilogy, More Than Meets The Eye
17:  
Snails and Symbolism | RAW Special Edition
12:  
Up and Coming Reads | Sol (The Silver Ships Book 5)
10:  
Random Articles - RAW 160610
03:  
Random Articles - RAW 160603

May 2016
29:  
Random Articles - RAW 160529
25:  
Up and Coming Reads | Down Station
22:  
Floaters | Tales from the Bookshop
21:  
Random Articles - RAW 160521
13:  
Up and Coming Reads | The Hidden Oracle
08:  
A Face Like A Potato | Tales From The Bookshop.
06:  
Special Library Edition of Random Articles - RAW 160506
01:  
Tales From The Bookshop | They're In My Sock, Quick Lets Go! | Empty Boxes

April 2016
29:  
Random Articles - RAW 160429
28:  
The Arthur C. Clarke Award Shortlist 2016
22:  
Random Articles - RAW 160422
17:  
Kobo Offers a Price Match Guarantee and Adds 10%
15:  
Random Articles - RAW 160415
10:  
World-Building, One Of My Favorite Things
08:  
Random Article - RAW 160408
02:  
Random Articles - RAW 160402

March 2016
25:  
Random Articles - RAW 160325
19:  
Random Articles - RAW 160319
13:  
Superhero Series | The Incredible Hulk
12:  
Random Articles - RAW 160312
06:  
Different Bible Translations... What's With That?
04:  
Random Articles - RAW 160304

February 2016
28:  
Superhero Series | The Amazing Spiderman
26:  
Random Articles - RAW 160226
21:  
Anomalous Thrust | Sliding Void Series by Stephen Hunt | Quicklooks
19:  
Random Articles - RAW 160219
12:  
Random Articles - RAW 160212
07:  
Crazy Busy by Kevin DeYoung
06:  
Random Articles - RAW 160206

January 2016
29:  
Random Articles - RAW 160129
23:  
E-Book Versus Print, An Ongoing Discussion.

December 2015
23:  
Random Articles Christmas Edition 2015 | RAW 151223
12:  
Random Articles - RAW 151212

November 2015
28:  
Random Articles RAW 151128
21:  
Random Articles - RAW 151121
14:  
Random Articles - RAW 151114
08:  
Space Scout by S.A. Pavli | Quick Look

October 2015
31:  
Random Articles - RAW 151031
24:  
New Research that is Not New
23:  
Random Articles - RAW 151023
18:  
Trilisk Trilogy (or Parker Interstellar Travels Books 1-5) | Recommend Reading
17:  
Random Article - RAW 151017
11:  
Quick Look at The Terminal War
10:  
Random Articles - RAW 151010
02:  
Random Articles - RAW 151002

September 2015
20:  
Random Articles - RAW 150920
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Random Articles - RAW 150913
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Random Articles - RAW 150904

August 2015
28:  
Random Articles - RAW 150828
21:  
Random Articles - RAW 150821
15:  
Random Articles - RAW 150815
08:  
Random Articles - RAW 150807

July 2015
31:  
Random Articles - RAW 150731
24:  
Random Articles - RAW 150724
19:  
Quick Look at The Lost Voyager
17:  
Random Articles, Special Edition - RAW 150717
10:  
Random Articles - RAW 150710
03:  
Random Articles - RAW 150703

June 2015
26:  
Random Article - RAW 150626
19:  
Random Articles - RAW 150619
13:  
Random Articles - RAW 150613
09:  
2015 Nebula Winners Plus Something New
05:  
Random Articles - RAW 150605

May 2015
31:  
Does Science Fiction Have A Canon?
30:  
Random Articles - RAW 150529
22:  
Random Articles - RAW 150522
17:  
Two Space Operas Worth Reading | The Silver Ships & The Atlantis Ship | Recommended Reading
15:  
Random Articles - RAW 150515
08:  
Random Articles - RAW 150508
03:  
7 Ideas To Get You Through Your Reading Slump.
01:  
Random Articles - RAW 150501

April 2015
24:  
Random Articles - RAW 150424
19:  
3 Series That Get Boys Hooked On Reading
17:  
Random Articles - RAW 150417
10:  
Random Articles - RAW 150410
05:  
Creating Focus In A Culture Of Distraction
03:  
Random Articles - RAW 150403

March 2015
27:  
Random Articles - RAW 150327
22:  
Have You Considered 'Going Digital' With Your Reading?
20:  
Recommended Articles - RAW 150320
13:  
Recommended Articles - RAW 150313
08:  
A Dangerous Combination, Genetic Manipulation and a Failure to Communicate - The Dragon Masters
06:  
Recommended Articles - RAW 150306

February 2015
27:  
Recommend Articles - RAW 150227
22:  
Reflecting On My Time Working In a Bookstore (Part 1)
20:  
Recommend Articles - RAW 150220
13:  
RAW 150213
08:  
Harry Potter and the Muggle Resistance.
06:  
RAW 150206

January 2015
31:  
RAW 150131
24:  
Ultima - Better Than Proxima

December 2014
31:  
RAW 141231
19:  
RAW 141219
12:  
RAW 141212
07:  
Proxima - A Different Approach to Storytelling
05:  
RAW 141205

November 2014
30:  
Four+ Things To Do This St Andrews Day
28:  
RAW 141128
23:  
Two Reasons To Stay Up Past Your Bedtime
21:  
RAW 211114
11:  
Plato, Politics and Eugenics - Space Viking, A Book Review.
07:  
RAW 141107

October 2014
31:  
RAW 141031
24:  
Let’s talk DRM
20:  
RAW 141020
17:  
E-Books: Keep 'em Together
11:  
RAW 141013
06:  
RAW 141006
04:  
Why We Buy: The Science Of Shopping - Paco Underhill
01:  
Physical Books Are Here to Stay According to Stephen King

September 2014
29:  
RAW 140929
19:  
Black Kobo, 4 Years On
16:  
Fallen Dragon - Peter F. Hamilton
11:  
I Believe in Evangelism
10:  
Creating Beats Consuming

November 2011
29:  
Good Food for Men - Gabriel Gaté

September 2011
16:  
Day of the Triffids - John Wyndham
11:  
Avatar Movie, Some Thoughts

August 2011
20:  
Empyrion - Stephen Lawhead

July 2011
08:  
The Odyssey - Homer

June 2011
27:  
A Book a Month

September 2010
19:  
Black Kobo - A Review

April 2010
21:  
The Folly of Prayer - Matt Woodley

March 2010
13:  
Dragon Haven by Robin Hobb

January 2010
24:  
How People Change by Tripp and Lane
20:  
1788 - David Hill
06:  
Collected New Years Resolutions

December 2009
29:  
2009 Reading Rundown


July 2009
09:  
Dragon Keeper by Robin Hobb
09:  
Little Fuzzy by H. Beam Piper

May 2009
09:  
Century Rain by Alastair Reynolds

April 2009
09:  
The Year 1000 by Robert Lacey
09:  
Blue Like Jazz by Donald Miller

February 2009
09:  
John Calvin and His Passion for the Majesty of God by John Piper

September 2008
15:  
The Encore Effect by Mark Sanborn







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