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<li><p><em>The Peshawar Lancers</em>, by S.M. Stirling, copyright 2002; ROC/New
American Library/Penguin Group (USA) Inc, January 2003. Seventh
printing. Another interesting alternate history from Stirling, this
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<li><p><em>A Meeting at Corvallis</em>, by S.M. Stirling, copyright 2006; ROC/New
American Library/Penguin Group (USA), September 2007. An excellent end
to an interesting alternate history series. I'm looking forward to
reading his followup series, which apparently begins with <em>The Sunrise
Lands</em>, though I'll wait for paperback. I've found my copies of his
<em>Nantucket</em> novels, though, and will be rereading them sometime soon.</p></li>
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<li><p><em>Usagi Yojimbo Book 3: The Wanderer's Road</em>, by Stan Sakai; stories,
characters, and artwork copyright 1987, 1989, 2007, by Stan Sakai;
Introduction copyright 1989 by Robert Asprin; Fantagraphics Books,
Inc. copyright 1987, 1989, 2007; Fourth Fantagraphics Books edition,
August 2007. (The stories in this volume originally appeared in <em>Usagi
Yojimbo</em> #7-12 and <em>Turtle Soup</em>. I can see a lot of Usagi Yojimbo in
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and artwork copyright 1987, 2005 by Stan Sakai; Fantagraphics Books,
Inc, copyright 1987, 2005; Sixth Fantagraphics Books edition, August
2005. Comprised of the stories from <em>Usagi Yojimbo</em> issues nos. 1–6,
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<p><em>The Curse of Sagamore</em>, by Kara Dalkey, copyright 1986; Ace
Fantasy/The Berkley Publishing Group; March 1986.</p>
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LLC, November 2007. A chance to visit with an entertaining, if
dangerous, old friend.</p></li>
<li><p><em>Maxie's Demon</em>, by Michael Scott Rohan, copyright 1997;
Orbit/Little, Brown and Company (UK), 1997. This is part of Rohan's
<em>Core and Spiral</em> series, but this book features a new protagonist;
Stephen Fisher does appear a couple of times in the book. When I
bought these books second hand over the Internet in late 2007 or early
2008, this was by far the most expensive to acquire, and it appears to
be a U.K. edition; was a version ever published by a U.S. version?</p></li>
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<li><p><em>Cry Republic</em>, by <a class="reference external" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirk_Mitchell">Kirk Mitchell</a>, copyright 1989; Ace
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<li><p><em>Procurator</em>, by Kirk Mitchell, copyright 1984; Ace Books/The
Berkley Publishing Group/Penguin Putnam, Inc, April 1984. My copy of
this is, if I understand the copyright page correctly, the 2 nd
edition of this; judging by the (non-)yellowing of its pages, it is
much younger than my copy of its sequel, <em>The New Barbarians</em>. This is
an alternate history, in which Germania became a part of the Roman
Empire, and Joshua Bar Joseph was freed by the procurator of Judea,
and thereby Rome never fell.</p></li>
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Books/Baen Publishing Enterprises, June 1986. An alternate history in
which Alexander turned west instead of east.</p></li>
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<li><p><em>Martians Go Home</em>, by Fredric Brown, copyright 1955; Baen
Books/Baen Publishing Enterprises, May 1992. A light and entertaining
tale of annoying Martians.</p></li>
<li><p><em>The Protector's War</em>, by S.M. Stirling, copyright 2006; ROC/New
American Library/Penguin Group (USA) Inc., September 2006. Second in
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<li><p><em>The Trintonian Ring</em>, by L. Sprague de Camp; copyright 1951 by
Wings Publishing Company Inc. (abridged), copyright 1952 by L. Sprague
de Camp (complete version); Ballantine Books/Random House, March 1977.
A rather light, but deft Sword & Sorcery novel.</p></li>
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