A rundown of new books released between August and September 2005, with a look ahead to releases planned for later this year. Read the full story.

The communists plan to launch a heavily-modified Russian space capsule carrying two taikonauts on October 13. Read the full story.

My gaming group is comprised of mid-twentysomething-to-mid-thirtysomething gamers who love role-playing, who enjoy delving deep into the intricacies of a plot, running down leads, fleshing out a setting, and generally immersing themselves in the campaign. Yes, there's hacking, and yes, there's slashing, but we're just as likely to spend a night doing nothing but role-playing. Sometimes though, we just want to crawl. And that's what Maure Castle is for.