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Author: Ken Newquist

E-mail Offers Subversive Neiman-Marus Cookie Recipe

May 1, 2001 Ken Newquist Hoax Debunkings, Hoaxes

A mother who was tricked by Neiman-Marcus into buying their cookie recipe for $250 is getting her revenge by giving away the pricey culinary instructions on the Internet. Sounds tasty, but this story is an urban legend, and has been[…]

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Stolen Child Hoax Coupled With Real-World Anti-Kidnapping Program

December 1, 2000 Ken Newquist Hoax Debunkings, Hoaxes

An urban legend about a kidnapped child has been combined with a true story about Wal-Mart’s “Code Adam” program to create a horrifying half-truth-filled e-mail. The first part of the e-mail is a decades-old urban legend: a child is separated[…]

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The Eye of the World Looks Down Upon a Fantastic Universe

August 1, 2000 Ken Newquist Book Reviews, Books & Print

Fantasy addicts looking for their next fix of sword and sorcery should check out Robert Jordon’s modern classic The Eye of the World. Published in 1990, the novel is the first in a saga called The Wheel of Time. It[…]

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Internet Access Charge Hoax Refuses to Die

December 4, 1999 Ken Newquist Hoax Debunkings, Hoaxes

A long-running hoax claims that Congress wants to slap a charge on Internet access, forcing users to pay up every time they log-on. It’s a sibling of sorts to the notorious “602P” e-mail that claims the U.S. Postal Service is[…]

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Re-Discover the Rabbits of Watership Down

April 1, 1999 Ken Newquist Book Reviews, Books & Print

There are a few books that I’ll be reading to my kids from the first day they open their eyes. One is The Hobbit. Another is Wind in the Willows. But first among these books will be the modern fairy[…]

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Wash Up On Infinity’s Shore

September 1, 1998 Ken Newquist Book Reviews, Books & Print

In Startide Rising, David Brin began the epic adventure of a crew of neo-dolphins, their starship Streaker, and a terrible, war-inspiring secret. He won the Hugo and Nebula awards for the novel, the story of which remained unfinished for years.[…]

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Waging Forever Peace

July 1, 1998 Ken Newquist Book Reviews, Books & Print

Take the horrors of the Vietnam War, combine them with an advanced state of virtual reality where human soldiers control their soldier boys — or mechanical soldiers — remotely, and throw in a new hi-tech weapon that threatens to end[…]

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Look to Pern’s Past With Dragonseye

April 1, 1998 Ken Newquist Book Reviews, Books & Print

The end story of the dragonriders of Pern, who guide their magnificent beasts into battle against the menacing, life-devouring Thread, has been told. The saga that began with the first novel, Dragonflight, ended in epic fashion in All the Weyrs[…]

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A Brutal Future Awaits the Survivors of Ender’s Game

January 1, 1998 Ken Newquist Book Reviews, Books & Print

In the last bugger war, humanity was nearly wiped out by their insectoid enemies. They were stopped by humanity’s greatest military mind. Decades later, that mind is dead and the leaders of the Earth need to find someone to match[…]

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Nuketown is a speculative fiction website that’s been published continuously since 1996.

It’s publishing focus is articles, reviews and editorials about science fiction, fantasy, and horror with heroic overtones. It covers a variety of topics within the speculative fiction genre, including games, movies, soundtracks, books, and websites.

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