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It's November, the presidential election is over, winter is just starting, and I'm just thankful that Ray Gun Revival Issue 48 isn't sitting at the kid's table.



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The Overlords' Lair: Full of Sound and Fury, Shibbolething Nothing

The Third Shadoc War by Scott Davis
Fiction
No one is braver than an Instrument of Death. These elite Shadocs undergo decades of stringent training, and a selection process that may seem cruel to soft Earthlings.

Father Fayad's Curious Compatability Projector by Mike Duran
Fiction
That was one advantage of being stationed on the outer rim. While the other grads got chapel assignments in Emerald City cranking out nuptials without discretion, Father Fayad got to experiment. Unsupervised.

Standard Deviation by D. Thomas Mooers
Fiction
The amusing tale of a recalcitrant test subject and the exotic researcher whose life and career are derivatively affected by bad behavior.

Beasts of Burden by R. J. Walker Miller
Fiction
Underestimation can be a deadly mistake...


"RGR Reviews: Book Reviews" with reviews bySteve Davidson and Donald Jacob Uitvlugt, Matthew Winslow, Editor.
Reviews
Our favorite crotchety science fiction fan reviews Infoquake by David Louis Edelman, and Donald Jacob Uitvlugt reviews classic titles by the venerable Cordwainer Smith and Robert Silverberg.


"RGR Reviews: Movie Reviews" Balcony Fool
Reviews
Paul Christian Glenn takes a critical look at the new James Bond film, Quantum of Solace. And then Johne Cook publishes a lengthy, breathless fanboy apology for the same film and trots out words like "McGuffin" and "penance." Were they watching the same film?!

Featured artist , Dan LuVisi, California, USA

Calamity's Child, Chapter Five: ROP: Skip A Rope by M. Keaton
Serial Fiction

Episode Three: Best-Laid Plans by Keanan Brand
Serial Fiction

Memory Wipe conclusion, Chapter 24, Memory Reborn, Part One by Sean T. M. Stiennon
Serial Fiction

This Raygun For Hire: The Alexander Cochran Affair by John M. Whalen
Serial Fiction