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	Liberty (Two Democracies: Revolution, #1) 4.03 avg rating — 536 ratings — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Independence (Two Democracies: Revolution, #0.5) 3.70 avg rating — 264 ratings — published 2015 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Prejudice (Two Democracies: Revolution, #2) 3.95 avg rating — 146 ratings — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Newcomer: Twelve Science Fiction Short Stories by Alasdair C. Shaw (Goodreads Author), Griffin Carmichael, Cindy Carroll (Goodreads Author) 3.81 avg rating — 124 ratings — published 2016 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Equality (Two Democracies: Revolution #3) 4.20 avg rating — 98 ratings — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hidden (Two Democracies: Revolution #4) 4.32 avg rating — 84 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Officer: Eleven Science Fiction Short Stories by Alasdair C. Shaw (Goodreads Author) (Editor), M. Pax (Goodreads Author), Corrie Garrett (Goodreads Author) 3.87 avg rating — 85 ratings — published 2017 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Guardian by Alasdair C. Shaw (Goodreads Author) (Editor), J.J. Green (Goodreads Author), Edward M. Grant (Goodreads Author) 3.90 avg rating — 82 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fraternity (Two Democracies: Revolution #5) 4.41 avg rating — 37 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Renegade: Eleven Science Fiction Short Stories by Alasdair C. Shaw (Goodreads Author), Nate Johnson, Rick Partlow (Goodreads Author) 3.97 avg rating — 38 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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November Round-up of SciFi Books

Real windows on a spaceship? Yes or no?

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The Republic of Exilium has grown in strength and confidence at the far end of the galaxy from the rest of mankind, sending out scout ships to survey the worlds around them as they try to learn more about the mysterious Construction Matrix AIs.
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Series by Alasdair C. Shaw

Two Democracies: Revolution (5 books)
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Scifi Anthologies (4 books)
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Edward M. Grant (Goodreads Author),

Cora Buhlert,

Jeff Tanyard (Goodreads Author),

C. Gold (Goodreads Author),

Rick Partlow (Goodreads Author),

Elizabeth Baxter (Goodreads Author),

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Walking Through the Past (6 books)
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Blood World (Undying Mercenaries, #8)

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Alasdair Shaw has read Top 50 Kings and Queens (Horrible Histories) by Terry Deary	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“Countless believers have begged me to intercede on their behalf while I sleep on in ignorance. So many wasted prayers, thrown away like wishes down a well.”
― Alasdair C. Shaw, The Newcomer: Twelve Science Fiction Short Stories

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“time. Damn God for leaving him on this forsaken world! What kind of loving Father would do that to His most faithful servant? Try as he might, Jacob began to believe less in that love and more in the notion that God was nothing more than a cruel, capricious bastard.”
― Alasdair C. Shaw, The Newcomer: Twelve Science Fiction Short Stories

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“Some theories say time is already complete and part of the physical universe... that we're only experiencing the illusion of travelling through it. Others say there are multitudes of futures, each decided whenever there's a choice of possibilities.”
― Alasdair C. Shaw, The Officer: Eleven Science Fiction Short Stories

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