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	The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, March/April 2015 (The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, #718) by Gordon Van Gelder (Editor), C.C. Finlay (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Charles de Lint (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.93 avg rating — 80 ratings — published 2015	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 Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, September/October 2014 (The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, #715) by Gordon Van Gelder (Editor), Jérôme Cigut (Contributor), Phyllis Eisenstein (Contributor) 3.81 avg rating — 57 ratings — published 2014 — 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 Year's Top Short SF Novels 5 by Allan Kaster (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Cory Doctorow (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Ken Liu (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.79 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	Asimov's Science Fiction, Vol. 41, Nos. 5 & 6, May/June 2017 by Sheila Williams (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Kristine Kathryn Rusch (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Dale Bailey (Contributor) 3.97 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 2017	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
	Asimov's Science Fiction, December 2013 by Sheila Williams (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Henry Lien (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), William Preston (Contributor) 3.84 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Analog Science Fiction and Fact, March-April 2017 by Trevor Quachri (Editor), Michael Flynn (Contributor), Gwendolyn Clare (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.84 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 2017	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
	Asimov's Science Fiction, September 2013 by Sheila Williams (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Ian R. MacLeod (Contributor), Ian Creasey (Contributor) 3.83 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Interzone 254, September-October 2014 (Interzone, #254) by Andy Cox (Editor), Wayne Haag (Illustrator), Nina Allan 3.88 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	Dystopian Love 4.63 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	That Universe We Both Dreamed Of 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2014 — 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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When We Were Very Young

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