The Science Fiction Book Club original anthology series is a series of books of all-new short fiction, mainly at novella length, typically including six novellas per book, commissioned and published by the Science Fiction Book Club, and edited by a variety of editors. The Science Fiction Book Club will be ending the series in 2009, with Godlike Machines being the last of the anthologies.
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