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fictionstream is Peter Young’s indexed archive of reviews and commentary for internationalist fiction, predominantly left-of-mainstream but with an eclectic range of social activist, historical, crime, romance, fantasy and science fiction. There are hundreds of spoiler-free, concise reviews of books covering a diverse range of genres, countries, cultures and social themes; most reviews are kept brief and succinct, all of which leaves readers more time for, y’know, reading books instead of blogs...

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