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	<description>This is not your parents&#039; basement</description>
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		<title>TRICKSTERS, Episode 4</title>
		<description><![CDATA[(New to the series? Start with Episode 1)
The dead girl was still on the bench when her assassin opened the door. He tucked the pick into a slot in his vest and looked around. A tattered, faded tapestry, the girl, a low wooden bench; these were all the tower presented to an incoming visitor.
The tower [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thesecretlair.com/main/2010/03/12/tricksters-episode-4/</link>
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		<title>Lair Links for 2010.03.12</title>
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In our experience, there&#8217;s just no way a yeti would defeat a griffin.
If you can read this: get me a sandwich.
A five-seven-five-hour tour.
 &#8220;I sold my (2009) NaNoWriMo novel!&#8221;
Foomp! There it is.
Overlord Miller is getting his remake of The Rockford Files. But who&#8217;s playing Jim Rockford? It&#8217;s not Alan Tudyk (Firefly), he&#8217;s playing Rockford&#8217;s cop [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thesecretlair.com/main/2010/03/12/lair-links-for-2010-03-12/</link>
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		<title>Review: SATURN&#8217;S CHILDREN by Charles Stross</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ah, the future. I remember it well: spaceships and rayguns, hovercars and one-piece silver jumpsuits. And robots. Robots that mow your space grass and bring you the space paper while you relax in your space lounge with a nice space bourbon on the rocks. Robots that cook and clean and do all of the shopping [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thesecretlair.com/main/2010/03/11/review-saturns-children-by-charles-stross/</link>
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		<title>Episode 0031: Free Content vs. Paying the Creator</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In this episode of The Secret Lair, we&#8217;re joined by hacktivist and digital culture commentator Thomas &#8220;cmdln&#8221; Gideon and a bit later in the episode by author and DIY enthusiast Matthew Wayne Selznick (Brave Men Run). The topic is one near and dear to our hearts: free content. This time out, we&#8217;re looking at free [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thesecretlair.com/main/2010/03/07/episode-0031-free-content-vs-paying-the-creator/</link>
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		<title>Lair Links for 2010.03.05</title>
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Happy Birthday, Overlord Miller! The minions chipped in to get you something special. Unfortunately, they went to Dr. Cmar for gift-giving advice.
Q: What do you get when you cross zombie infestation with differential equations?
A: A headache.
&#8220;[O]nce [your] movie is over two hours long, you really shouldn&#8217;t be allowed to use slow mo at all. That [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thesecretlair.com/main/2010/03/05/lair-links-for-2010-03-05/</link>
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		<title>Contest Winner: Name Overlord Johnson&#8217;s Laptop</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Overlords would like to extend their thanks to everyone who entered the Name Overlord Johnson&#8217;s Laptop Contest. We received nearly seventy unique entries, some of which had us consulting Wikipedia and others not even the all-knowing all-seeing Google could provide any insight into. In all the entries, there were only three duplicates: Abbott &#38; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thesecretlair.com/main/2010/03/04/contest-winner-name-overlord-johnsons-laptop/</link>
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		<title>Review: Halting State by Charles Stross</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On my recent trip to Atlanta, I took along my copy of Charles Stross&#8217;s The Atrocity Archives. I finished it (review to come on an upcoming episode of the podcast), and was looking for something to read on the flight home. There, on the bottom shelf of the smallest SF section I&#8217;d ever seen was [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thesecretlair.com/main/2010/03/04/review-halting-state-by-charles-stross/</link>
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		<title>Unfinished: Stacks of Shame</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What do Stephen King&#8217;s The Stand, Connie Willis&#8217; Doomsday Book, Robert Ludlum&#8217;s The Bourne Identity, Jim Butcher&#8217;s Fool Moon and Patricia Highsmith&#8217;s The Talented Mr. Ripley all have in common? I haven&#8217;t finished them. I have dozens of books at home that I&#8217;ve never even begun reading for one reason or another,1 but these are [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thesecretlair.com/main/2010/03/02/unfinished-stacks-of-shame/</link>
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		<title>Lair Links for 2010.02.25</title>
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Han Rolos! With a Chewy center!
Musical/visual gizmo may consume your time. All of it.
The Mighty Otyugh
D&#38;D Soda?
Post-Apocalyptic Strawberry Shortcake and Friends


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		<link>http://www.thesecretlair.com/main/2010/02/25/lair-links-for-2010-02-25/</link>
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		<title>Bring on the Bad Science!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A recently-published article in The Guardian calls for science-fiction films to obey the laws of physics. Starship Troopers, The Core and Angels &#38; Demons are all cited as examples of &#8220;the film industry&#8217;s worst abuses of science&#8221;. The &#8220;bugs&#8221; in Starship Troopers would be crushed by the weight of their own exoskeletons,1 the Earth&#8217;s core [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thesecretlair.com/main/2010/02/24/bring-on-the-bad-science/</link>
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