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It’s always unnerving to learn that there was a giant hunk of space rock flying so close to the Earth you almost needed to duck. Like the asteroid that did a fly-by at just half the distance between the Earth and the moon on Monday of this week. Unlike...

Last week we announced that Barbara Bretton’s Just Desserts is our Romance of the Week and the sponsor of thousands of great bargains in the Romance category: over 200 free titles, over 600 quality 99-centers, and thousands more that you can read...

This year’s list, compiled by a group of LJ’s top reference reviewers and editors, spans a wide range of subject areas, from a dictionary of Shakespearean vocabulary and a journey through classic sf films to an encyclopedia of cheese and a collection...

In my first wide-ranging review of Fantagraphics' anthology MOME, I compared the structure of the anthology to that of a minor-league baseball team. That comparison has become even more apt with the six most recent volumes, as many of the original contributors...

OCTOBER 12 In History 539 BCE : The Persian armies of Cyrus the Great captured Babylon .  Within the year, Cyrus would make it possible for the Jews to return to their homeland. 1285: The Jews of Munich ( Germany ) were caught in a claim of blood...