Chapter I · Chapter 1

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From this reading From "A Place So Foreign and Eight More," a short story collection published in September, 2003 by Four Walls Eight Windows Press (ISBN 1568582862).

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From this reading Originally Published in Science Fiction Age, March 1998 * Northern Suns (Tor, 1999, David Hartwell and Glenn Grant, editors) * Year's Best Science Fiction XVI (Morrow, 1999, Gardner Dozois, editor) * Hayakawa Science Fiction Magazine (Japan) September 2001 "Like most aliens-mingling-with-human-society stories, Doctorow's story serves mostly to hold a mirror up to human nature, but the odd corner of human nature it examines is fascinating, and the story is smoothly and expertly written, with some good detail and local color and some shrewd insights into human nature and human culture, and an almost Bradburian vein of rich nostalgia running through it (although the nostalgia is quirky enough that perhaps it might more usefully be compared to R.A. Lafferty or Terry Bisson than to Bradbury)."

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From this reading Originally Published in Science Fiction Age, March 1998 * Northern Suns (Tor, 1999, David Hartwell and Glenn Grant, editors) * Year's Best Science Fiction XVI (Morrow, 1999, Gardner Dozois, editor) * Hayakawa Science Fiction Magazine (Japan) September 2001 "Like most aliens-mingling-with-human-society stories, Doctorow's story serves mostly to hold a mirror up to human nature, but the odd corner of human nature it examines is fascinating, and the story is smoothly and expertly written, with some good detail and local color and some shrewd insights into human nature and human culture, and an almost Bradburian vein of rich nostalgia running through it (although the nostalgia is quirky enough that perhaps it might more usefully be compared to R.A. Lafferty or Terry Bisson than to Bradbury)."

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From this reading Originally Published in Science Fiction Age, March 1998 * Northern Suns (Tor, 1999, David Hartwell and Glenn Grant, editors) * Year's Best Science Fiction XVI (Morrow, 1999, Gardner Dozois, editor) * Hayakawa Science Fiction Magazine (Japan) September 2001 "Like most aliens-mingling-with-human-society stories, Doctorow's story serves mostly to hold a mirror up to human nature, but the odd corner of human nature it examines is fascinating, and the story is smoothly and expertly written, with some good detail and local color and some shrewd insights into human nature and human culture, and an almost Bradburian vein of rich nostalgia running through it (although the nostalgia is quirky enough that perhaps it might more usefully be compared to R.A. Lafferty or Terry Bisson than to Bradbury)."

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From this reading From "A Place So Foreign and Eight More," a short story collection published in September, 2003 by Four Walls Eight Windows Press (ISBN 1568582862).

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading From "A Place So Foreign and Eight More," a short story collection published in September, 2003 by Four Walls Eight Windows Press (ISBN 1568582862).

how long something has existed

From this reading Originally Published in Science Fiction Age, March 1998 * Northern Suns (Tor, 1999, David Hartwell and Glenn Grant, editors) * Year's Best Science Fiction XVI (Morrow, 1999, Gardner Dozois, editor) * Hayakawa Science Fiction Magazine (Japan) September 2001 "Like most aliens-mingling-with-human-society stories, Doctorow's story serves mostly to hold a mirror up to human nature, but the odd corner of human nature it examines is fascinating, and the story is smoothly and expertly written, with some good detail and local color and some shrewd insights into human nature and human culture, and an almost Bradburian vein of rich nostalgia running through it (although the nostalgia is quirky enough that perhaps it might more usefully be compared to R.A. Lafferty or Terry Bisson than to Bradbury)."

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From this reading Originally Published in Science Fiction Age, March 1998 * Northern Suns (Tor, 1999, David Hartwell and Glenn Grant, editors) * Year's Best Science Fiction XVI (Morrow, 1999, Gardner Dozois, editor) * Hayakawa Science Fiction Magazine (Japan) September 2001 "Like most aliens-mingling-with-human-society stories, Doctorow's story serves mostly to hold a mirror up to human nature, but the odd corner of human nature it examines is fascinating, and the story is smoothly and expertly written, with some good detail and local color and some shrewd insights into human nature and human culture, and an almost Bradburian vein of rich nostalgia running through it (although the nostalgia is quirky enough that perhaps it might more usefully be compared to R.A. Lafferty or Terry Bisson than to Bradbury)."

(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but

From this reading Originally Published in Science Fiction Age, March 1998 * Northern Suns (Tor, 1999, David Hartwell and Glenn Grant, editors) * Year's Best Science Fiction XVI (Morrow, 1999, Gardner Dozois, editor) * Hayakawa Science Fiction Magazine (Japan) September 2001 "Like most aliens-mingling-with-human-society stories, Doctorow's story serves mostly to hold a mirror up to human nature, but the odd corner of human nature it examines is fascinating, and the story is smoothly and expertly written, with some good detail and local color and some shrewd insights into human nature and human culture, and an almost Bradburian vein of rich nostalgia running through it (although the nostalgia is quirky enough that perhaps it might more usefully be compared to R.A. Lafferty or Terry Bisson than to Bradbury)."

in spite of the fact that

From this reading Originally Published in Science Fiction Age, March 1998 * Northern Suns (Tor, 1999, David Hartwell and Glenn Grant, editors) * Year's Best Science Fiction XVI (Morrow, 1999, Gardner Dozois, editor) * Hayakawa Science Fiction Magazine (Japan) September 2001 "Like most aliens-mingling-with-human-society stories, Doctorow's story serves mostly to hold a mirror up to human nature, but the odd corner of human nature it examines is fascinating, and the story is smoothly and expertly written, with some good detail and local color and some shrewd insights into human nature and human culture, and an almost Bradburian vein of rich nostalgia running through it (although the nostalgia is quirky enough that perhaps it might more usefully be compared to R.A. Lafferty or Terry Bisson than to Bradbury)."

the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound

From this reading Originally Published in Science Fiction Age, March 1998 * Northern Suns (Tor, 1999, David Hartwell and Glenn Grant, editors) * Year's Best Science Fiction XVI (Morrow, 1999, Gardner Dozois, editor) * Hayakawa Science Fiction Magazine (Japan) September 2001 "Like most aliens-mingling-with-human-society stories, Doctorow's story serves mostly to hold a mirror up to human nature, but the odd corner of human nature it examines is fascinating, and the story is smoothly and expertly written, with some good detail and local color and some shrewd insights into human nature and human culture, and an almost Bradburian vein of rich nostalgia running through it (although the nostalgia is quirky enough that perhaps it might more usefully be compared to R.A. Lafferty or Terry Bisson than to Bradbury)."

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading From "A Place So Foreign and Eight More," a short story collection published in September, 2003 by Four Walls Eight Windows Press (ISBN 1568582862).

possessive form of “asimov” — United States writer (born in Russia) noted for his science fiction (1920-1992)

From this reading - Gardner Dozois Editor, Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine Blurbs and quotes: * Cory Doctorow straps on his miner's helmet and takes you deep into the caverns and underground rivers of Pop Culture, here filtered through SF-coloured glasses.

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading Originally Published in Science Fiction Age, March 1998 * Northern Suns (Tor, 1999, David Hartwell and Glenn Grant, editors) * Year's Best Science Fiction XVI (Morrow, 1999, Gardner Dozois, editor) * Hayakawa Science Fiction Magazine (Japan) September 2001 "Like most aliens-mingling-with-human-society stories, Doctorow's story serves mostly to hold a mirror up to human nature, but the odd corner of human nature it examines is fascinating, and the story is smoothly and expertly written, with some good detail and local color and some shrewd insights into human nature and human culture, and an almost Bradburian vein of rich nostalgia running through it (although the nostalgia is quirky enough that perhaps it might more usefully be compared to R.A. Lafferty or Terry Bisson than to Bradbury)."

the supreme effort one can make

From this reading Originally Published in Science Fiction Age, March 1998 * Northern Suns (Tor, 1999, David Hartwell and Glenn Grant, editors) * Year's Best Science Fiction XVI (Morrow, 1999, Gardner Dozois, editor) * Hayakawa Science Fiction Magazine (Japan) September 2001 "Like most aliens-mingling-with-human-society stories, Doctorow's story serves mostly to hold a mirror up to human nature, but the odd corner of human nature it examines is fascinating, and the story is smoothly and expertly written, with some good detail and local color and some shrewd insights into human nature and human culture, and an almost Bradburian vein of rich nostalgia running through it (although the nostalgia is quirky enough that perhaps it might more usefully be compared to R.A. Lafferty or Terry Bisson than to Bradbury)."

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From this reading Originally Published in Science Fiction Age, March 1998 * Northern Suns (Tor, 1999, David Hartwell and Glenn Grant, editors) * Year's Best Science Fiction XVI (Morrow, 1999, Gardner Dozois, editor) * Hayakawa Science Fiction Magazine (Japan) September 2001 "Like most aliens-mingling-with-human-society stories, Doctorow's story serves mostly to hold a mirror up to human nature, but the odd corner of human nature it examines is fascinating, and the story is smoothly and expertly written, with some good detail and local color and some shrewd insights into human nature and human culture, and an almost Bradburian vein of rich nostalgia running through it (although the nostalgia is quirky enough that perhaps it might more usefully be compared to R.A. Lafferty or Terry Bisson than to Bradbury)."

plural of “blurb” — a promotional statement (as found on the dust jackets of books)

From this reading - Gardner Dozois Editor, Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine Blurbs and quotes: * Cory Doctorow straps on his miner's helmet and takes you deep into the caverns and underground rivers of Pop Culture, here filtered through SF-coloured glasses.

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From this reading Originally Published in Science Fiction Age, March 1998 * Northern Suns (Tor, 1999, David Hartwell and Glenn Grant, editors) * Year's Best Science Fiction XVI (Morrow, 1999, Gardner Dozois, editor) * Hayakawa Science Fiction Magazine (Japan) September 2001 "Like most aliens-mingling-with-human-society stories, Doctorow's story serves mostly to hold a mirror up to human nature, but the odd corner of human nature it examines is fascinating, and the story is smoothly and expertly written, with some good detail and local color and some shrewd insights into human nature and human culture, and an almost Bradburian vein of rich nostalgia running through it (although the nostalgia is quirky enough that perhaps it might more usefully be compared to R.A. Lafferty or Terry Bisson than to Bradbury)."

United States writer of science fiction (born 1920)

From this reading Originally Published in Science Fiction Age, March 1998 * Northern Suns (Tor, 1999, David Hartwell and Glenn Grant, editors) * Year's Best Science Fiction XVI (Morrow, 1999, Gardner Dozois, editor) * Hayakawa Science Fiction Magazine (Japan) September 2001 "Like most aliens-mingling-with-human-society stories, Doctorow's story serves mostly to hold a mirror up to human nature, but the odd corner of human nature it examines is fascinating, and the story is smoothly and expertly written, with some good detail and local color and some shrewd insights into human nature and human culture, and an almost Bradburian vein of rich nostalgia running through it (although the nostalgia is quirky enough that perhaps it might more usefully be compared to R.A. Lafferty or Terry Bisson than to Bradbury)."

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading Originally Published in Science Fiction Age, March 1998 * Northern Suns (Tor, 1999, David Hartwell and Glenn Grant, editors) * Year's Best Science Fiction XVI (Morrow, 1999, Gardner Dozois, editor) * Hayakawa Science Fiction Magazine (Japan) September 2001 "Like most aliens-mingling-with-human-society stories, Doctorow's story serves mostly to hold a mirror up to human nature, but the odd corner of human nature it examines is fascinating, and the story is smoothly and expertly written, with some good detail and local color and some shrewd insights into human nature and human culture, and an almost Bradburian vein of rich nostalgia running through it (although the nostalgia is quirky enough that perhaps it might more usefully be compared to R.A. Lafferty or Terry Bisson than to Bradbury)."

showing who or what does the action

From this reading From "A Place So Foreign and Eight More," a short story collection published in September, 2003 by Four Walls Eight Windows Press (ISBN 1568582862).

plural of “cavern” — any large dark enclosed space

From this reading - Gardner Dozois Editor, Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine Blurbs and quotes: * Cory Doctorow straps on his miner's helmet and takes you deep into the caverns and underground rivers of Pop Culture, here filtered through SF-coloured glasses.

several things grouped together or considered as a whole

From this reading From "A Place So Foreign and Eight More," a short story collection published in September, 2003 by Four Walls Eight Windows Press (ISBN 1568582862).

a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect

From this reading Originally Published in Science Fiction Age, March 1998 * Northern Suns (Tor, 1999, David Hartwell and Glenn Grant, editors) * Year's Best Science Fiction XVI (Morrow, 1999, Gardner Dozois, editor) * Hayakawa Science Fiction Magazine (Japan) September 2001 "Like most aliens-mingling-with-human-society stories, Doctorow's story serves mostly to hold a mirror up to human nature, but the odd corner of human nature it examines is fascinating, and the story is smoothly and expertly written, with some good detail and local color and some shrewd insights into human nature and human culture, and an almost Bradburian vein of rich nostalgia running through it (although the nostalgia is quirky enough that perhaps it might more usefully be compared to R.A. Lafferty or Terry Bisson than to Bradbury)."

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From this reading See http://craphound.com/place for more.

past form of “compare” — examine and note the similarities or differences of

From this reading Originally Published in Science Fiction Age, March 1998 * Northern Suns (Tor, 1999, David Hartwell and Glenn Grant, editors) * Year's Best Science Fiction XVI (Morrow, 1999, Gardner Dozois, editor) * Hayakawa Science Fiction Magazine (Japan) September 2001 "Like most aliens-mingling-with-human-society stories, Doctorow's story serves mostly to hold a mirror up to human nature, but the odd corner of human nature it examines is fascinating, and the story is smoothly and expertly written, with some good detail and local color and some shrewd insights into human nature and human culture, and an almost Bradburian vein of rich nostalgia running through it (although the nostalgia is quirky enough that perhaps it might more usefully be compared to R.A. Lafferty or Terry Bisson than to Bradbury)."

a place off to the side of an area

From this reading Originally Published in Science Fiction Age, March 1998 * Northern Suns (Tor, 1999, David Hartwell and Glenn Grant, editors) * Year's Best Science Fiction XVI (Morrow, 1999, Gardner Dozois, editor) * Hayakawa Science Fiction Magazine (Japan) September 2001 "Like most aliens-mingling-with-human-society stories, Doctorow's story serves mostly to hold a mirror up to human nature, but the odd corner of human nature it examines is fascinating, and the story is smoothly and expertly written, with some good detail and local color and some shrewd insights into human nature and human culture, and an almost Bradburian vein of rich nostalgia running through it (although the nostalgia is quirky enough that perhaps it might more usefully be compared to R.A. Lafferty or Terry Bisson than to Bradbury)."

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From this reading - Gardner Dozois Editor, Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine Blurbs and quotes: * Cory Doctorow straps on his miner's helmet and takes you deep into the caverns and underground rivers of Pop Culture, here filtered through SF-coloured glasses.

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From this reading See http://craphound.com/place for more.

a particular society at a particular time and place

From this reading Originally Published in Science Fiction Age, March 1998 * Northern Suns (Tor, 1999, David Hartwell and Glenn Grant, editors) * Year's Best Science Fiction XVI (Morrow, 1999, Gardner Dozois, editor) * Hayakawa Science Fiction Magazine (Japan) September 2001 "Like most aliens-mingling-with-human-society stories, Doctorow's story serves mostly to hold a mirror up to human nature, but the odd corner of human nature it examines is fascinating, and the story is smoothly and expertly written, with some good detail and local color and some shrewd insights into human nature and human culture, and an almost Bradburian vein of rich nostalgia running through it (although the nostalgia is quirky enough that perhaps it might more usefully be compared to R.A. Lafferty or Terry Bisson than to Bradbury)."

patron saint of Wales (circa 520-600)

From this reading Originally Published in Science Fiction Age, March 1998 * Northern Suns (Tor, 1999, David Hartwell and Glenn Grant, editors) * Year's Best Science Fiction XVI (Morrow, 1999, Gardner Dozois, editor) * Hayakawa Science Fiction Magazine (Japan) September 2001 "Like most aliens-mingling-with-human-society stories, Doctorow's story serves mostly to hold a mirror up to human nature, but the odd corner of human nature it examines is fascinating, and the story is smoothly and expertly written, with some good detail and local color and some shrewd insights into human nature and human culture, and an almost Bradburian vein of rich nostalgia running through it (although the nostalgia is quirky enough that perhaps it might more usefully be compared to R.A. Lafferty or Terry Bisson than to Bradbury)."

relatively deep or strong; affecting one deeply

From this reading - Gardner Dozois Editor, Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine Blurbs and quotes: * Cory Doctorow straps on his miner's helmet and takes you deep into the caverns and underground rivers of Pop Culture, here filtered through SF-coloured glasses.

an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole

From this reading Originally Published in Science Fiction Age, March 1998 * Northern Suns (Tor, 1999, David Hartwell and Glenn Grant, editors) * Year's Best Science Fiction XVI (Morrow, 1999, Gardner Dozois, editor) * Hayakawa Science Fiction Magazine (Japan) September 2001 "Like most aliens-mingling-with-human-society stories, Doctorow's story serves mostly to hold a mirror up to human nature, but the odd corner of human nature it examines is fascinating, and the story is smoothly and expertly written, with some good detail and local color and some shrewd insights into human nature and human culture, and an almost Bradburian vein of rich nostalgia running through it (although the nostalgia is quirky enough that perhaps it might more usefully be compared to R.A. Lafferty or Terry Bisson than to Bradbury)."

United States novelist (born in 1931)

From this reading - Gardner Dozois Editor, Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine Blurbs and quotes: * Cory Doctorow straps on his miner's helmet and takes you deep into the caverns and underground rivers of Pop Culture, here filtered through SF-coloured glasses.

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From this reading Originally Published in Science Fiction Age, March 1998 * Northern Suns (Tor, 1999, David Hartwell and Glenn Grant, editors) * Year's Best Science Fiction XVI (Morrow, 1999, Gardner Dozois, editor) * Hayakawa Science Fiction Magazine (Japan) September 2001 "Like most aliens-mingling-with-human-society stories, Doctorow's story serves mostly to hold a mirror up to human nature, but the odd corner of human nature it examines is fascinating, and the story is smoothly and expertly written, with some good detail and local color and some shrewd insights into human nature and human culture, and an almost Bradburian vein of rich nostalgia running through it (although the nostalgia is quirky enough that perhaps it might more usefully be compared to R.A. Lafferty or Terry Bisson than to Bradbury)."

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From this reading Originally Published in Science Fiction Age, March 1998 * Northern Suns (Tor, 1999, David Hartwell and Glenn Grant, editors) * Year's Best Science Fiction XVI (Morrow, 1999, Gardner Dozois, editor) * Hayakawa Science Fiction Magazine (Japan) September 2001 "Like most aliens-mingling-with-human-society stories, Doctorow's story serves mostly to hold a mirror up to human nature, but the odd corner of human nature it examines is fascinating, and the story is smoothly and expertly written, with some good detail and local color and some shrewd insights into human nature and human culture, and an almost Bradburian vein of rich nostalgia running through it (although the nostalgia is quirky enough that perhaps it might more usefully be compared to R.A. Lafferty or Terry Bisson than to Bradbury)."

a person responsible for the editorial aspects of publication; the person who determines the final content of a text (especially of a newspaper or magazine)

From this reading Originally Published in Science Fiction Age, March 1998 * Northern Suns (Tor, 1999, David Hartwell and Glenn Grant, editors) * Year's Best Science Fiction XVI (Morrow, 1999, Gardner Dozois, editor) * Hayakawa Science Fiction Magazine (Japan) September 2001 "Like most aliens-mingling-with-human-society stories, Doctorow's story serves mostly to hold a mirror up to human nature, but the odd corner of human nature it examines is fascinating, and the story is smoothly and expertly written, with some good detail and local color and some shrewd insights into human nature and human culture, and an almost Bradburian vein of rich nostalgia running through it (although the nostalgia is quirky enough that perhaps it might more usefully be compared to R.A. Lafferty or Terry Bisson than to Bradbury)."

plural of “editor” — a person responsible for the editorial aspects of publication; the person who determines the final content of a text (especially of a newspaper or magazine)

From this reading Originally Published in Science Fiction Age, March 1998 * Northern Suns (Tor, 1999, David Hartwell and Glenn Grant, editors) * Year's Best Science Fiction XVI (Morrow, 1999, Gardner Dozois, editor) * Hayakawa Science Fiction Magazine (Japan) September 2001 "Like most aliens-mingling-with-human-society stories, Doctorow's story serves mostly to hold a mirror up to human nature, but the odd corner of human nature it examines is fascinating, and the story is smoothly and expertly written, with some good detail and local color and some shrewd insights into human nature and human culture, and an almost Bradburian vein of rich nostalgia running through it (although the nostalgia is quirky enough that perhaps it might more usefully be compared to R.A. Lafferty or Terry Bisson than to Bradbury)."

being one more than seven

From this reading From "A Place So Foreign and Eight More," a short story collection published in September, 2003 by Four Walls Eight Windows Press (ISBN 1568582862).

derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in

From this reading Enjoy.

an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose

From this reading Originally Published in Science Fiction Age, March 1998 * Northern Suns (Tor, 1999, David Hartwell and Glenn Grant, editors) * Year's Best Science Fiction XVI (Morrow, 1999, Gardner Dozois, editor) * Hayakawa Science Fiction Magazine (Japan) September 2001 "Like most aliens-mingling-with-human-society stories, Doctorow's story serves mostly to hold a mirror up to human nature, but the odd corner of human nature it examines is fascinating, and the story is smoothly and expertly written, with some good detail and local color and some shrewd insights into human nature and human culture, and an almost Bradburian vein of rich nostalgia running through it (although the nostalgia is quirky enough that perhaps it might more usefully be compared to R.A. Lafferty or Terry Bisson than to Bradbury)."

third-person singular of “examine” — consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning

From this reading Originally Published in Science Fiction Age, March 1998 * Northern Suns (Tor, 1999, David Hartwell and Glenn Grant, editors) * Year's Best Science Fiction XVI (Morrow, 1999, Gardner Dozois, editor) * Hayakawa Science Fiction Magazine (Japan) September 2001 "Like most aliens-mingling-with-human-society stories, Doctorow's story serves mostly to hold a mirror up to human nature, but the odd corner of human nature it examines is fascinating, and the story is smoothly and expertly written, with some good detail and local color and some shrewd insights into human nature and human culture, and an almost Bradburian vein of rich nostalgia running through it (although the nostalgia is quirky enough that perhaps it might more usefully be compared to R.A. Lafferty or Terry Bisson than to Bradbury)."

in an expert manner

From this reading Originally Published in Science Fiction Age, March 1998 * Northern Suns (Tor, 1999, David Hartwell and Glenn Grant, editors) * Year's Best Science Fiction XVI (Morrow, 1999, Gardner Dozois, editor) * Hayakawa Science Fiction Magazine (Japan) September 2001 "Like most aliens-mingling-with-human-society stories, Doctorow's story serves mostly to hold a mirror up to human nature, but the odd corner of human nature it examines is fascinating, and the story is smoothly and expertly written, with some good detail and local color and some shrewd insights into human nature and human culture, and an almost Bradburian vein of rich nostalgia running through it (although the nostalgia is quirky enough that perhaps it might more usefully be compared to R.A. Lafferty or Terry Bisson than to Bradbury)."

capable of arousing and holding the attention

From this reading Originally Published in Science Fiction Age, March 1998 * Northern Suns (Tor, 1999, David Hartwell and Glenn Grant, editors) * Year's Best Science Fiction XVI (Morrow, 1999, Gardner Dozois, editor) * Hayakawa Science Fiction Magazine (Japan) September 2001 "Like most aliens-mingling-with-human-society stories, Doctorow's story serves mostly to hold a mirror up to human nature, but the odd corner of human nature it examines is fascinating, and the story is smoothly and expertly written, with some good detail and local color and some shrewd insights into human nature and human culture, and an almost Bradburian vein of rich nostalgia running through it (although the nostalgia is quirky enough that perhaps it might more usefully be compared to R.A. Lafferty or Terry Bisson than to Bradbury)."

a literary work based on the imagination and not necessarily on fact

From this reading Originally Published in Science Fiction Age, March 1998 * Northern Suns (Tor, 1999, David Hartwell and Glenn Grant, editors) * Year's Best Science Fiction XVI (Morrow, 1999, Gardner Dozois, editor) * Hayakawa Science Fiction Magazine (Japan) September 2001 "Like most aliens-mingling-with-human-society stories, Doctorow's story serves mostly to hold a mirror up to human nature, but the odd corner of human nature it examines is fascinating, and the story is smoothly and expertly written, with some good detail and local color and some shrewd insights into human nature and human culture, and an almost Bradburian vein of rich nostalgia running through it (although the nostalgia is quirky enough that perhaps it might more usefully be compared to R.A. Lafferty or Terry Bisson than to Bradbury)."

past form of “filter” — remove by passing through a filter

From this reading - Gardner Dozois Editor, Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine Blurbs and quotes: * Cory Doctorow straps on his miner's helmet and takes you deep into the caverns and underground rivers of Pop Culture, here filtered through SF-coloured glasses.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading See http://craphound.com/place for more.

of concern to or concerning the affairs of other nations (other than your own)

From this reading From "A Place So Foreign and Eight More," a short story collection published in September, 2003 by Four Walls Eight Windows Press (ISBN 1568582862).

the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one

From this reading From "A Place So Foreign and Eight More," a short story collection published in September, 2003 by Four Walls Eight Windows Press (ISBN 1568582862).

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading From "A Place So Foreign and Eight More," a short story collection published in September, 2003 by Four Walls Eight Windows Press (ISBN 1568582862).

United States collector and patron of art who built a museum in Boston to house her collection and opened it to the public in 1903 (1840-1924)

From this reading Originally Published in Science Fiction Age, March 1998 * Northern Suns (Tor, 1999, David Hartwell and Glenn Grant, editors) * Year's Best Science Fiction XVI (Morrow, 1999, Gardner Dozois, editor) * Hayakawa Science Fiction Magazine (Japan) September 2001 "Like most aliens-mingling-with-human-society stories, Doctorow's story serves mostly to hold a mirror up to human nature, but the odd corner of human nature it examines is fascinating, and the story is smoothly and expertly written, with some good detail and local color and some shrewd insights into human nature and human culture, and an almost Bradburian vein of rich nostalgia running through it (although the nostalgia is quirky enough that perhaps it might more usefully be compared to R.A. Lafferty or Terry Bisson than to Bradbury)."

(plural) optical instrument consisting of a frame that holds a pair of lenses for correcting defective vision

From this reading - Gardner Dozois Editor, Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine Blurbs and quotes: * Cory Doctorow straps on his miner's helmet and takes you deep into the caverns and underground rivers of Pop Culture, here filtered through SF-coloured glasses.

made the first orbital rocket-powered flight by a United States astronaut in 1962; later in United States Senate (1921-)

From this reading Originally Published in Science Fiction Age, March 1998 * Northern Suns (Tor, 1999, David Hartwell and Glenn Grant, editors) * Year's Best Science Fiction XVI (Morrow, 1999, Gardner Dozois, editor) * Hayakawa Science Fiction Magazine (Japan) September 2001 "Like most aliens-mingling-with-human-society stories, Doctorow's story serves mostly to hold a mirror up to human nature, but the odd corner of human nature it examines is fascinating, and the story is smoothly and expertly written, with some good detail and local color and some shrewd insights into human nature and human culture, and an almost Bradburian vein of rich nostalgia running through it (although the nostalgia is quirky enough that perhaps it might more usefully be compared to R.A. Lafferty or Terry Bisson than to Bradbury)."

having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified

From this reading Originally Published in Science Fiction Age, March 1998 * Northern Suns (Tor, 1999, David Hartwell and Glenn Grant, editors) * Year's Best Science Fiction XVI (Morrow, 1999, Gardner Dozois, editor) * Hayakawa Science Fiction Magazine (Japan) September 2001 "Like most aliens-mingling-with-human-society stories, Doctorow's story serves mostly to hold a mirror up to human nature, but the odd corner of human nature it examines is fascinating, and the story is smoothly and expertly written, with some good detail and local color and some shrewd insights into human nature and human culture, and an almost Bradburian vein of rich nostalgia running through it (although the nostalgia is quirky enough that perhaps it might more usefully be compared to R.A. Lafferty or Terry Bisson than to Bradbury)."

let have

From this reading Originally Published in Science Fiction Age, March 1998 * Northern Suns (Tor, 1999, David Hartwell and Glenn Grant, editors) * Year's Best Science Fiction XVI (Morrow, 1999, Gardner Dozois, editor) * Hayakawa Science Fiction Magazine (Japan) September 2001 "Like most aliens-mingling-with-human-society stories, Doctorow's story serves mostly to hold a mirror up to human nature, but the odd corner of human nature it examines is fascinating, and the story is smoothly and expertly written, with some good detail and local color and some shrewd insights into human nature and human culture, and an almost Bradburian vein of rich nostalgia running through it (although the nostalgia is quirky enough that perhaps it might more usefully be compared to R.A. Lafferty or Terry Bisson than to Bradbury)."

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From this reading Originally Published in Science Fiction Age, March 1998 * Northern Suns (Tor, 1999, David Hartwell and Glenn Grant, editors) * Year's Best Science Fiction XVI (Morrow, 1999, Gardner Dozois, editor) * Hayakawa Science Fiction Magazine (Japan) September 2001 "Like most aliens-mingling-with-human-society stories, Doctorow's story serves mostly to hold a mirror up to human nature, but the odd corner of human nature it examines is fascinating, and the story is smoothly and expertly written, with some good detail and local color and some shrewd insights into human nature and human culture, and an almost Bradburian vein of rich nostalgia running through it (although the nostalgia is quirky enough that perhaps it might more usefully be compared to R.A. Lafferty or Terry Bisson than to Bradbury)."

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From this reading Originally Published in Science Fiction Age, March 1998 * Northern Suns (Tor, 1999, David Hartwell and Glenn Grant, editors) * Year's Best Science Fiction XVI (Morrow, 1999, Gardner Dozois, editor) * Hayakawa Science Fiction Magazine (Japan) September 2001 "Like most aliens-mingling-with-human-society stories, Doctorow's story serves mostly to hold a mirror up to human nature, but the odd corner of human nature it examines is fascinating, and the story is smoothly and expertly written, with some good detail and local color and some shrewd insights into human nature and human culture, and an almost Bradburian vein of rich nostalgia running through it (although the nostalgia is quirky enough that perhaps it might more usefully be compared to R.A. Lafferty or Terry Bisson than to Bradbury)."

armor plate that protects the head

From this reading - Gardner Dozois Editor, Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine Blurbs and quotes: * Cory Doctorow straps on his miner's helmet and takes you deep into the caverns and underground rivers of Pop Culture, here filtered through SF-coloured glasses.

in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is

From this reading - Gardner Dozois Editor, Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine Blurbs and quotes: * Cory Doctorow straps on his miner's helmet and takes you deep into the caverns and underground rivers of Pop Culture, here filtered through SF-coloured glasses.

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading - Gardner Dozois Editor, Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine Blurbs and quotes: * Cory Doctorow straps on his miner's helmet and takes you deep into the caverns and underground rivers of Pop Culture, here filtered through SF-coloured glasses.

cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., “keep clean”

From this reading Originally Published in Science Fiction Age, March 1998 * Northern Suns (Tor, 1999, David Hartwell and Glenn Grant, editors) * Year's Best Science Fiction XVI (Morrow, 1999, Gardner Dozois, editor) * Hayakawa Science Fiction Magazine (Japan) September 2001 "Like most aliens-mingling-with-human-society stories, Doctorow's story serves mostly to hold a mirror up to human nature, but the odd corner of human nature it examines is fascinating, and the story is smoothly and expertly written, with some good detail and local color and some shrewd insights into human nature and human culture, and an almost Bradburian vein of rich nostalgia running through it (although the nostalgia is quirky enough that perhaps it might more usefully be compared to R.A. Lafferty or Terry Bisson than to Bradbury)."

a protocol (utilizing TCP) to transfer hypertext requests and information between servers and browsers

From this reading See http://craphound.com/place for more.

characteristic of humanity

From this reading Originally Published in Science Fiction Age, March 1998 * Northern Suns (Tor, 1999, David Hartwell and Glenn Grant, editors) * Year's Best Science Fiction XVI (Morrow, 1999, Gardner Dozois, editor) * Hayakawa Science Fiction Magazine (Japan) September 2001 "Like most aliens-mingling-with-human-society stories, Doctorow's story serves mostly to hold a mirror up to human nature, but the odd corner of human nature it examines is fascinating, and the story is smoothly and expertly written, with some good detail and local color and some shrewd insights into human nature and human culture, and an almost Bradburian vein of rich nostalgia running through it (although the nostalgia is quirky enough that perhaps it might more usefully be compared to R.A. Lafferty or Terry Bisson than to Bradbury)."

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading From "A Place So Foreign and Eight More," a short story collection published in September, 2003 by Four Walls Eight Windows Press (ISBN 1568582862).

plural of “insight” — clear or deep perception of a situation

From this reading Originally Published in Science Fiction Age, March 1998 * Northern Suns (Tor, 1999, David Hartwell and Glenn Grant, editors) * Year's Best Science Fiction XVI (Morrow, 1999, Gardner Dozois, editor) * Hayakawa Science Fiction Magazine (Japan) September 2001 "Like most aliens-mingling-with-human-society stories, Doctorow's story serves mostly to hold a mirror up to human nature, but the odd corner of human nature it examines is fascinating, and the story is smoothly and expertly written, with some good detail and local color and some shrewd insights into human nature and human culture, and an almost Bradburian vein of rich nostalgia running through it (although the nostalgia is quirky enough that perhaps it might more usefully be compared to R.A. Lafferty or Terry Bisson than to Bradbury)."

moving to the inside of something

From this reading Originally Published in Science Fiction Age, March 1998 * Northern Suns (Tor, 1999, David Hartwell and Glenn Grant, editors) * Year's Best Science Fiction XVI (Morrow, 1999, Gardner Dozois, editor) * Hayakawa Science Fiction Magazine (Japan) September 2001 "Like most aliens-mingling-with-human-society stories, Doctorow's story serves mostly to hold a mirror up to human nature, but the odd corner of human nature it examines is fascinating, and the story is smoothly and expertly written, with some good detail and local color and some shrewd insights into human nature and human culture, and an almost Bradburian vein of rich nostalgia running through it (although the nostalgia is quirky enough that perhaps it might more usefully be compared to R.A. Lafferty or Terry Bisson than to Bradbury)."

the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading Originally Published in Science Fiction Age, March 1998 * Northern Suns (Tor, 1999, David Hartwell and Glenn Grant, editors) * Year's Best Science Fiction XVI (Morrow, 1999, Gardner Dozois, editor) * Hayakawa Science Fiction Magazine (Japan) September 2001 "Like most aliens-mingling-with-human-society stories, Doctorow's story serves mostly to hold a mirror up to human nature, but the odd corner of human nature it examines is fascinating, and the story is smoothly and expertly written, with some good detail and local color and some shrewd insights into human nature and human culture, and an almost Bradburian vein of rich nostalgia running through it (although the nostalgia is quirky enough that perhaps it might more usefully be compared to R.A. Lafferty or Terry Bisson than to Bradbury)."

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading From "A Place So Foreign and Eight More," a short story collection published in September, 2003 by Four Walls Eight Windows Press (ISBN 1568582862).

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading Originally Published in Science Fiction Age, March 1998 * Northern Suns (Tor, 1999, David Hartwell and Glenn Grant, editors) * Year's Best Science Fiction XVI (Morrow, 1999, Gardner Dozois, editor) * Hayakawa Science Fiction Magazine (Japan) September 2001 "Like most aliens-mingling-with-human-society stories, Doctorow's story serves mostly to hold a mirror up to human nature, but the odd corner of human nature it examines is fascinating, and the story is smoothly and expertly written, with some good detail and local color and some shrewd insights into human nature and human culture, and an almost Bradburian vein of rich nostalgia running through it (although the nostalgia is quirky enough that perhaps it might more usefully be compared to R.A. Lafferty or Terry Bisson than to Bradbury)."

a string of more than 3,000 islands to the east of Asia extending 1,300 miles between the Sea of Japan and the western Pacific Ocean

From this reading Originally Published in Science Fiction Age, March 1998 * Northern Suns (Tor, 1999, David Hartwell and Glenn Grant, editors) * Year's Best Science Fiction XVI (Morrow, 1999, Gardner Dozois, editor) * Hayakawa Science Fiction Magazine (Japan) September 2001 "Like most aliens-mingling-with-human-society stories, Doctorow's story serves mostly to hold a mirror up to human nature, but the odd corner of human nature it examines is fascinating, and the story is smoothly and expertly written, with some good detail and local color and some shrewd insights into human nature and human culture, and an almost Bradburian vein of rich nostalgia running through it (although the nostalgia is quirky enough that perhaps it might more usefully be compared to R.A. Lafferty or Terry Bisson than to Bradbury)."

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Originally Published in Science Fiction Age, March 1998 * Northern Suns (Tor, 1999, David Hartwell and Glenn Grant, editors) * Year's Best Science Fiction XVI (Morrow, 1999, Gardner Dozois, editor) * Hayakawa Science Fiction Magazine (Japan) September 2001 "Like most aliens-mingling-with-human-society stories, Doctorow's story serves mostly to hold a mirror up to human nature, but the odd corner of human nature it examines is fascinating, and the story is smoothly and expertly written, with some good detail and local color and some shrewd insights into human nature and human culture, and an almost Bradburian vein of rich nostalgia running through it (although the nostalgia is quirky enough that perhaps it might more usefully be compared to R.A. Lafferty or Terry Bisson than to Bradbury)."

prefer or wish to do something

From this reading Originally Published in Science Fiction Age, March 1998 * Northern Suns (Tor, 1999, David Hartwell and Glenn Grant, editors) * Year's Best Science Fiction XVI (Morrow, 1999, Gardner Dozois, editor) * Hayakawa Science Fiction Magazine (Japan) September 2001 "Like most aliens-mingling-with-human-society stories, Doctorow's story serves mostly to hold a mirror up to human nature, but the odd corner of human nature it examines is fascinating, and the story is smoothly and expertly written, with some good detail and local color and some shrewd insights into human nature and human culture, and an almost Bradburian vein of rich nostalgia running through it (although the nostalgia is quirky enough that perhaps it might more usefully be compared to R.A. Lafferty or Terry Bisson than to Bradbury)."

relating to or applicable to or concerned with the administration of a city or town or district rather than a larger area

From this reading Originally Published in Science Fiction Age, March 1998 * Northern Suns (Tor, 1999, David Hartwell and Glenn Grant, editors) * Year's Best Science Fiction XVI (Morrow, 1999, Gardner Dozois, editor) * Hayakawa Science Fiction Magazine (Japan) September 2001 "Like most aliens-mingling-with-human-society stories, Doctorow's story serves mostly to hold a mirror up to human nature, but the odd corner of human nature it examines is fascinating, and the story is smoothly and expertly written, with some good detail and local color and some shrewd insights into human nature and human culture, and an almost Bradburian vein of rich nostalgia running through it (although the nostalgia is quirky enough that perhaps it might more usefully be compared to R.A. Lafferty or Terry Bisson than to Bradbury)."

a periodic publication containing pictures and stories and articles of interest to those who purchase it or subscribe to it

From this reading Originally Published in Science Fiction Age, March 1998 * Northern Suns (Tor, 1999, David Hartwell and Glenn Grant, editors) * Year's Best Science Fiction XVI (Morrow, 1999, Gardner Dozois, editor) * Hayakawa Science Fiction Magazine (Japan) September 2001 "Like most aliens-mingling-with-human-society stories, Doctorow's story serves mostly to hold a mirror up to human nature, but the odd corner of human nature it examines is fascinating, and the story is smoothly and expertly written, with some good detail and local color and some shrewd insights into human nature and human culture, and an almost Bradburian vein of rich nostalgia running through it (although the nostalgia is quirky enough that perhaps it might more usefully be compared to R.A. Lafferty or Terry Bisson than to Bradbury)."

march in a procession

From this reading Originally Published in Science Fiction Age, March 1998 * Northern Suns (Tor, 1999, David Hartwell and Glenn Grant, editors) * Year's Best Science Fiction XVI (Morrow, 1999, Gardner Dozois, editor) * Hayakawa Science Fiction Magazine (Japan) September 2001 "Like most aliens-mingling-with-human-society stories, Doctorow's story serves mostly to hold a mirror up to human nature, but the odd corner of human nature it examines is fascinating, and the story is smoothly and expertly written, with some good detail and local color and some shrewd insights into human nature and human culture, and an almost Bradburian vein of rich nostalgia running through it (although the nostalgia is quirky enough that perhaps it might more usefully be compared to R.A. Lafferty or Terry Bisson than to Bradbury)."

used to say something is possible but not certain

From this reading Originally Published in Science Fiction Age, March 1998 * Northern Suns (Tor, 1999, David Hartwell and Glenn Grant, editors) * Year's Best Science Fiction XVI (Morrow, 1999, Gardner Dozois, editor) * Hayakawa Science Fiction Magazine (Japan) September 2001 "Like most aliens-mingling-with-human-society stories, Doctorow's story serves mostly to hold a mirror up to human nature, but the odd corner of human nature it examines is fascinating, and the story is smoothly and expertly written, with some good detail and local color and some shrewd insights into human nature and human culture, and an almost Bradburian vein of rich nostalgia running through it (although the nostalgia is quirky enough that perhaps it might more usefully be compared to R.A. Lafferty or Terry Bisson than to Bradbury)."

possessive form of “miner” — laborer who works in a mine

From this reading - Gardner Dozois Editor, Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine Blurbs and quotes: * Cory Doctorow straps on his miner's helmet and takes you deep into the caverns and underground rivers of Pop Culture, here filtered through SF-coloured glasses.

polished surface that forms images by reflecting light

From this reading Originally Published in Science Fiction Age, March 1998 * Northern Suns (Tor, 1999, David Hartwell and Glenn Grant, editors) * Year's Best Science Fiction XVI (Morrow, 1999, Gardner Dozois, editor) * Hayakawa Science Fiction Magazine (Japan) September 2001 "Like most aliens-mingling-with-human-society stories, Doctorow's story serves mostly to hold a mirror up to human nature, but the odd corner of human nature it examines is fascinating, and the story is smoothly and expertly written, with some good detail and local color and some shrewd insights into human nature and human culture, and an almost Bradburian vein of rich nostalgia running through it (although the nostalgia is quirky enough that perhaps it might more usefully be compared to R.A. Lafferty or Terry Bisson than to Bradbury)."

(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree

From this reading From "A Place So Foreign and Eight More," a short story collection published in September, 2003 by Four Walls Eight Windows Press (ISBN 1568582862).

the next day

From this reading Originally Published in Science Fiction Age, March 1998 * Northern Suns (Tor, 1999, David Hartwell and Glenn Grant, editors) * Year's Best Science Fiction XVI (Morrow, 1999, Gardner Dozois, editor) * Hayakawa Science Fiction Magazine (Japan) September 2001 "Like most aliens-mingling-with-human-society stories, Doctorow's story serves mostly to hold a mirror up to human nature, but the odd corner of human nature it examines is fascinating, and the story is smoothly and expertly written, with some good detail and local color and some shrewd insights into human nature and human culture, and an almost Bradburian vein of rich nostalgia running through it (although the nostalgia is quirky enough that perhaps it might more usefully be compared to R.A. Lafferty or Terry Bisson than to Bradbury)."

used to form the superlative

From this reading Originally Published in Science Fiction Age, March 1998 * Northern Suns (Tor, 1999, David Hartwell and Glenn Grant, editors) * Year's Best Science Fiction XVI (Morrow, 1999, Gardner Dozois, editor) * Hayakawa Science Fiction Magazine (Japan) September 2001 "Like most aliens-mingling-with-human-society stories, Doctorow's story serves mostly to hold a mirror up to human nature, but the odd corner of human nature it examines is fascinating, and the story is smoothly and expertly written, with some good detail and local color and some shrewd insights into human nature and human culture, and an almost Bradburian vein of rich nostalgia running through it (although the nostalgia is quirky enough that perhaps it might more usefully be compared to R.A. Lafferty or Terry Bisson than to Bradbury)."

in large part; mainly or chiefly

From this reading Originally Published in Science Fiction Age, March 1998 * Northern Suns (Tor, 1999, David Hartwell and Glenn Grant, editors) * Year's Best Science Fiction XVI (Morrow, 1999, Gardner Dozois, editor) * Hayakawa Science Fiction Magazine (Japan) September 2001 "Like most aliens-mingling-with-human-society stories, Doctorow's story serves mostly to hold a mirror up to human nature, but the odd corner of human nature it examines is fascinating, and the story is smoothly and expertly written, with some good detail and local color and some shrewd insights into human nature and human culture, and an almost Bradburian vein of rich nostalgia running through it (although the nostalgia is quirky enough that perhaps it might more usefully be compared to R.A. Lafferty or Terry Bisson than to Bradbury)."

the essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized

From this reading Originally Published in Science Fiction Age, March 1998 * Northern Suns (Tor, 1999, David Hartwell and Glenn Grant, editors) * Year's Best Science Fiction XVI (Morrow, 1999, Gardner Dozois, editor) * Hayakawa Science Fiction Magazine (Japan) September 2001 "Like most aliens-mingling-with-human-society stories, Doctorow's story serves mostly to hold a mirror up to human nature, but the odd corner of human nature it examines is fascinating, and the story is smoothly and expertly written, with some good detail and local color and some shrewd insights into human nature and human culture, and an almost Bradburian vein of rich nostalgia running through it (although the nostalgia is quirky enough that perhaps it might more usefully be compared to R.A. Lafferty or Terry Bisson than to Bradbury)."

in or characteristic of a region of the United States north of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line

From this reading Originally Published in Science Fiction Age, March 1998 * Northern Suns (Tor, 1999, David Hartwell and Glenn Grant, editors) * Year's Best Science Fiction XVI (Morrow, 1999, Gardner Dozois, editor) * Hayakawa Science Fiction Magazine (Japan) September 2001 "Like most aliens-mingling-with-human-society stories, Doctorow's story serves mostly to hold a mirror up to human nature, but the odd corner of human nature it examines is fascinating, and the story is smoothly and expertly written, with some good detail and local color and some shrewd insights into human nature and human culture, and an almost Bradburian vein of rich nostalgia running through it (although the nostalgia is quirky enough that perhaps it might more usefully be compared to R.A. Lafferty or Terry Bisson than to Bradbury)."

longing for something past

From this reading Originally Published in Science Fiction Age, March 1998 * Northern Suns (Tor, 1999, David Hartwell and Glenn Grant, editors) * Year's Best Science Fiction XVI (Morrow, 1999, Gardner Dozois, editor) * Hayakawa Science Fiction Magazine (Japan) September 2001 "Like most aliens-mingling-with-human-society stories, Doctorow's story serves mostly to hold a mirror up to human nature, but the odd corner of human nature it examines is fascinating, and the story is smoothly and expertly written, with some good detail and local color and some shrewd insights into human nature and human culture, and an almost Bradburian vein of rich nostalgia running through it (although the nostalgia is quirky enough that perhaps it might more usefully be compared to R.A. Lafferty or Terry Bisson than to Bradbury)."

not divisible by two

From this reading Originally Published in Science Fiction Age, March 1998 * Northern Suns (Tor, 1999, David Hartwell and Glenn Grant, editors) * Year's Best Science Fiction XVI (Morrow, 1999, Gardner Dozois, editor) * Hayakawa Science Fiction Magazine (Japan) September 2001 "Like most aliens-mingling-with-human-society stories, Doctorow's story serves mostly to hold a mirror up to human nature, but the odd corner of human nature it examines is fascinating, and the story is smoothly and expertly written, with some good detail and local color and some shrewd insights into human nature and human culture, and an almost Bradburian vein of rich nostalgia running through it (although the nostalgia is quirky enough that perhaps it might more usefully be compared to R.A. Lafferty or Terry Bisson than to Bradbury)."

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Originally Published in Science Fiction Age, March 1998 * Northern Suns (Tor, 1999, David Hartwell and Glenn Grant, editors) * Year's Best Science Fiction XVI (Morrow, 1999, Gardner Dozois, editor) * Hayakawa Science Fiction Magazine (Japan) September 2001 "Like most aliens-mingling-with-human-society stories, Doctorow's story serves mostly to hold a mirror up to human nature, but the odd corner of human nature it examines is fascinating, and the story is smoothly and expertly written, with some good detail and local color and some shrewd insights into human nature and human culture, and an almost Bradburian vein of rich nostalgia running through it (although the nostalgia is quirky enough that perhaps it might more usefully be compared to R.A. Lafferty or Terry Bisson than to Bradbury)."

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading - Gardner Dozois Editor, Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine Blurbs and quotes: * Cory Doctorow straps on his miner's helmet and takes you deep into the caverns and underground rivers of Pop Culture, here filtered through SF-coloured glasses.

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading Originally Published in Science Fiction Age, March 1998 * Northern Suns (Tor, 1999, David Hartwell and Glenn Grant, editors) * Year's Best Science Fiction XVI (Morrow, 1999, Gardner Dozois, editor) * Hayakawa Science Fiction Magazine (Japan) September 2001 "Like most aliens-mingling-with-human-society stories, Doctorow's story serves mostly to hold a mirror up to human nature, but the odd corner of human nature it examines is fascinating, and the story is smoothly and expertly written, with some good detail and local color and some shrewd insights into human nature and human culture, and an almost Bradburian vein of rich nostalgia running through it (although the nostalgia is quirky enough that perhaps it might more usefully be compared to R.A. Lafferty or Terry Bisson than to Bradbury)."

in an original manner

From this reading Originally Published in Science Fiction Age, March 1998 * Northern Suns (Tor, 1999, David Hartwell and Glenn Grant, editors) * Year's Best Science Fiction XVI (Morrow, 1999, Gardner Dozois, editor) * Hayakawa Science Fiction Magazine (Japan) September 2001 "Like most aliens-mingling-with-human-society stories, Doctorow's story serves mostly to hold a mirror up to human nature, but the odd corner of human nature it examines is fascinating, and the story is smoothly and expertly written, with some good detail and local color and some shrewd insights into human nature and human culture, and an almost Bradburian vein of rich nostalgia running through it (although the nostalgia is quirky enough that perhaps it might more usefully be compared to R.A. Lafferty or Terry Bisson than to Bradbury)."

by chance

From this reading Originally Published in Science Fiction Age, March 1998 * Northern Suns (Tor, 1999, David Hartwell and Glenn Grant, editors) * Year's Best Science Fiction XVI (Morrow, 1999, Gardner Dozois, editor) * Hayakawa Science Fiction Magazine (Japan) September 2001 "Like most aliens-mingling-with-human-society stories, Doctorow's story serves mostly to hold a mirror up to human nature, but the odd corner of human nature it examines is fascinating, and the story is smoothly and expertly written, with some good detail and local color and some shrewd insights into human nature and human culture, and an almost Bradburian vein of rich nostalgia running through it (although the nostalgia is quirky enough that perhaps it might more usefully be compared to R.A. Lafferty or Terry Bisson than to Bradbury)."

a point located with respect to surface features of some region

From this reading From "A Place So Foreign and Eight More," a short story collection published in September, 2003 by Four Walls Eight Windows Press (ISBN 1568582862).

bulge outward

From this reading - Gardner Dozois Editor, Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine Blurbs and quotes: * Cory Doctorow straps on his miner's helmet and takes you deep into the caverns and underground rivers of Pop Culture, here filtered through SF-coloured glasses.

exert pressure or force to or upon

From this reading From "A Place So Foreign and Eight More," a short story collection published in September, 2003 by Four Walls Eight Windows Press (ISBN 1568582862).

prepared and printed for distribution and sale

From this reading From "A Place So Foreign and Eight More," a short story collection published in September, 2003 by Four Walls Eight Windows Press (ISBN 1568582862).

(informal) strikingly unconventional

From this reading Originally Published in Science Fiction Age, March 1998 * Northern Suns (Tor, 1999, David Hartwell and Glenn Grant, editors) * Year's Best Science Fiction XVI (Morrow, 1999, Gardner Dozois, editor) * Hayakawa Science Fiction Magazine (Japan) September 2001 "Like most aliens-mingling-with-human-society stories, Doctorow's story serves mostly to hold a mirror up to human nature, but the odd corner of human nature it examines is fascinating, and the story is smoothly and expertly written, with some good detail and local color and some shrewd insights into human nature and human culture, and an almost Bradburian vein of rich nostalgia running through it (although the nostalgia is quirky enough that perhaps it might more usefully be compared to R.A. Lafferty or Terry Bisson than to Bradbury)."

plural of “quote” — a punctuation mark used to attribute the enclosed text to someone else

From this reading - Gardner Dozois Editor, Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine Blurbs and quotes: * Cory Doctorow straps on his miner's helmet and takes you deep into the caverns and underground rivers of Pop Culture, here filtered through SF-coloured glasses.

a unit of radiation exposure; the dose of ionizing radiation that will produce 1 electrostatic unit of electricity in 1 cc of dry air

From this reading Originally Published in Science Fiction Age, March 1998 * Northern Suns (Tor, 1999, David Hartwell and Glenn Grant, editors) * Year's Best Science Fiction XVI (Morrow, 1999, Gardner Dozois, editor) * Hayakawa Science Fiction Magazine (Japan) September 2001 "Like most aliens-mingling-with-human-society stories, Doctorow's story serves mostly to hold a mirror up to human nature, but the odd corner of human nature it examines is fascinating, and the story is smoothly and expertly written, with some good detail and local color and some shrewd insights into human nature and human culture, and an almost Bradburian vein of rich nostalgia running through it (although the nostalgia is quirky enough that perhaps it might more usefully be compared to R.A. Lafferty or Terry Bisson than to Bradbury)."

possessing material wealth

From this reading Originally Published in Science Fiction Age, March 1998 * Northern Suns (Tor, 1999, David Hartwell and Glenn Grant, editors) * Year's Best Science Fiction XVI (Morrow, 1999, Gardner Dozois, editor) * Hayakawa Science Fiction Magazine (Japan) September 2001 "Like most aliens-mingling-with-human-society stories, Doctorow's story serves mostly to hold a mirror up to human nature, but the odd corner of human nature it examines is fascinating, and the story is smoothly and expertly written, with some good detail and local color and some shrewd insights into human nature and human culture, and an almost Bradburian vein of rich nostalgia running through it (although the nostalgia is quirky enough that perhaps it might more usefully be compared to R.A. Lafferty or Terry Bisson than to Bradbury)."

plural of “river” — a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek)

From this reading - Gardner Dozois Editor, Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine Blurbs and quotes: * Cory Doctorow straps on his miner's helmet and takes you deep into the caverns and underground rivers of Pop Culture, here filtered through SF-coloured glasses.

(of fluids) moving or issuing in a stream

From this reading Originally Published in Science Fiction Age, March 1998 * Northern Suns (Tor, 1999, David Hartwell and Glenn Grant, editors) * Year's Best Science Fiction XVI (Morrow, 1999, Gardner Dozois, editor) * Hayakawa Science Fiction Magazine (Japan) September 2001 "Like most aliens-mingling-with-human-society stories, Doctorow's story serves mostly to hold a mirror up to human nature, but the odd corner of human nature it examines is fascinating, and the story is smoothly and expertly written, with some good detail and local color and some shrewd insights into human nature and human culture, and an almost Bradburian vein of rich nostalgia running through it (although the nostalgia is quirky enough that perhaps it might more usefully be compared to R.A. Lafferty or Terry Bisson than to Bradbury)."

a particular branch of scientific knowledge

From this reading Originally Published in Science Fiction Age, March 1998 * Northern Suns (Tor, 1999, David Hartwell and Glenn Grant, editors) * Year's Best Science Fiction XVI (Morrow, 1999, Gardner Dozois, editor) * Hayakawa Science Fiction Magazine (Japan) September 2001 "Like most aliens-mingling-with-human-society stories, Doctorow's story serves mostly to hold a mirror up to human nature, but the odd corner of human nature it examines is fascinating, and the story is smoothly and expertly written, with some good detail and local color and some shrewd insights into human nature and human culture, and an almost Bradburian vein of rich nostalgia running through it (although the nostalgia is quirky enough that perhaps it might more usefully be compared to R.A. Lafferty or Terry Bisson than to Bradbury)."

perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight

From this reading See http://craphound.com/place for more.

the month following August and preceding October

From this reading From "A Place So Foreign and Eight More," a short story collection published in September, 2003 by Four Walls Eight Windows Press (ISBN 1568582862).

plural of “serve” — (sports) a stroke that puts the ball in play

From this reading Originally Published in Science Fiction Age, March 1998 * Northern Suns (Tor, 1999, David Hartwell and Glenn Grant, editors) * Year's Best Science Fiction XVI (Morrow, 1999, Gardner Dozois, editor) * Hayakawa Science Fiction Magazine (Japan) September 2001 "Like most aliens-mingling-with-human-society stories, Doctorow's story serves mostly to hold a mirror up to human nature, but the odd corner of human nature it examines is fascinating, and the story is smoothly and expertly written, with some good detail and local color and some shrewd insights into human nature and human culture, and an almost Bradburian vein of rich nostalgia running through it (although the nostalgia is quirky enough that perhaps it might more usefully be compared to R.A. Lafferty or Terry Bisson than to Bradbury)."

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading - Gardner Dozois Editor, Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine Blurbs and quotes: * Cory Doctorow straps on his miner's helmet and takes you deep into the caverns and underground rivers of Pop Culture, here filtered through SF-coloured glasses.

primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration

From this reading From "A Place So Foreign and Eight More," a short story collection published in September, 2003 by Four Walls Eight Windows Press (ISBN 1568582862).

marked by practical hardheaded intelligence

From this reading Originally Published in Science Fiction Age, March 1998 * Northern Suns (Tor, 1999, David Hartwell and Glenn Grant, editors) * Year's Best Science Fiction XVI (Morrow, 1999, Gardner Dozois, editor) * Hayakawa Science Fiction Magazine (Japan) September 2001 "Like most aliens-mingling-with-human-society stories, Doctorow's story serves mostly to hold a mirror up to human nature, but the odd corner of human nature it examines is fascinating, and the story is smoothly and expertly written, with some good detail and local color and some shrewd insights into human nature and human culture, and an almost Bradburian vein of rich nostalgia running through it (although the nostalgia is quirky enough that perhaps it might more usefully be compared to R.A. Lafferty or Terry Bisson than to Bradbury)."

with no problems or difficulties

From this reading Originally Published in Science Fiction Age, March 1998 * Northern Suns (Tor, 1999, David Hartwell and Glenn Grant, editors) * Year's Best Science Fiction XVI (Morrow, 1999, Gardner Dozois, editor) * Hayakawa Science Fiction Magazine (Japan) September 2001 "Like most aliens-mingling-with-human-society stories, Doctorow's story serves mostly to hold a mirror up to human nature, but the odd corner of human nature it examines is fascinating, and the story is smoothly and expertly written, with some good detail and local color and some shrewd insights into human nature and human culture, and an almost Bradburian vein of rich nostalgia running through it (although the nostalgia is quirky enough that perhaps it might more usefully be compared to R.A. Lafferty or Terry Bisson than to Bradbury)."

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading From "A Place So Foreign and Eight More," a short story collection published in September, 2003 by Four Walls Eight Windows Press (ISBN 1568582862).

(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity

From this reading Originally Published in Science Fiction Age, March 1998 * Northern Suns (Tor, 1999, David Hartwell and Glenn Grant, editors) * Year's Best Science Fiction XVI (Morrow, 1999, Gardner Dozois, editor) * Hayakawa Science Fiction Magazine (Japan) September 2001 "Like most aliens-mingling-with-human-society stories, Doctorow's story serves mostly to hold a mirror up to human nature, but the odd corner of human nature it examines is fascinating, and the story is smoothly and expertly written, with some good detail and local color and some shrewd insights into human nature and human culture, and an almost Bradburian vein of rich nostalgia running through it (although the nostalgia is quirky enough that perhaps it might more usefully be compared to R.A. Lafferty or Terry Bisson than to Bradbury)."

plural of “story” — a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program

From this reading Originally Published in Science Fiction Age, March 1998 * Northern Suns (Tor, 1999, David Hartwell and Glenn Grant, editors) * Year's Best Science Fiction XVI (Morrow, 1999, Gardner Dozois, editor) * Hayakawa Science Fiction Magazine (Japan) September 2001 "Like most aliens-mingling-with-human-society stories, Doctorow's story serves mostly to hold a mirror up to human nature, but the odd corner of human nature it examines is fascinating, and the story is smoothly and expertly written, with some good detail and local color and some shrewd insights into human nature and human culture, and an almost Bradburian vein of rich nostalgia running through it (although the nostalgia is quirky enough that perhaps it might more usefully be compared to R.A. Lafferty or Terry Bisson than to Bradbury)."

a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program

From this reading From "A Place So Foreign and Eight More," a short story collection published in September, 2003 by Four Walls Eight Windows Press (ISBN 1568582862).

plural of “strap” — an elongated leather strip (or a strip of similar material) for binding things together or holding something in position

From this reading - Gardner Dozois Editor, Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine Blurbs and quotes: * Cory Doctorow straps on his miner's helmet and takes you deep into the caverns and underground rivers of Pop Culture, here filtered through SF-coloured glasses.

plural of “sun” — the star that is the source of light and heat for the planets in the solar system

From this reading Originally Published in Science Fiction Age, March 1998 * Northern Suns (Tor, 1999, David Hartwell and Glenn Grant, editors) * Year's Best Science Fiction XVI (Morrow, 1999, Gardner Dozois, editor) * Hayakawa Science Fiction Magazine (Japan) September 2001 "Like most aliens-mingling-with-human-society stories, Doctorow's story serves mostly to hold a mirror up to human nature, but the odd corner of human nature it examines is fascinating, and the story is smoothly and expertly written, with some good detail and local color and some shrewd insights into human nature and human culture, and an almost Bradburian vein of rich nostalgia running through it (although the nostalgia is quirky enough that perhaps it might more usefully be compared to R.A. Lafferty or Terry Bisson than to Bradbury)."

plural of “take” — the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property

From this reading - Gardner Dozois Editor, Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine Blurbs and quotes: * Cory Doctorow straps on his miner's helmet and takes you deep into the caverns and underground rivers of Pop Culture, here filtered through SF-coloured glasses.

English actress (1847-1928)

From this reading Originally Published in Science Fiction Age, March 1998 * Northern Suns (Tor, 1999, David Hartwell and Glenn Grant, editors) * Year's Best Science Fiction XVI (Morrow, 1999, Gardner Dozois, editor) * Hayakawa Science Fiction Magazine (Japan) September 2001 "Like most aliens-mingling-with-human-society stories, Doctorow's story serves mostly to hold a mirror up to human nature, but the odd corner of human nature it examines is fascinating, and the story is smoothly and expertly written, with some good detail and local color and some shrewd insights into human nature and human culture, and an almost Bradburian vein of rich nostalgia running through it (although the nostalgia is quirky enough that perhaps it might more usefully be compared to R.A. Lafferty or Terry Bisson than to Bradbury)."

used to introduce the second part of a comparison

From this reading Originally Published in Science Fiction Age, March 1998 * Northern Suns (Tor, 1999, David Hartwell and Glenn Grant, editors) * Year's Best Science Fiction XVI (Morrow, 1999, Gardner Dozois, editor) * Hayakawa Science Fiction Magazine (Japan) September 2001 "Like most aliens-mingling-with-human-society stories, Doctorow's story serves mostly to hold a mirror up to human nature, but the odd corner of human nature it examines is fascinating, and the story is smoothly and expertly written, with some good detail and local color and some shrewd insights into human nature and human culture, and an almost Bradburian vein of rich nostalgia running through it (although the nostalgia is quirky enough that perhaps it might more usefully be compared to R.A. Lafferty or Terry Bisson than to Bradbury)."

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading Originally Published in Science Fiction Age, March 1998 * Northern Suns (Tor, 1999, David Hartwell and Glenn Grant, editors) * Year's Best Science Fiction XVI (Morrow, 1999, Gardner Dozois, editor) * Hayakawa Science Fiction Magazine (Japan) September 2001 "Like most aliens-mingling-with-human-society stories, Doctorow's story serves mostly to hold a mirror up to human nature, but the odd corner of human nature it examines is fascinating, and the story is smoothly and expertly written, with some good detail and local color and some shrewd insights into human nature and human culture, and an almost Bradburian vein of rich nostalgia running through it (although the nostalgia is quirky enough that perhaps it might more usefully be compared to R.A. Lafferty or Terry Bisson than to Bradbury)."

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading Originally Published in Science Fiction Age, March 1998 * Northern Suns (Tor, 1999, David Hartwell and Glenn Grant, editors) * Year's Best Science Fiction XVI (Morrow, 1999, Gardner Dozois, editor) * Hayakawa Science Fiction Magazine (Japan) September 2001 "Like most aliens-mingling-with-human-society stories, Doctorow's story serves mostly to hold a mirror up to human nature, but the odd corner of human nature it examines is fascinating, and the story is smoothly and expertly written, with some good detail and local color and some shrewd insights into human nature and human culture, and an almost Bradburian vein of rich nostalgia running through it (although the nostalgia is quirky enough that perhaps it might more usefully be compared to R.A. Lafferty or Terry Bisson than to Bradbury)."

from one end or side of something to the other

From this reading Originally Published in Science Fiction Age, March 1998 * Northern Suns (Tor, 1999, David Hartwell and Glenn Grant, editors) * Year's Best Science Fiction XVI (Morrow, 1999, Gardner Dozois, editor) * Hayakawa Science Fiction Magazine (Japan) September 2001 "Like most aliens-mingling-with-human-society stories, Doctorow's story serves mostly to hold a mirror up to human nature, but the odd corner of human nature it examines is fascinating, and the story is smoothly and expertly written, with some good detail and local color and some shrewd insights into human nature and human culture, and an almost Bradburian vein of rich nostalgia running through it (although the nostalgia is quirky enough that perhaps it might more usefully be compared to R.A. Lafferty or Terry Bisson than to Bradbury)."

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading Originally Published in Science Fiction Age, March 1998 * Northern Suns (Tor, 1999, David Hartwell and Glenn Grant, editors) * Year's Best Science Fiction XVI (Morrow, 1999, Gardner Dozois, editor) * Hayakawa Science Fiction Magazine (Japan) September 2001 "Like most aliens-mingling-with-human-society stories, Doctorow's story serves mostly to hold a mirror up to human nature, but the odd corner of human nature it examines is fascinating, and the story is smoothly and expertly written, with some good detail and local color and some shrewd insights into human nature and human culture, and an almost Bradburian vein of rich nostalgia running through it (although the nostalgia is quirky enough that perhaps it might more usefully be compared to R.A. Lafferty or Terry Bisson than to Bradbury)."

a prominent rock or pile of rocks on a hill

From this reading Originally Published in Science Fiction Age, March 1998 * Northern Suns (Tor, 1999, David Hartwell and Glenn Grant, editors) * Year's Best Science Fiction XVI (Morrow, 1999, Gardner Dozois, editor) * Hayakawa Science Fiction Magazine (Japan) September 2001 "Like most aliens-mingling-with-human-society stories, Doctorow's story serves mostly to hold a mirror up to human nature, but the odd corner of human nature it examines is fascinating, and the story is smoothly and expertly written, with some good detail and local color and some shrewd insights into human nature and human culture, and an almost Bradburian vein of rich nostalgia running through it (although the nostalgia is quirky enough that perhaps it might more usefully be compared to R.A. Lafferty or Terry Bisson than to Bradbury)."

under the level of the ground

From this reading - Gardner Dozois Editor, Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine Blurbs and quotes: * Cory Doctorow straps on his miner's helmet and takes you deep into the caverns and underground rivers of Pop Culture, here filtered through SF-coloured glasses.

being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level

From this reading Originally Published in Science Fiction Age, March 1998 * Northern Suns (Tor, 1999, David Hartwell and Glenn Grant, editors) * Year's Best Science Fiction XVI (Morrow, 1999, Gardner Dozois, editor) * Hayakawa Science Fiction Magazine (Japan) September 2001 "Like most aliens-mingling-with-human-society stories, Doctorow's story serves mostly to hold a mirror up to human nature, but the odd corner of human nature it examines is fascinating, and the story is smoothly and expertly written, with some good detail and local color and some shrewd insights into human nature and human culture, and an almost Bradburian vein of rich nostalgia running through it (although the nostalgia is quirky enough that perhaps it might more usefully be compared to R.A. Lafferty or Terry Bisson than to Bradbury)."

in a useful manner

From this reading Originally Published in Science Fiction Age, March 1998 * Northern Suns (Tor, 1999, David Hartwell and Glenn Grant, editors) * Year's Best Science Fiction XVI (Morrow, 1999, Gardner Dozois, editor) * Hayakawa Science Fiction Magazine (Japan) September 2001 "Like most aliens-mingling-with-human-society stories, Doctorow's story serves mostly to hold a mirror up to human nature, but the odd corner of human nature it examines is fascinating, and the story is smoothly and expertly written, with some good detail and local color and some shrewd insights into human nature and human culture, and an almost Bradburian vein of rich nostalgia running through it (although the nostalgia is quirky enough that perhaps it might more usefully be compared to R.A. Lafferty or Terry Bisson than to Bradbury)."

a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart

From this reading Originally Published in Science Fiction Age, March 1998 * Northern Suns (Tor, 1999, David Hartwell and Glenn Grant, editors) * Year's Best Science Fiction XVI (Morrow, 1999, Gardner Dozois, editor) * Hayakawa Science Fiction Magazine (Japan) September 2001 "Like most aliens-mingling-with-human-society stories, Doctorow's story serves mostly to hold a mirror up to human nature, but the odd corner of human nature it examines is fascinating, and the story is smoothly and expertly written, with some good detail and local color and some shrewd insights into human nature and human culture, and an almost Bradburian vein of rich nostalgia running through it (although the nostalgia is quirky enough that perhaps it might more usefully be compared to R.A. Lafferty or Terry Bisson than to Bradbury)."

plural of “wall” — an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure

From this reading From "A Place So Foreign and Eight More," a short story collection published in September, 2003 by Four Walls Eight Windows Press (ISBN 1568582862).

(trademark) an operating system with a graphical user interface

From this reading From "A Place So Foreign and Eight More," a short story collection published in September, 2003 by Four Walls Eight Windows Press (ISBN 1568582862).

in the company of; together with

From this reading Originally Published in Science Fiction Age, March 1998 * Northern Suns (Tor, 1999, David Hartwell and Glenn Grant, editors) * Year's Best Science Fiction XVI (Morrow, 1999, Gardner Dozois, editor) * Hayakawa Science Fiction Magazine (Japan) September 2001 "Like most aliens-mingling-with-human-society stories, Doctorow's story serves mostly to hold a mirror up to human nature, but the odd corner of human nature it examines is fascinating, and the story is smoothly and expertly written, with some good detail and local color and some shrewd insights into human nature and human culture, and an almost Bradburian vein of rich nostalgia running through it (although the nostalgia is quirky enough that perhaps it might more usefully be compared to R.A. Lafferty or Terry Bisson than to Bradbury)."

set down in writing in any of various ways

From this reading Originally Published in Science Fiction Age, March 1998 * Northern Suns (Tor, 1999, David Hartwell and Glenn Grant, editors) * Year's Best Science Fiction XVI (Morrow, 1999, Gardner Dozois, editor) * Hayakawa Science Fiction Magazine (Japan) September 2001 "Like most aliens-mingling-with-human-society stories, Doctorow's story serves mostly to hold a mirror up to human nature, but the odd corner of human nature it examines is fascinating, and the story is smoothly and expertly written, with some good detail and local color and some shrewd insights into human nature and human culture, and an almost Bradburian vein of rich nostalgia running through it (although the nostalgia is quirky enough that perhaps it might more usefully be compared to R.A. Lafferty or Terry Bisson than to Bradbury)."

the cardinal number that is the sum of fifteen and one

From this reading Originally Published in Science Fiction Age, March 1998 * Northern Suns (Tor, 1999, David Hartwell and Glenn Grant, editors) * Year's Best Science Fiction XVI (Morrow, 1999, Gardner Dozois, editor) * Hayakawa Science Fiction Magazine (Japan) September 2001 "Like most aliens-mingling-with-human-society stories, Doctorow's story serves mostly to hold a mirror up to human nature, but the odd corner of human nature it examines is fascinating, and the story is smoothly and expertly written, with some good detail and local color and some shrewd insights into human nature and human culture, and an almost Bradburian vein of rich nostalgia running through it (although the nostalgia is quirky enough that perhaps it might more usefully be compared to R.A. Lafferty or Terry Bisson than to Bradbury)."

possessive form of “year” — a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days

From this reading Originally Published in Science Fiction Age, March 1998 * Northern Suns (Tor, 1999, David Hartwell and Glenn Grant, editors) * Year's Best Science Fiction XVI (Morrow, 1999, Gardner Dozois, editor) * Hayakawa Science Fiction Magazine (Japan) September 2001 "Like most aliens-mingling-with-human-society stories, Doctorow's story serves mostly to hold a mirror up to human nature, but the odd corner of human nature it examines is fascinating, and the story is smoothly and expertly written, with some good detail and local color and some shrewd insights into human nature and human culture, and an almost Bradburian vein of rich nostalgia running through it (although the nostalgia is quirky enough that perhaps it might more usefully be compared to R.A. Lafferty or Terry Bisson than to Bradbury)."

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading - Gardner Dozois Editor, Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine Blurbs and quotes: * Cory Doctorow straps on his miner's helmet and takes you deep into the caverns and underground rivers of Pop Culture, here filtered through SF-coloured glasses.