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'The Fixation' is also available in the Solaris Book of Science-Fiction vol. 3 (2009)
TOC: Year's Best SF 15 edited by David G. Hartwell & Kathryn Cramer 2010
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Standout stories for this reader are "Fixation" by Alastair Reynolds and "One of Our Bastards is Missing" by Paul Cornell.
REVIEW: The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction, Volume 3 edited by George Mann 2009
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Standout stories for this reader are "Fixation" by Alastair Reynolds and "One of Our Bastards is Missing" by Paul Cornell.
May 2009 2009
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In "Fixation," Alastair Reynolds uses the many worlds theory to posit an experiment in which a museum piece borrows entropy from other universes, thus restoring the condition of old artifacts.
REVIEW: The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction, Volume 3 edited by George Mann 2009
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Tusar - "Fixation" is a pejorative term, as I'm sure you know, at least in the way you're using it; it implies that one takes a narrow, exclusionary view of things.
I borrowed liberally from Savitri Tusar N Mohapatra 2006
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"Fixation," that draw out a well-placed slower part; or songs like "Positively God Free" that juxtapose slow and fast, dissonance and melody, and really showcase one of Punch's strong suits - the graceful balance of opposing elements.
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Standout stories for this reader are "Fixation" by Alastair Reynolds and "One of Our Bastards is Missing" by Paul Cornell.
SF Signal 2009
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"Fixation" is the process by which bacteria convert ambient sources of otherwise unusable molecules into compounds necessary for life.
Mongabay.com News 2008
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Fixation on fictional tax rates which are never paid is a stupidity.
Ronald Reagan's Economics, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Fixation has a better chance through random drift because there are many more of these mutations without significant selective advantage versus those with.
The Weasel Thread 2009
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