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I consider this a very good thing indeed.\"—<b><i>John Scalzi</b></i>", "source": "Liz Bourke, Tor.com", "premium": false}, {"content": "\"<i>Ancillary Justice </i>is the mind-blowing space opera you've been needing...This is a novel that will thrill you like the page-turner it is, but stick with you for a long time afterward.\"—<b><i><i>i09.com </i><i>(included in 'This Fall's Must-Read Science Fiction and Fantasy Books')</i></b></i>", "source": "Elizabeth Bear", "premium": false}, {"content": "\"It's not every day a debut novel by an author you'd never heard of before derails your entire afternoon with its brilliance. But when my review copy of <i>Ancillary Justice</i> arrived, that's exactly what it did. 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