Hi everyone! Welcome to the Team 4 team hub. Here we will compile all the review links and competition thoughts into one page so that everyone can find our material easily!

The page reads from earliest to latest, so scroll down for the most recent updates

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Introduction

First off: if you aren’t familiar with the self published science fiction competition, you can find the homepage here!

Next you can find the Peripheral Prospectors here: MEET THE JUDGES !

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The Slushpile Phase

Here is a post to introduce our allocated books – with links! Here you can explore our initial book allocation and learn about our judging process.

The Slushpile phase is now over, but here are the update posts we wrote along the way

Slushpile Updates:

September 17th: three cuts and a hot debate! (Books discussed: After Moses, Angel from the Rust, The Babel Apocalypse, Blood Fortune)

October 1st: Three More Cuts and a Safe (Books discussed: Final Hope, Hot Ash and the Oasis Defect, Muriel MacDougall and the Mad God, Kenai

October 6th: Nicole reviews Angel From the Rust HERE

October 14th: Slushpile update #3, three cut books and one is safe for now (Books Discussed: Duck, The Dying Breed: Hunters, Felan’s Rescue

October 28th: Chad reviews Angel from the Rust HERE

October 29th: Slushpile Update #4, Three cuts and a safe book! (Books discussed: Lume, Minimum Safe Distance, Mission of the Ro’arck, Pallas Lost)

November 5th: Slushpile Update #5 . Three cuts and two safe books. Books discussed: Red Rock, Sila’s Wings, Synthesis: Weave, Replacement, Reality Check

November 10th; Nicole reviews The Guy Who Accidentally Started the Universe HERE, and gives thoughts on the overall slush pile HERE

November 11th: Our final update on cuts and safe books. The quarterfinalist announcement. (Books Discussed: Tailspin, The Guy Who Accidentally Started the Universe, Felan’s Rescue, Angel from the Rust, The Prism Effect, To Flail Against Infinity)

November 14th: Noor writes her Slushpile thoughts HERE!

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Quarterfinals

Remember that this is not an official competition category so all teams may not provide this round of updates. We chose six books to read, review, discuss, and score, in order to send the best two forward!

Our slush pile was actually wildly competitive this year and this was DIFFICULT to narrow down. Congrats everyone!

Kenai by Dave Dobson

• Athena’s Review
• Chad’s Review
• Nicole’s Review

Pallas Lost by Jake Morrison

• Nicole’s Review
• Athena’s Review
• Chad’s Review
• Noor’s Review

The Prism Effect by J. Wint

• Nicole’s Review
• Chad’s Review
• Noor’s Review

Reality Check by Dave McCreery

• Nicole’s Review
• Athena’s Review
• Chad’s Review

Replacement by Jordan Rivet

• Athena’s Review
• Noor’s Review
• Nicole’s Review
• Chad’s Review

To Flail Against Infinity by J.P. Valentine

• Chad’s Review
• Athena’s Review
• Grant’s Review

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Semifinals

Our two semifinalists are Kenai by Dave Dobson and Replacement by Jordan Rivet! The announcement post is here.

For round two, we picked up the semifinalists from teams Tar Vol On and Space Edpools and here they are. We will post our reviews as they trickle in

Apocalypse Parenting: Time to Play by Erin Ampersand

• Noor’s Review
• Nicole’s Review
• Chad’s Review
• Athena’s Review

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Any Minor World by Craig Schaefer

• Noor’s Review
• Chad’s Review
• Nicole’s Review
• Athena’s Review

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Thrill Switch by Tim Hawkins

• Nicole’s Review
• Chad’s Review
• Athena’s Review

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Sunset by Arshad Ahsanuddin

• Nicole’s Review
• Chad’s Review

Our official team semifinalist wrap up and scoring post can be seen here

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Finalists

From our slush pile, congrats to Kenai by Dave Dobson for making the finals! The second book from our semifinalist group is Thrill Switch by Tim Hawken, originally from team Tar Vol On

Our reviews for these two books can be seen above.

Stay tuned for our reviews of the finalists. As before they will be posted when they come in! Judges have until June 14th to read and review this round to determine the winner🚀

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Children of the Black by WJ Long III

• Reviews to come

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Dark Theory by Wick Welker

• reviews to come

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Memoirs of a Synth: Gold Record by Leigh Saunders

• reviews to come

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Three Grams of Elsewhere by Andy Giesler

• Reviews to come

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Congratulations & Closing thoughts – To Come