Archive for June, 2010
Silvia Moreno-Garcia. Seeds. (Shine).
Editor de Vries provides another story set outside the usual SF settings (ie space or the USA), for which he is to be applauded.
Mari Ness. Twittering the Stars. (Shine).
A twitter-format story, which can be read in either direction.
Lavie Tidhar. The Solnet Ascendancy. (Shine).
A light tone from Tidhar, as he looks at how Vanuatu transforms itself from an idyllic place with little technology, to a worldwide internet hub.
Matthew Kressel. The History Within Us. (Clarkesworld Magazine, #42, March 2010)
Top quality writing and podcasting.
Gareth L. Powell and Aliette de Bodard. The Church of Accelerated Redemption. (Shine)
A strong contribution from Powell and de Bodard.
Paula R. Stiles. Sustainable Development. (Shine).
Short piece site in francophile West Africa, where the woman have not reaped the benefits of technology, and the traditional roles for women remain in place.
Holly Phillips. Summer Ice. (Shine).
Aa nice enough story, well written and capturing the languid nature of life and love in a sapping heat, but not SF, and barely speculative.
Caitlin R. Kiernan. Galapagos. (Eclipse 3).
works well in looking at the impacts on a psychological level of events that in SF are typically shown as part of a dramatic action story.
Asimovs. June 2010.
A bit of a deja vu feeling with the opening and closing stories, with two experienced writers re-treading footprints into the sfnal regolith, with the other stories being good without being great.
Categories
Recent comments