Archive for July, 2010
Eva Maria Chapman. Russian Roulette 2020. (Shine).
Not the most subtle story in the volume, and there’s some creaky dialogue in there.
Erik Admundsen. Blue Vervain Murder Ballad #2 : Jack of Diamonds. (The Year’s Best Science Fiction and Fantasy 2009).
Deep South gambling on a riverboat for high stakes. Ah say, Deep South gambling on a riverboat for high stakes.
Robert Reed. A History of Terraforming. (Asimovs July 2010)
Editor Sheila Williams mentions in the editorial that Reed is hard at work on a Young Adult novel, and, truth be told, there’s a touch of the YA about this story.
Beth Bernobich. The Golden Octopus. (The Year’s Best Science Fiction and Fantasy 2009)
A very clever and well wrought tale set in the Royal Court of Eireann.
Brenda Cooper. My Father’s Singularity. (Clarkesworld Magazine #45, June 2010)
Cooper’s tone is just right, not too mawkish, and it leaves the reader/listener to ponder some big questions.
Kristine Kathryn Rusch. Amelia Pillar’s Etiquette for the Space Traveler. (Asimov’s July 2010)
Short and mildly diverting
Jay Lake. A Water Matter. (The Year’s Best Science Fiction and Fantasy 2009)
As Lake invariably does he puts effort into creating a interesting background to his story, and its visceral in terms of the action and denouement.
Alastair Reynolds. Deep Navigation. (NESFA Press, 2010).
Already with a couple of collections from his two decades’ worth of short stories, NESFA have produced a handsome book which for the Reynolds’ fan is, as the Dutch would say, ‘een must’.
Peter Watts. The Eyes of God. (The Year’s Best Science Fiction and Fantasy 2009).
A clever look at how a technological advance could impact on aspects of humanity that have been with us forever.
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