Archive for August, 2010
J.M. Sidorova. The Witch, the Tinman, The Flies. (Asimovs August 2010).
Nicely written story, giving a strong sense of setting through the eyes of a young child in a tenement in Russia, but whilst there is science, there isn’t any SF.
Alexander Jablokov. Warning Label. (Asimovs August 2010).
An interesting look at how technology (‘intelligent’ RFID, social media) can impact on local politics, elevating an unlikely local government official to their 15 minutes of fame.
Alex Irvine. The Word He Was Looking For Was Hello. (Is Anyone Out There?)
Short piece to start the Fermi Paradox themed collection, as we look inside one man’s mind, courtesy of his psychiatrist, at the relationship between intergalactic and interpersonal loneliness.
Keith Brooke. Sussed. (Conflicts.)
The story nips along quickly, with a vivid image of a scarred city to start with, but doesn’t quite hit the heights.
Jason Sanford. Into the Depths of Illuminated Seas. (Interzone #226, Jan/Feb 2010).
Sanford provides some vivid imagery that lingers in the mind.
Nebula Awards Showcase 2010. (ed Bill Fawcett, Roc 2010).
Even with three of the really good stories of 2007/2008 instead of the three chosen, there wouldn’t be whole lot of bang for your buck if it’s just a read of good SF that you’re after.
Theodora Goss. Child-Empress of Mars. (The Year’s Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 2010).
ERB’s Barsoom gets a metafiction workover.
Robert Charles Wilson. This Peaceable Land. (Year’s Best SF 15)
..intelligent and powerfully, and a story I’m glad I read.
Michael Cobley. The Maker’s Mark. (Conflicts)
The story doesn’t ask anything of the reader other than to keep turning the pages. Even that was a chore!
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