Archive for November, 2010
Antony Mann. Candy Moments. (Interzone #229, Jul-Aug 2010).
A story that doesn’t quite fulfil its potential, through trying to address too many issues at the end
Ken Liu. The Literomancer. (F&SF Sept/Oct 2010).
A powerful, harrowing story of alienation, loneliness, and political oppression.
David Gerrold. The F&SF Mailbag. (F&SF Sept/Oct 2010).
Wry humour in a series of letters purporting to be from Gerrold to F&SF Editor Gordon van Gelder in which he chides him for his increasingly radical steps to source fiction for his magazines.
Paul Evanby. Mannikin. (Interzone #229, Jul-Aug 2010)
Macabre historico-scientific horror set in the Dutch West Indies in the 16th century.
Alexandra Duncan. The Door in the Earth. (F&SF Sept/Oct 2010)
Remote countryside horror – there’s a small doorway at the back of a cave, and, as you might expect, nothing good is going to come of looking behind the door.
Michael Swanwick. Steadfast Castle. (F&SF Sept/Oct 2010).
The relationship between a house owner and the house AI is the crux of a missing person investigation…
Nancy Kress. Ej-Es. (Lightspeed Magazine November 2010)
Originally in the anthology ‘Stars’, which was themed around Janis Ian, the story reflects this in opening with a quote from the Janis Ian song ‘Jesse Come Home’, and finishing with a plaintive cry of loss to the same effect in an alien tongue.
aside : Necropunk
[November 24] My youngest son, still in his teens, has launched his own website reviewing horror movies – necropunk.com – clearly something in the genes…
Rick Wilber and Nick DiChario. Blind Spot. (F&SF Sept/Oct 2010).
Originally appearing in a baseball magazine, this is a strong mainstream story about an adult reflecting on his childhood and his long-estranged but recently deceased father’s role in it. The speculative element is minimal, but effective.
Richard Chwedyk. Orfy. (F&SF Sept/Oct 2010)
Further adventures of Orfy and his ickle dino colleagues.
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