Best SF | 2010 November

James L. Cambias. How Seosiris Lost the Favor of the King. (F&SF Sept/Oct 2010)

By Mark Watson ⋅ November 20, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

Pharaohic Phantasy.

Dale Bailey. Eating at the End-of-the-World Cafe. (F&SF Sept/Oct 2010)

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A dark, powerful story to open the issue.

Michael Swanwick and Eileen Gunn. Zeppelin City. (The Year’s Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Volume 4)

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If you like playing Bioshock, you’ll lurve this entertaining yarn.

The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, July/August 2010.

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John Langan, Richard Bowes, Ian R. MacLeod, and Sean McMullen the pick of an extremely strong issue.

Sean McMullen. The Precedent. (Fantasy & Science Fiction, July/Aug 2010)

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As bleakly intense a take on climate change and its consequences as you’ll find.

Heather Lindsley. Introduction to Joyous Cooking, 200th Anniversary Edition. (Fantasy & Science Fiction, July/Aug 2010).

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Short funny.

Jay Lake. On the Human Plan. (The Year’s Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 2010).

By Mark Watson ⋅ November 11, 2010 ⋅ One comment

..a story that benefits from careful reading, there’s a lot of thought gone into its writing, with some clever imagery and thoughtful turns of phrase.

Interzone #228 May-June 2010.

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An excellent issue with stories by Mario Milosevic, Jon Ingold, Melissa Yuan-Innes, Jason Sanford, David D. Levine. Ingold and Sanford being my picks of the issue.