Archive for January, 2011
GUD #6, Summer 2010.
This little beauty has been sitting by my chair in the living room for several months, and as I’m clearly not going to get round to giving it the proper review it deserves, the very least I can do is to give it a mention!
Fables from the Fountain. (ed Ian Whates, NewCon Press, 2011.)
18 stories written as homages to Arthur C. Clarke’s ‘Tales from the White Hart’. Authors include Neil Gaiman, Stephen Baxter, Charles Stross, Eric Brown, Peter Crowther, David Langford, James Lovegrove, Adam Roberts, Ian Watson, Liz Williams. mmmm. nice.
Ian Creasey. The Prize Beyond Gold. (Asimovs, Dec 2010).
Fairly leaden rumination on issues around sporting achievement in the future.
The Mammoth Book of Apocalyptic SF. (ed Mike Ashley, Robinson 2010)
An excellent collection, with some extremely strong new stories and classy classics. amazon.com | amazon.co.uk
The Best Science Fiction & Fantasy of the Year Volume 5. (ed Jonathan Strahan, Nightshade Books, 2011)
First of the year’s Year’s Best anthologies to be delivered, mmm… amazon.com | amazon.co.uk
Paul Di Filippo. Life in the Anthropocene. (The Mammoth Book of Apocalyptic SF).
As you would expect from Di Filippo, a somewhat lighter touch than most of the stories in the book, in his inimitable gonzo style.
Eric Brown. Guardians of The Phoenix. (The Mammoth Book of Apocalyptic SF)
Brown effectively paints a bleak, desert and deserted Earth.
Robert Reed. Excellence. (Asimovs, December 2010).
Reed taps into some modern memes, immersive online games, and a desire to gain instant wealth and celebrity with little real effort, in a wryly black story.
Ian Werkheiser. Variations. (Asimovs, December 2010).
Technology which enables the creation of new music as if created by long dead performers, enables a young man to finally come to terms with the impact music had on his childhood through his father’s obsession.
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