Archive for November, 2011
Kit Reed. The Outside Event. (Asimovs, Oct/Nov 2011)
Part meta-fiction, part epistolary, part reality-show confessional. A must-read if you’re a wannabe author off to your first writer’s retreat.
Jason K. Chapman. This Petty Place. (Asimovs Oct/Nov 2011)
A second excellent story from Chapman in a couple of months.
Dominica Phetteplace. The Cult of Whale Worship. (Asimovs Oct/Nov 2011)
A first published story for Phetteplace, a 2007 Clarion West alum.
Albert E. Cowdrey. Where Have All the Young Men Gone? (F&SF Sept/Oct 2011)
A dose of classic Cowdrey horror, albeit transplanted from the deep south to Europe.
Daniel Marcus. Bright Moment. (F&SF Sept/Oct 2011)
A young man, part of a scientific mission that is going to change an alien habitat to suit human habitation, finds out something whilst surfing, and has a moral dilemma to face.
Deborah J. Ross. A Borrowed Heart. (F&SF Sept/Oct 2011)
A tender tale of love and the ties that bind, against a backdrop of vampires, whoring, succubi and sapphic action.
Elizabeth Hand. The Maiden Flight of McCauley’s Bellerophon. (The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year #5).
Wonderful story from Hand, full of humanity and tenderness.
Solaris Rising. (ed Ian Whates. Solaris, 2011.)
With an editor, publisher, and collection of authors whose pedigree is beyond reproach, a book to be bought straight away : amazon.com | amazon.co.uk
trsf : The Best New Science Fiction. (Technology Review 2011).
An attractive magazine with a new Chris Foss cover, and some really good stories – Doctorow, Cadigan, Macleod and Di Filippo of particular note.
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