Cordwainer Smith. Down to a Sunless Sea. Some ten years after Smith's death, a manuscript completed by his wife. Lord Kemal bin Permaiswari, Lord of the Instrumentality, pays a visit to Xanadu. John Varley. Retrograde Summer. Clone-siblings meet on Mercury and resolve issues surrounding their relationship. Gene Wolfe. The Hero as Werwolf. Vampyr/werwolf in future urban society. Algis Budrys. The Silent Eyes of Time. A corporate response to one of their staff members inventing a time machine. Harlan Ellison. Croatoan. Down in the sewers, something stirs... Gregory Benford. Doing Lennon. Hoaxer comes out of cryogenic suspension in the far future, pretending to be John Lennon. A dark near-future, with a fascist government, and the emergence of a new continent. Robert F. Young. Clay Suburb. "..an ingenious tale of time travel, multiple personalities and murder.." told from several perspectives (but the same person). Lisa Tuttle, George R.R. Martin. The Storms of Windhaven. Fantasy - a young woman on Windhaven challenges the society that will stop her continuing to use her wings. P.J. Plauger. Child of all ages. Immortality - a 'child' that has been so for centuries. John Varley. In the Bowl. Setting off to Venus with eyes bought from a second-hand organbank is not a good start. Richard A. Lupoff. Sail the Tide of Mourning. Australian aboriginal Dreamtime in the furthest reaches of the galaxy.
review copyright Mark Watson 2002 n.b. story summaries written sometime between 1990-1999 |
