Aliette de Bodard
Aliette de Bodard. The Shipmaker. (Interzone #231, Nov/Dec 2010).
welcoming non-western/eurocentric, non-male perspective
Aliette de Bodard. Age of Miracles, Age of Wonders. (Interzone #230, Sept-Oct 2010)
The Gods of the Aztecs have fallen, replaced by an altogether more earthbound regime of metal and cogs.
Aliette de Bodard. The Jaguar House, in Shadow. (Asimov’s, July 2010)
Well constructed and well handled story in the author’s ‘Xuya’ sequence.
Gareth L. Powell and Aliette de Bodard. The Church of Accelerated Redemption. (Shine)
A strong contribution from Powell and de Bodard.
Asimovs. February 2010.
A strong issue, with stories from authors well-established and authors on the way up : Aliette de Bodard, Bruce McAllister, Caroline M. Yoachim, Damien Broderick, David Erik Nelson, Stephen Baxter.
Aliette de Bodard. The Wind-Blown Man. (Asimovs Feb 2010)
Good to see another author being given a chance in Asimovs, and certainly the best of the few of her stories that I’ve read. I look forward to seeing more – hopefully with her moving on to even more alien landscapes,
Interzone #222 June 2009
Kim Lakin-Smith. Johnny and Emmie-Lou Get Married. Steam-driven 1950s Rebel Without a Cause type-punks. After cyberpunk, and steampunk, presumably punkpunk. With a Romeo and Juliet cross-gang love affair, the titular couple are in a race to get to the church in time – before they get wasted by her ex. Short and entertaining while it [...]
Interzone #219 December 2008
Jeff Spock. Everything that Matters. Diving on an alient planet, looking for even more alien treasure on the ocean floor, Russo believes that his number is up when an aquatic predator which has no right being in the same waters, attacks him. Equipped with some bio-nano tech, he is able to reach the surface, but [...]
Interzone #213 Dec 2007
Chris Roberson. Metal Dragon. Another in Roberson’s ‘Celestial Empire’ series, in which China is a world power. Here we see a space race – not US/USSR as was the case here, but China/Mexico. We find out more about the power struggle between these two world powers, and with the Chinese attempt to be first to [...]
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