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Naomi Kritzer. The Wall. (Asimovs, April/May 2013)

I’ve a soft spot for anything to do with the Berlin Wall, as it brings back very fond memories of watching the wall come down whilst in a maternity hospital room with my wife, with son #1 on the way, and thinking to ourselves that what with the Cold War clearly coming to an end, [...]

Reviews in Progress

Asimovs. April/May 2013.

Double issue with stories by Neal Asher, Joel Richards, Colin P. Davies, Alan Wall, Tom Purdon, Linda Nagata, Karl Bunker, Naomi Kritzer, Leah Cypess, Ken Liu.

The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Mar/Apr 2013.

Stories by : Deborah J. Ross, Naomi Kritzer, Albert E. Cowdrey, Sean McMullen, Sean F. Lynch, Michael Reaves, Elizabeth Bourne and Mark Bourne, Steven Utley, Van Aaron Hughes, Chet Arthur. Reviews to follow.

Asimovs. September 2012.

Stories by William Preston, Dale Bailey, Robert Reed, Chris Willrich, Matthew Johnson, Suzanne Palmer.

Updates

• [2nd March 2013] Spent a couple of hours getting the contents of the more recent Asimovs and Analog up to date, and will endeavour to keep on top of this going forward.
• [16th February 2013] Slightly fewer updates than usual of late. Busy at work, and having a 10-week old Cocker Spaniel puppy is taking up a bit of time!
• [7th September 2012] So, Worldcon in 2014 is to be in London, if I can grit my teeth and ignore those people dressed as Stormtroopers and the like, I might actually make my first SF convention. I had pondered saving up for a Readercon, to avoid that sort of stuff, but...
• [16th August 2012] Just a word about Harry Harrison who died recently - I've still got the paperback copies of his Stainless Steel Rat and Deathworld books that I bought in the 1970s as a teenager, and still have the fond memories of the enjoyment I got from reading them at the time.
• [28th July 2012] Just to avoid confusion, I'm finishing off reading some remaining stories from last year's Dozois' 28th Annual Collection, before getting to grips with this year's volume 29!