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Archive for March, 2010

John Langan. City of the Dog. (F&SF Jan/Feb 2010).

A young man, struggling with his girlfriend’s infedility, finds things get much, much worse as the dark, undead canine horrors lurking underneath the streets of Albany close in.

Dean Whitlock. Nanosferatu. (F&SF Jan/Feb 2010).

Short, not very subtle blackly humorous take on nano-meds.

John Barnes. The Lost Princess Man. (The New Space Opera 2).

A clever story with matrioshka-type realities in play.

Cory Doctorow. To Go Boldy. (The New Space Opera 2).

A lighter tone from Doctorow to the opening stories in this volume, in a homage to Star Trek (The Original Series), its tropes and characters..

Steven Popkes. The Secret Lives of Fairy Tales. (F&SF Jan/Feb 2010)

Five traditional fairy tales through the wry lens of modern (in)sensibilities, as is F&SF’s regular wont.

Paul Park. Ghosts Doing the Orange Dance (The Parke Family Scrapbook Number IV). (F&SF Jan/Feb 2010).

A story that requires, and rewards. the reader’s close attention.

flurb

[March 8th 2010] Rudy Rucker has just posted the latest issue of Flurb

Marc Laidlaw. Songwood. (F&SF Jan/Feb 2010).

Further adventures of Gorlen Vizenfirthe, for afficionadoes of fantasy featuring bards.

Charles Oberndorf. Writers of the Future. (F&SF Jan/Feb 2010).

The story reads somewhat like one I’d expect to see from a new writer, produced for a workshop. There are several ideas in there, but it’s never clear what is the author’s focus or intention

Robin Aurelian. Bait. (F&SF Jan/Feb 2010).

Short fantasy in a world where when the hunting season opens, the game that is being chased are goblins, faeries and all manner of fantastical creatures.

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