Very dark, top quality macabre humour from MacLeod.
Stories by Geoffrey A. Landis, Nancy Fulda, Benjamin Crowell, Mary Robinette Kowal, with Mirabelli the pick of a bunch in an issue which doesn’t quite hit the heights.
An intriguing political background, and an imaginative setting amongst the clouds of Venus, to which the story doesn’t quite live up.
A strong issue, with stories by Jon Ingold, Mercurio D. Rivera, Jim Hawkins, Nina Allen, Chris Beckett and Steve Rasnic Tem.
A clever little story to end the issue.
A near-future dystopic nightmare of what it is to be a social worker
Clever playoff between an AI and a crewmember both suffering from memory loss.
A third strong story from Allen to appear in Interzone, and I’d pick it out as a potential for a year’s best inclusion next year.
An entertaining adventure on a generation starship – the only issue being the way the story is suddenly brought to a conclusion – I was expecting a few more pages and was rather disappointed!
Ecological, political and societal upheavel has left Europe and the USA devastated. However, Africa is a continent reborn, cheap energy at their fingertips.
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