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Archive for October, 2011

Jack McDevitt. The Cassandra Project. (Year’s Best SF 16)

Another reflective piece on what the 1960s/1970s ‘space race’ and Apollo missions might have led to in alternate histories, with a pinch of tabloid newspaper sensationalism, as some long buried secrets come to light…

Gregory Benford. Penumbra. (Year’s Best SF 16)

A short-short originally from Nature

Bull Spec #6 Autumn 2011

Stories by Stuart Jaffe, Dale Mettam, Tina Connolly, Amber D. Sistla, Kennth Schneyer

Brenda Cooper. The Hebras and the Demons and the Damned. (Year’s Best SF 16)

An increasingly rare occurrence – a story from Analog in a Year’s Best volume.

Karl Schroeder. To Hie from Far Cilenia. (Year’s Best SF 16)

A fascinating exploration of where current fascination with online RPG, avatars, MMORPG, cosplay, and augmented reality could lead

Catherynne M. Valente. How to Become a Mars Overlord. (Years Best SF 16)

Neat post-modern reflection on Mars(es) past(s) and present(s) and other(s). Don’t let me spoil it – have a read of it!

Ken Liu. Staying Behind. (Clarkesworld Magazine #61, October 2011).

Sensitive story from Liu, looking at the impact on the Singularity, as increasing numbers of humanity opt to be be digitally uploaded, and the effect on those left behind.

Further Conflicts. (ed Ian Whates, NewCon Press 2011).

A stronger volume than its predecessor, with more stories of a higher standard. Lots of fast-paced action, with a variety of settings, to make for an adrenaline-rush of a read. amazon.co.uk hb | amazon.co.uk kindle

Tim C. Taylor. Welcome Home, Janissary. (Further Conflicts)

There’s hand to hand combat, deep space combat, and human issues on a micro and macro level, which Taylor for the most part handles well.

The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. Jul/Aug 2011.

An excellent issue, with several top-notch stories, well-balanced across the SFFH spectrum.

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