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Peter Watts. A Niche. (Tesseracts 3, 1994.)

March 27, 2020March 27, 2020 Mark Watson 0 Comments Peter Watts

Hard SF at the bottom of an oceanic abyss.

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Simone Heller. When We Were Starless. (Clarkesworld Magazine, October 2018)

August 9, 2019January 13, 2020 Mark Watson 0 Comments Simone Heller

Heller is an author new to me, but a name I would be looking out for now if I was still in the habit of reading a lot of short SF in it’s original appearance.

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Lavie Tidhar. New Atlantis. (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, May/June 2019).

July 10, 2019January 13, 2020 Mark Watson 1 Comment Lavie Tidhar

Another masterful piece of writing from Tidhar.

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Robert Bloch. I Do Not Love Thee, Doctor Fell. (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction 1955)

April 21, 2019January 13, 2020 Mark Watson 0 Comments Robert Bloch

Sitting down at the computer in a brief interlude from a day gardening in the sunshine I did have the option to re-read the story. but..

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Ivan Janvier. Thing. (Fantastic Universe, March 1955)

February 3, 2019January 13, 2020 Mark Watson 0 Comments Algis Budrys, Ivan Janvier

Written some 18 or more years after John W. Campbell’s ‘The Thing’, but with a similar underpinning idea.

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Tom Godwin. You Created Us. (Fantastic Universe, October 1955)

February 3, 2019January 13, 2020 Mark Watson 0 Comments Tom Godwin

I started this story with high hopes – one from no less an author than Tom ‘The Cold Equations’ Godwin, but found that this story doesn’t quite live up to his most famous work.

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Frank M. Robinson. Dream Street. (Imaginative Tales, March 1955.)

January 24, 2019January 13, 2020 Mark Watson 0 Comments Frank M. Robinson

I may be late to the party, but a Best SF Huzzah! for the late Robinson.

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Algis Budrys. The Man Who Always Knew. (Astounding Science Fiction, April 1956).

January 24, 2019January 13, 2020 Mark Watson 0 Comments Algis Budrys

A story that doesn’t go much beyond the principal conceit : a man has the uncanny knack of knowing just where and when someone is going to have a brainwave or invent something – and therefore be on hand to licence and exploit it.

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Cordwainer Smith. The Game of Rat and Dragon. (Galaxy Science Fiction, October 1955.)

January 23, 2019January 13, 2020 Mark Watson 1 Comment Cordwainer Smith

The story has many excellent turns of phrase, and leads the reader through the story introducing background concepts and technology, with the odd clever ‘reveal’.

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L. Sprague de Camp. Judgment Day. (Astounding Science Fiction, August 1955).

January 23, 2019January 13, 2020 Mark Watson 0 Comments L. Sprague de Camp

A minimal SFnal element to a story that peers into the dark recesses of one human mind.

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Robert F. Young. Jungle Doctor. (Startling Stories, Fall 1955).

January 23, 2019January 13, 2020 Mark Watson 0 Comments Robert F. Young

A strong start to Dikty’s anthology, with a story that stands the test of time well.

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C.M. Kornbluth. The Cosmic Expense Account. (Fantasy and Science Fiction, January 1956)

January 13, 2019January 13, 2020 Mark Watson 1 Comment C.M. Kornbluth

A story that would sit nicely in today’s F&SF with only a few changes – blackly comic and satirical, it features two men setting out into zombie-infested territory.

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John Bernard Daley. The Man Who Liked Lions. (Infinity Science Fiction October 1956).

January 1, 2019January 13, 2020 Mark Watson 0 Comments John Bernard Daley

Mr. Kemper has been on Earth for millenia and finds little to differentiate the creatures in cages at the zoo from those staring in at them.

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Eric Frank Russell. Allamagoosa. (Astounding May 1955)

January 1, 2019January 13, 2020 Mark Watson 0 Comments Eric Frank Russell

A fairly weak story for a Hugo Winner.

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Henry Kuttner and C.L. Moore. Home There’s No Returning. (No Boundaries, 1955.)

December 31, 2018January 13, 2020 Mark Watson 0 Comments C.L. Moore, Henry Kuttner

‘Mr. & Mrs. Henry Kuttner’ ponder whether flesh & blood, despite their inherent weaknesses, are superior to computers.

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Steve Allen. The Public Hating. (The Blue Book Magazine, January 1955)

December 31, 2018January 13, 2020 Mark Watson 0 Comments Steve Allen

Imagine, a sports stadium full of hateful people, encouraged to be hateful, by the government. Sheer fantasy of course.

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Damon Knight. The Country of the Kind. (The Magazine of Fantasy of Science Fiction, February 1956.)

December 30, 2018 Mark Watson 0 Comments Damon Knight

A rather dark, disturbing story from Knight, somewhat at odds with the rest of the volume (and possibly the majority of SF in the mid-50s).

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Isaac Asimov. Dreaming Is A Private Thing. (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, December 1955)

December 30, 2018January 13, 2020 Mark Watson 0 Comments Isaac Asimovs

Asimov posits a new technology, ‘dreamies’, a form of immersive VR, but instead of being digitally coded, the dreamies are created by capturing and editing the dreams of the small percentage of the population who dream vivid dreams.

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Jack Finney. Of Missing Persons. (Good Housekeeping, March 1955)

December 29, 2018January 13, 2020 Mark Watson 1 Comment Jack Finney

A travel agent can get you a one-way ticket to somewhere very different and very special. It’s one-way and a one-off chance.

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Mildred Clingerman. Birds Can’t Count. (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, February 1955).

December 29, 2018January 13, 2020 Mark Watson 0 Comments Mildred Clingerman

A touch of sauciness for the 1950s!

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Willard Marsh. The Ethicators. (Worlds of If Magazine, August 1955)

December 29, 2018January 13, 2020 Mark Watson 0 Comments Willard Marsh

Humorous story in which missionaries from the Antarean region arrive on Earth and are horrified by what they see – flesh-eating monsters and barbaric humans.

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Shirley Jackson. One Ordinary Day, With Peanuts. (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, January 1955.)

December 29, 2018January 13, 2020 Mark Watson 0 Comments Shirley Jackson

Nice little story featuring the awfully nice Mr. Johnson, who spends his day in New York being rather helpful to people who cross his path.

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E.C. Tubb. The Last Day of Summer. (Science Fantasy #12 1955)

December 29, 2018January 13, 2020 Mark Watson 0 Comments E.C. Tubb

After three rejuves, old age comes apace, and John Melhuey wishes to avoid decrepitude.

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Algis Budrys. Nobody Bothers Gus. (Astounding November 1955)

December 24, 2018January 13, 2020 Mark Watson 0 Comments Algis Budrys

One of a trio of stories about Gussie Kusevic, one of a breed of humans that have developed beyond homo sapien.

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Zenna Henderson. Pottage. (Fantasy and Science Fiction, September 1955)

December 24, 2018January 13, 2020 Mark Watson 0 Comments Zenna Henderson

One of a series of stories in Henderson’s ‘The People’ series, featuring an alien race, indistinguishable from humans and living amongst us, typically in small remote communities, hiding their special abilities and remaining incognito.

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Mark Clifton. Sense From Thought Divide. (Astounding Science Fiction, March 1955)

December 24, 2018January 13, 2020 Mark Watson 0 Comments Mark Clifton

A mildly amusing tale of psi, swamis, scientific framework and anti-gravity. Rather longer than it really needed to be….

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Theodore Sturgeon. Bulkhead. (Galaxy, March 1955)

December 24, 2018January 13, 2020 Mark Watson 0 Comments Theodore Sturgeon

A solo ‘Long Haul’ trip to pass muster for the role of starship captain. Except, there is someone else to keep you company.

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Walter M. Miller Jr. The Hoofer. (Fantastic Universe, September 1955)

December 24, 2018January 13, 2020 Mark Watson 0 Comments Walter M. Miller Jr.

A great read with some wonderful writing.

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James E. Gunn. The Cave of Night. (Galaxy February 1955)

December 24, 2018January 13, 2020 Mark Watson 0 Comments James E Gunn

Gunn’s tale foreshadows the drama of Apollo 13 and the ‘fake Moon landing’ conspiracy theorists.

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Robert Abernathy. Junior. (Galaxy Magazine January 1956)

December 23, 2018January 13, 2020 Mark Watson 0 Comments Robert Abernathy

A troublesome teen decides that he wants more from life than putting roots down with a nice girl. (Oh, and he’s an alien).

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Avram Davidson. The Golem. (The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, March 1955)

December 23, 2018January 13, 2020 Mark Watson 0 Comments Avram Davidson

A sweet little story in which an elderly, retired Jewish couple sitting on their porch are paid a visit by a Golem hell-bent on world domination.

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Michael F. Flynn. Nexus. (Analog, March/April 2017.)

December 22, 2018January 13, 2020 Mark Watson 0 Comments Michael F. Flynn

A thoroughly enjoyable and entertaining story.

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Maureen McHugh. Sidewalks. (Omni Magazine, November 2017)

December 22, 2018January 13, 2020 Mark Watson 0 Comments Maureen McHugh

Sensitive story from McHugh.

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H. Pueyo. What the South Wind Whispers. (Clarkesworld Magazine, #146 November 2018)

December 16, 2018January 13, 2020 Mark Watson 0 Comments H Pueyo

Two people on the spectrum, and a British AI, and treachery…

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Rich Larson. Octo-Heist in Progress. (Clarkesworld Magazine #146 November 2018)

December 16, 2018January 13, 2020 Mark Watson 2 Comments Rich Larson

A short, fun story from Larson.

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Alec Nevala-Lee. The Proving Ground. (Analog Science Fiction and Science Fact, January/February 2017).

October 27, 2018January 13, 2020 Mark Watson 0 Comments Alec Nevala-Lee

Very much in the ‘Analog’ vein, of scientists coming across a scientific challenge/conundrum and having to resolve it

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Harry Turtledove. Zigeuner. (Asimovs Science Fiction, September/October 2017).

October 25, 2018January 13, 2020 Mark Watson 0 Comments Harry Turtledove

I went into this story with low expectations. Sadly the story didn’t even reach those low expectations.

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Jessica Barber and Sara Saab. Panhumanism : Hope and Pragmatics. (Clarkesworld Magazine, #132 September 2017).

October 25, 2018January 13, 2020 Mark Watson 0 Comments Jessica Barber, Sara Saab

A touching story, with a very strong sense of place, and of the people populating it.

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Lavie Tidhar. The Road to the Sea. (Sunvault : stories of Solarpunk and Eco-Speculation, ed Wagner/Wieland, Upper Rubber Boot, 2017.)

October 25, 2018January 13, 2020 Mark Watson 0 Comments Lavie Tidhar

A shorter story from Tidhar, and classy as usual.

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Jaine Fenn. The Martian Job. (Newcon Press 2017)

October 12, 2018January 13, 2020 Mark Watson 2 Comments Jaine Fenn

Read in The Year’s Best Science Fiction Thirty Fifth Annual Collection (Dozois, 2018). Published by Newcon Press 2017. I liked

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James S.A. Corey. The Hunger after You’re Fed : Who is Hector Prima? (The Wired Fiction Issue, 2016)

October 5, 2018January 13, 2020 Mark Watson 0 Comments James S.A. Corey

An intriguing vignette from Corey.

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Naomi Kritzer. Waiting Out the End of the World in Patty’s Place Cafe. (Clarkesworld Magazine #126, March 2017)

October 4, 2018January 13, 2020 Mark Watson 1 Comment Naomi Kritzer

Whilst not SF, altogether a good story about grownups and grownup issues.

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Alastair Reynolds. Night Passage. (Infinite Stars ed Schmidt, Titan Books, 2017)

October 3, 2018January 13, 2020 Mark Watson 0 Comments Alastair Reynolds

clever stuff, although admittedly the characters are rather one-dimensional, with one of them handily having prior knowledge that helps explain the background.

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Nancy Kress. Dear Sarah. (Infinity Wars, ed Strahan, Solaris 2017)

October 3, 2018January 13, 2020 Mark Watson 0 Comments

Three dimensional and believable.

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Carter Scholz. Vanguard 2.0. (Visions, Ventures, Escape Velocities: A Collection of Space Futures, ASU 2017)

August 29, 2018January 13, 2020 Mark Watson 0 Comments Carter Scholz

As with the opening story in the volume, the fourth one is also a reflective one, which will similarly disappoint seekers of action-driven adventure.

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Indrapramit Das. The Moon Is Not a Battlefield. (Infinity Wars ed Strahan, Solaris 2017)

August 13, 2018January 13, 2020 Mark Watson 0 Comments Indrapramit Das

A thoughtful and powerful reflection.

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Tobias S. Buckell. Zen and the Art of Starship Maintenance. (Cosmic Powers, ed Adams, Saga 2017)

July 22, 2018August 13, 2018 Mark Watson 0 Comments Tobias S. Buckell

A clever story to end Clarke’s volume.

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Suzanne Palmer. The Secret Life of Bots. (Clarkesworld Magazine #132, September 2017)

July 22, 2018July 22, 2018 Mark Watson 0 Comments Suzanne Palmer

A cute little story.

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Peter Watts. ZeroS. (Infinity Wars, ed Strahan, Solaris Books 2017)

July 22, 2018July 22, 2018 Mark Watson 1 Comment Peter Watts

There’s a great balance of characterisation, tech, socio-political background and story here.

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Rich Larson. An Evening with Severyn Grimes. (Asimovs July/August 2017)

July 4, 2018July 4, 2018 Mark Watson 0 Comments Rich Larson

A near-future cyberpunky cyber-thriller, with a couple of twists, double crosses, and neat touches.

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Madeline Ashby. Death on Mars. (Visions, Ventures, Escape Velocities, Arizona State University, 2017.)

July 4, 2018July 4, 2018 Mark Watson 0 Comments Madeline Ashby

Short, tight, claustrophobic and up close and personal.

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Robert Reed. The Speed of Belief. (Asimovs January/February 2017)

July 1, 2018July 1, 2018 Mark Watson 0 Comments Robert Reed

Reed’s ‘Great Ship’ is the setting for a sprawling series of stories, an he has been writing them for about 20 years now, and there’s no reason as far as the setting goes, for stopping any time now.

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Finbarr O’Reilly. The Last Boat-Builder in Ballyvoloon. (Clarkesworld Magazine #133 October 2017)

June 25, 2018 Mark Watson 1 Comment Finbarr O'Reilly

Very well told, and altogether a pleasure to read.

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Aliette de Bodard. In Everlasting Wisdom. (Infinity Wars ed Strahan)

June 25, 2018 Mark Watson 0 Comments Aliette de Bodard

An interesting conceit, but the story whizzes through quickly.

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Yoon Ha Lee. Extracurricular Activities. (Tor.com)

June 20, 2018June 20, 2018 Mark Watson 0 Comments Yoon Ha Lee

There was stuff I *really* did like – gender fluidity, non-CIS sexuality and flirting, but the undercover spy thing and the generally light tone of the story didn’t work for me.

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Kathleen Ann Goonan. The Tale of the Alcubierre Horse. (Extrasolar ed Nick Gevers, PS Publishing 2017)

June 20, 2018 Mark Watson 1 Comment Kathleen Ann Goonan

The story moves through the gears smoothly, starting as a traditional ship politics story and ramping us the tension and the scale and scope of the story nicely.

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Karin Lowachee. Meridian. (Where the Stars Rise, ed Law/Mak)

June 14, 2018June 14, 2018 Mark Watson 0 Comments Karin Lowachee

A good read, although if you’d asked me after reading it what the theme of the anthology was from which it was taken, ‘Asian SF and Fantasy’ would have been a long, long way down the list of suggestions.

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A.C. Wise. A Catalogue of Sunlight at the End of the World. (Sunvault: Stories of Solarpunk and Eco-Speculation. Upper Rubber Boot, August 2017)

June 12, 2018June 12, 2018 Mark Watson 0 Comments A.C. Wise

Only the third story by Wise that I’ve read, and like the previous two it’s a good one.

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Kelly Robson. We Who Live in the Heart. (Clarkesworld Magazine #128 May 2017)

June 11, 2018June 11, 2018 Mark Watson 0 Comments Kelly Robson

The setting is a doozy.

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Greg Egan. Uncanny Valley. (Tor.com August 2017)

June 11, 2018June 11, 2018 Mark Watson 0 Comments Greg Egan

An interesting WhoDunnit – not sure if there has been a DidIDoIt before?

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Maggie Clark. Belly Up. (Analog July/August 2017)

June 10, 2018 Mark Watson 0 Comments Maggie Clark

Only the second story I’ve read by Clark, and they have both impressed.

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Rachael K. Jones and Khaalidah Muhammad-Ali. Regarding the Robot Raccoons Attached to the Hull of My Ship. (Diabolical Plots, June 2017)

June 9, 2018 Mark Watson 0 Comments Khalidaah Muhammad-Ali, Rachael K. Jones

A reasonable story although not a standout for me.

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Indrapramit Das. The Worldless. (Lightspeed Magazine #82, March 2017)

June 7, 2018June 7, 2018 Mark Watson 0 Comments

An excellent story from Das – go follow the link and read it.

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Gregory Benford. Shadows of Eternity. (Extrasolar, edited by Nick Gevers)

June 7, 2018 Mark Watson 0 Comments

There are some great descriptions of alien worlds, and an interesting conclusion, but the story didn’t quite rise to the level of some of Benford’s work.

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Linda Nagata. The Martian Obelisk. (Tor.com)

June 6, 2018June 6, 2018 Mark Watson 0 Comments

One element of the story just a little too close to Andy Weir’s ‘The Martian’ for my liking, but otherwise well done.

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Gord Sellar. Focus. (Analog May/June 2017)

June 6, 2018June 6, 2018 Mark Watson 0 Comments

I know I have a long-standing issue with many Analog stories, but I wasn’t particularly taken with this story, before finding out where it was published.

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Sarah Pinsker. Wind Will Rove. (Asimovs, September/October 2017)

June 5, 2018June 6, 2018 Mark Watson 0 Comments

A generation starship story, which are few and far between these days.

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Vandana Singh. Shikasta. (Visions, Ventures, Escape Velocities)

June 4, 2018June 6, 2018 Mark Watson 0 Comments

A good balance of space exploration science, AI musings, global climate change/disaster and societal impacts, and with a non-western setting.

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Matthew Kressel. The Last Novelist (or a Dead Lizard in the Yard). (Tor.com)

June 3, 2018June 6, 2018 Mark Watson 0 Comments

There’s depth and warmth in the story, which makes it well worth the read and inclusion in this volume.

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Nancy Kress. Every Hour of Light and Dark. (Omni, Winter 2017)

June 2, 2018June 6, 2018 Mark Watson 0 Comments

It’s a neat story, Kress as ever, handling the characters well.

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Alastair Reynolds. Holdfast. (Extrasolar, ed Nick Gevers)

May 26, 2018June 6, 2018 Mark Watson 0 Comments

A shorter, tighter story than is oft the case with Reynolds, albeit with his usual boggling galactic backdrop.

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Aliette de Bodard. A Salvaging of Ghosts. (Beneath Ceaseless Skies #195 March 2016)

November 26, 2017November 26, 2017 Mark Watson 0 Comments Aliette de Bodard

A little polished nugget of a story.

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Paul J. McAuley. Elves of Antarctica. (Drowned Worlds)

November 17, 2017November 17, 2017 Mark Watson 0 Comments Paul J. McAuley

Not too much by way of story, but the strength is in the detailed setting and the characterisation of the main character, who comes to term with his, and the Earth’s past, present and future.

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Matthew Caxton. Patience Lake. (Asimovs August 2017)

August 16, 2017 Mark Watson 0 Comments Matthew Caxton

A story that grabs you straight away, and keeps you (or at least it did me) reading to the end.

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R.R. Merliss. The Stutterer. (The Years Greatest Science Fiction and Fantasy, 1956)

August 9, 2017August 9, 2017 Mark Watson 0 Comments R.R. Merliss

A neat complement, 60 years in the past, to Karin Lowachee’s ‘A Good Home’.

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Nnedi Okorafor. Binti. (Tor.com)

July 19, 2017July 19, 2017 Mark Watson 0 Comments Nnedi Okorafor

I have to admit to be being rather underwhelmed by the story.

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Alyssa Wong. Hungry Daughters of Starving Mothers. (Nightmare Queers Destroy Horror! Issue #37, October 2015)

July 19, 2017July 19, 2017 Mark Watson 0 Comments Alyssa Wong

As a contemporary horror/vampire story it’s plenty fine enough, but it’s not SFF.

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Martin L. Shoemaker. Today I am Paul. (Clarkesworld Magazine #107, August 2015)

July 19, 2017June 7, 2018 Mark Watson 1 Comment Martin L. Shoemaker

A touching story, looking at ageing and Alzheimers, through the lens (or should I say the robotic eye) of Medical Care Android BRKCX/01932-217H-98662

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Amal El-Mohtar. Madeleine. (Lightspeed Magazine #61, June 2015)

July 2, 2017July 2, 2017 Mark Watson 0 Comments

Themes of love and loss and memory and is altogether a satisfying story about those issues.

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Sam J. Miller. Last Gods. (Drowned Worlds, 2016)

June 23, 2017 Mark Watson 0 Comments Sam J. Miller

Another strong story from Miller.

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