The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Mar/Apr 2017
Stories this issue from : Richard Chwedyk, Robert Grossbach, Matthew Hughes, Albert E. Cowdrey, Arundhati Hazra, Cat Hellisen, James Sallis, Eleanor Arnason.
Read moreThe Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction provides consistently high quality fiction – with slightly more F than SF in each issue.
Stories this issue from : Richard Chwedyk, Robert Grossbach, Matthew Hughes, Albert E. Cowdrey, Arundhati Hazra, Cat Hellisen, James Sallis, Eleanor Arnason.
Read moreStories this issue from : Rachel Pollack, Nina Kirika Hoffman, Rick Norwood, Robert Reed, Rich Larson, Wole Talabi, Gregor Hartmann, Debbie Urbanski, Monica Byrne, Marc Laidlaw.
Read moreStories from Esther M. Friesner, Albert E. Cowdrey, Lilliam Rivera, Matthew Hughes, Gardner Dozois, Minsoo Kang, Kurt Fawver, Charlotte Ashley, Robert Reed, James Beamon, Sandra McDonald.
Read moreSpecial David Gerrold issue, with a couple of stories from him, and stories from others including Sarah Pinsker, Peter S. Beagle, Leah Cypess, Ian Creasey, Geoff Ryman.
Read moreStories from Lavie Tidhar, David Prill, David Gerrold, Gregor Hartmann, Dominica Phetteplace, Oliver Buckram, K.B. Rylander, Bruce McAllister, Betsy Phillips. Reviews underway.
Read moreFiction this issue from Pat MacEwen, Charlotte Ashley, Brian Trent, Albert E. Cowdrey, William Leadbetter, Ted Kosmatka, Rich Larson, Allora & Calzadilla and Ted Chiang, Joseph Tomares, Susan Palwick, Yukimi Ogawa. Reviews underway.
Read moreStories by John P. Murphy, Marc Laidlaw, Cat Rambo, Juliette Wade and Sheila Finch, Sarina Dorie, Nancy Kress, Justin Barbeau, Chris De Vito, N.J. Schrock, James L. Cambias. Nothing in the issue really grabbed me.
Read moreThree SF stories set on Mars start the issue, other good SF, and Raffalon and Jimmie and Morrie return to grace the F&SF pages.
Read moreScholz, Kritzer, and Birnbach the pick of the issue for me.
Read moreSome excellent stories within – a strong issue.
Read moreMuir, Van Aaron Hughes, and Chwedyk the pick of the ish for me.
Read moreSome strong stories in the issue, with David Gerrold the pick of the bunch.
Read moreAn especially strong issues with Bao Shu a particular standout.
Read moreDale Bailey and Eric Schwitzgabel the pick of the bunch for me.
Read moreStories by Rand B. Lee (the pick of the issue for me), Michael Libling, Paul Di Filippo, Albert E. Cowdrey, Tim Sullivan, Justin Barbeau, Scott Baker, KJ Kabza, David Gerrold. Cover by Mondolithic Studios.
Read moreSlightly more lighter stories than the norm, making the issue a gentle read. The Reed story was OK, but not up there with his Great Ship stories, and the one SF story didn’t really gr
Read moreGuest Editor C.C. Finlay, and stories from Charlie Jane Anders, Paul M. Berger, David Erik Nelson, Sarina Dorie, Dinesh Rao, Alaya Dawn Johnson, Annalee Flower Horne, Sandra McDonald, Cat Hellisen, Ian Tregillis.
Read moreBoyer’s Bartleby the Scavenger a strong story that kept me engrossed, but the rest of the issue much less so.
Read moreClearly something is wrong with the time-space continuum as there’s way too much content to fit into even 250-odd pages, and it must be something to do with superdense dark matter that has meant I’ve been reading the issue since April. And there’s some excellent stories in the issue.
Read moreCover by way of tribute to the late Ed Valigursky. Pick of the stories this month from Andy Stewart, C.C. Finlay, Seth Chambers, Alex Irvine.
Read moreStriking cover by ‘Modolithic Studios’ and strongest stories in a strong issue from Michael Blumlein and M.K. Hobson.
Read moreNot an issue with a standout story for this reader, but entertaining enough.
Read moreAltabef and Campion the pick of the issue for me.
Read moreExcellent value for money!
Read moreWowza, an issue bulging with 10 stories, with pretty much something for everyone. Van Aaron Hughes and Albert E. Cowdrey being my picks.
Read moreStories by Alex Irvine, Matthew Hughes, Desmond Warzel, Judith Moffett, David Gerrold, Ken Liu, Dale Bailey, Albert E. Cowdrey, Robert Reed. From bovine to canine, and issue that spans the genres.
Read moreA mighty fine issue, and, as usual, excellent value for money.
Read moreA particulary strong issue with only a couple of the eleven stories not quite doing it for me.
Read moreA good spread of fantasy and a touch of the horror, but not a huge amount for those of us primarily looking for SF.
Read moreSome good stories in the issue, with a bit more SF than is often the case.
Read moreAn issue that didn’t really grab me…
Read moreA ridiculously strong collection, with stories by Felicity Shoulders, Ron Goulart, John G. McDaid, K.D. Wentworth, Albert E. Cowdrey, Ted Kosmatka, Alexander Jablokov, Ken Liu, Naomi Kritzer, Michael Alexander, Lewis Shiner.
Read moreCambias and Gilman provide some strong SF.
Read moreOutstanding volume – both in quantity and quality : it felt like reading a Year’s Best SF/F/Horror volume!
Read moreAn excellent issue, with several top-notch stories, well-balanced across the SFFH spectrum.
Read moreStories by Alexandra Duncan, Albert E. Cowdrey, Kate Wilhelm, Chet Williamson, Robert Reed, Steven Popkes, Don Webb, Carter Scholz, Scott Bradfield, S.L. Gilbow, Ken Liu, Robert Reed (again!) – and a strong collection it is.
Read moreStories by Sheila Finch, Albert E. Cowdrey, Francis Marion Soty, Paul Di Filippo, Ken Liu, Walter C. DeBill Jr et al, James Patrick Kelly, Karl Bunker, Kali Wallace, Dixon Wragg, James Stoddard.
Read moreStories by Pat MacEwen, Kate Wilhelm, Albert E. Cowdrey, Matthew Corradi, Rick Norwood, Chris Lawson, James Stoddard, Jim Young, Bill Pronzini and Barry N. Malzberg, Richard A. Lupoff, Alan Dean Foster.
Read moreAn issue with an outrageous number of quality writers appearing therein.
Read moreExcellent issue with Dale Bailey, Ken Liu, Rick Wilber and Nick DiChario, and Terry Bisson being the picks for me.
Read moreJohn Langan, Richard Bowes, Ian R. MacLeod, and Sean McMullen the pick of an extremely strong issue.
Read moreLibling, Schulz and Irvine the pick of the issue for me.
Read moreSomething for everyone … pervs included. Duncan, Reaves and Bowes my favourites, giving the first half of the chunky, value for money, volume more grist to my reviewing mill.
Read moreExcellent issue, with Paul Park the standout, and others from Robert Reed, Charles Oberndorf, Dean Whitlock, John Langan, Robin Aurelian, Marc Laidlaw, Steven Popkes, Kate Wilhelm.
Read moreThe Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction finishes 2009 with an issue of their now standard bi-monthly size, but dated
Read moreElizabeth Hand. The Far Shore. A middle-aged man, ballet dancer initially, ballet teacher after an injury, loses his job but
Read moreSean McMullen. The Art of the Dragon. Dryly satirical tale in which a gigantic dragon appears and destroys the Eiffel
Read moreReed, Wightman and O’Driscoll are the cream of the crop, with Kessel’s new story, Bisson and Cowdrey not quite up to their (well-established) best.
Read moreThe first of the now double-size but bi-monthly F&SF. The disappointment of now to be hearing a copy of F&SF
Read moreDaniel Abraham. The Curandero and the Swede : a Tale from the 1001 American Nights. Taking his new girlfriend to
Read moreFred Chappel. Shadow of the Valley. When protagonist Falco previously appeared in F&SF in ‘Dance of Shadows’ I wroteth :
Read moreCharles Coleman Finlay. The Minutemen’s Witch. Adventure set against the American Revolution, with added witchcraft. Part of a series that
Read moreWayne Wightman. A Foreign Country. Quentin A. Denmore is standing for President of the USA, an independent candidate, with a
Read moreAlbert E. Cowdrey. Inside Story. Retired Detective Sergeant Alphonse Fournet finds the lure of work, post-Katrina, too much to resist,
Read morePaolo Bacigalupi. Pump Six. The lead-out story in Bacigalupi’s collection ‘Pump Six and Other Stories’. Editor GvG warns that the
Read moreMarc Laidlaw. Childrun. Wandering bard Gorlen Vizenfirthe makes a re-appearance in F&SF after a ten year absence, no doubt good
Read moreMatthew Hughes. Fullbrim’s Findings. Good news for fans of Hengis Hapthorne, of whom there are many as he is evidently
Read moreTed Kosmatka. The Art of Alchemy. Excellent SF/science thriller. It has a sense of place (the dying little steel towns
Read moreRobert Reed. Reunion. F&SF regular Reed hit top form with the previous issue’s ‘Five Thrillers’, but in contrast this is
Read moreJames Stoddard. The First Editions. Fantasy, in which a bibliophile falls afoul of a fellow collector, a mage who turns
Read moreAlexander Jablokov. The Boarder. Another in the ‘historical space race’ faction milieu, as a Russian boarder in the family home
Read moreJames L. Cambias. Balancing Accounts. A strong SF story to open the issue, and one with an interesting POV character
Read moreSean McMullen. The Twilight Year. A historical tale with the merest whiff of the fantastical. England in the mid-sixth century
Read moreDavid Marusek. Osama Phone Home. Published earlier in MIT’s Technology Magazine, and it reads like a story that you would
Read moreRobert Silverberg. Against the Current. A car salesman leaves work early after a sudden but short-lived migraine. As he makes
Read moreDangnabbit, GvG has put the Ted Chiang story last of all. Can I resist a peek whilst I make my
Read moreEsther M. Friesner. At These Prices. Lightweight, very lightweight humour, involving a particularly unappealing hotel guest who takes much more
Read moreLawrence C. Connolly. Daughters of Prime. I’m not a big fan of xenolinguistic/xenothropological fiction. Ursula K Le Guin has a
Read moreMatthew Hughes. Sweet Trap. Further adventures of Hengis Hapthorne, in a story previously in the limited edition of the first
Read moreIan R. MacLeod. The Master Miller’s Tale.. Based in the alternate setting of his novel ‘The Light Ages’, MacLeod paints
Read moreGene Wolfe. Memorare. This special Gene Wolfe issue leads off with an SF story which confirms just how good Wolfe
Read moreNot having bothered with the lengthy Hughes story, as is my wont, there wasn’t a huge amount to get to grips with, with Reed, Rickert and Goulart all providing stories of the ilk that they regularly provide for F&SF ie well written and OK for what they are, but none of them a humdinger.
Read moreAlexander Jablokov. Brain Raid. Jablokov wrote some strong short stories in the 80s/90s, being one author who I watched out
Read moreJeremy Minton. The Darkness Between. Subterranean horrors, as group of men, part of a Klondike-type rush to the mines under
Read moreMatthew Hughes. Bye the Rules. Another of Guth Bandar’s regular appearances in F&SF. M.Rickert. The Christmas Witch. Rickert has provided
Read moreAlbert E. Cowdrey. Revelation. The bucolic pair, Dr. Dorshin, psychiatrist, and Professor (Dr.) Drea(d) both have the pleasure of knowing,
Read moreTananarive Due. Senora Suerte. This issue featurs a trio of stories by authors who have responded to a story idea
Read moreChris Willrich. Penultima Thule. Gaunt and Bone return for more cod-fantasy fun, the story being partly in tribute to the
Read moreR. Garcia y Robertson. Kansas, She Says, Is the Name of the Star. Garcia y Robertson has provided primarily F
Read moreAlbert E. Cowdrey. Animal Magnetism. Another of F&SF regular Cowdrey’s well observed, well drawn humorous tales. When Henry Greene’s partner
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