Allen M. Steele. The Children of Gal. (Asimovs, April/May 2015)
Another (concluding?) installment in Steele’s ‘Arkwright’ series, which, like his ‘Coyote’ series, has left me unmoved.
Read moreAnother (concluding?) installment in Steele’s ‘Arkwright’ series, which, like his ‘Coyote’ series, has left me unmoved.
Read moreAnother installment in Steele’s stories about the Arkwright Foundation, set up by some of the founding fathers of SF, which is reaching for the stars.
Read moreA follow-up a couple of generations on, to Steele’s The Legion of Tomorrow a few issues back, which didn’t really grab me.
Read moreA lengthy look at the very early days of SF fandom,
Read moreA story title and an opening sentence make it clear what the denouement is, but the story holds your attention.
Read moreAll in all, a story I’d expect to see in Analog, but way below the standard I’d expect to see in Asimovs.
Read moreA nicely paced story set in the Cuban Missile Crisis that doesn’t try too hard.
Read moreA bit of a deja vu feeling with the opening and closing stories, with two experienced writers re-treading footprints into the sfnal regolith, with the other stories being good without being great.
Read moreSteele revisits a theme from a previous story of his, although with an sfnal rather than a fantasy element.
Read moreA strong issue, with stories by Landis, Reed, Steele, Shoulders, Tem, Roberson and Emshwiller.
Read moreThe storytelling is handled well in the mannered style of the 1930s.
Read moreDelia Sherman. Walpurgis Afternoon. Cosy suburbia is threatened by a brand new house appearing overnight, whose occupants are evidently ….
Read moreConnie Willis. All Seated on the Ground. I normally have a beef at having to read Asimovs’ christmas issue some
Read moreA 30th Anniversary issue with some pretty Big Names on the cover. But does it flatter to deceive?…
Read moreAn excellent issue.
Read morePeter Friend. The Christmas Tree. A short fantastical piece in which the arrival of a Christmas Tree is a cause
Read moreCharles Stross. Survivor. The penultimate Accelerando series, in which Manfred Mancx finally makes a corporeal return, and those who have
Read moreAllen M. Steele. Shady Grove. Sixth intallment of the ‘Coyote Rising’ serial, in which a long schelp across the continent
Read moreA hefty double-issue with pretty much something to please everyone.
Read moreRobert Reed. A Plague of Life. Reed sucks us into a story with a lot of history. A long-lived dog
Read moreBrian Stableford. Nectar. The teens are typically an awkward period of growing into adulthood, but for Sara the problems are
Read moreMaybe its me favouring fellow Brits, but Baxter and Glass are the pick of the bunch for me.
Read moreA strong collection of stories, with Steele being the most routine.
Read moreAsimov’s ‘Special Holiday Issue’ – presumably referring to Thankgsiving, on the basis of the dates it was available on the
Read moreHaving had to hand back my PDA upon leaving my last employer, I had gone without a mobile e-reading facility
Read moreI’ve been reading Asimov’s in two formats over the past couple of years: the traditional dead-tree pulp sized magazine, and
Read moreA pretty damn good collection. Steele and Martinez were a tad below an otherwise high standard.
Read morePart 1 of the serialised novel, Mary A. Turzillo’s ‘An Old-Fashioned Girl’ Michael F. Flynn. The Clapping Hands of God.
Read moreStories by : Allen M. Steele, Angelica Gorodischer, Charles Stross, Cory Doctorow, Gene Wolfe., Geoff Ryman, Gregory Benford, Joe Haldeman, Kage Baker, M Rickert, Michael Swanwick, Nancy Kress, Nigel Brown, Octavia E. Butler, Richard de la Casa and Pedro Jorge Romero, Rick Moody, Robert Reed, Stephen Baxter, Tony Ballantyne.
Read moreStories by : Alastair Reynolds, Allen M. Steele, Andy Duncan, Brenda W. Clough, Carolyn Ives Gilman, Charles Stross, Chris Beckett, Dan Simmons, Eleanor Arnason, Geoff Ryman, Howard Waldrop and Leigh Kennedy, Ian R. Macleod, James Kelly, Jim Grimsley, Ken MacLeod, Michael Blumlein, Michael Cassutt, Michael Swanwick, Nancy Kress, Paul Di Filippo, Paul McAuley, Robert Reed, Simon Ings, William Sanders.
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