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.
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Allen M. Steele. The Long Wait. (Asimovs January 2015)
Another 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.
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Allen M. Steele. The Prodigal Son. (Asimovs October/November 2014)
A follow-up a couple of generations on, to Steele’s The Legion of Tomorrow a few issues back, which didn’t really grab me.
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Allen M. Steele. The Legion of Tomorrow. (Asimovs July 2014)
A lengthy look at the very early days of SF fandom,
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Allen M. Steele. Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun. (Twelve Tomorrows)
A story title and an opening sentence make it clear what the denouement is, but the story holds your attention.
Read moreAllen M. Steele. Alive and Well, A Long Way from Anywhere. (Asimovs July 2012)
All in all, a story I’d expect to see in Analog, but way below the standard I’d expect to see in Asimovs.
Read moreAllen M. Steele. The Observation Post. (Asimovs, September 2011).
A nicely paced story set in the Cuban Missile Crisis that doesn’t try too hard.
Read moreAsimovs. June 2010.
A 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 moreAllen M. Steele. The Emperor of Mars. (Asimovs June 2010).
Steele revisits a theme from a previous story of his, although with an sfnal rather than a fantasy element.
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A strong issue, with stories by Landis, Reed, Steele, Shoulders, Tem, Roberson and Emshwiller.
Read moreAllen M. Steele. The Jekyll Island Horror. (Asimovs Jan 2010)
The storytelling is handled well in the mannered style of the 1930s.
Read moreThe Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, December 2005
Delia Sherman. Walpurgis Afternoon. Cosy suburbia is threatened by a brand new house appearing overnight, whose occupants are evidently ….
Read moreAsimovs, December 2007
Connie Willis. All Seated on the Ground. I normally have a beef at having to read Asimovs’ christmas issue some
Read moreAsimovs, April/May 2007
A 30th Anniversary issue with some pretty Big Names on the cover. But does it flatter to deceive?…
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An excellent issue.
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Peter Friend. The Christmas Tree. A short fantastical piece in which the arrival of a Christmas Tree is a cause
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Charles Stross. Survivor. The penultimate Accelerando series, in which Manfred Mancx finally makes a corporeal return, and those who have
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Allen M. Steele. Shady Grove. Sixth intallment of the ‘Coyote Rising’ serial, in which a long schelp across the continent
Read moreAsimovs, April/May 2004
A hefty double-issue with pretty much something to please everyone.
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Robert Reed. A Plague of Life. Reed sucks us into a story with a lot of history. A long-lived dog
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Brian Stableford. Nectar. The teens are typically an awkward period of growing into adulthood, but for Sara the problems are
Read moreAsimovs, August 2003
Maybe its me favouring fellow Brits, but Baxter and Glass are the pick of the bunch for me.
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A strong collection of stories, with Steele being the most routine.
Read moreAsimov’s Science Fiction Magazine, December 2002
Asimov’s ‘Special Holiday Issue’ – presumably referring to Thankgsiving, on the basis of the dates it was available on the
Read moreAsimov’s Science Fiction Magazine, June 2002
Having had to hand back my PDA upon leaving my last employer, I had gone without a mobile e-reading facility
Read moreAsimov’s Science Fiction Magazine, February 2002
I’ve been reading Asimov’s in two formats over the past couple of years: the traditional dead-tree pulp sized magazine, and
Read moreAsimov’s Science Fiction Magazine, October/November 2001 (Peanut Press edition)
A pretty damn good collection. Steele and Martinez were a tad below an otherwise high standard.
Read moreAnalog Science Fiction and Science Fact, July/August 2004
Part 1 of the serialised novel, Mary A. Turzillo’s ‘An Old-Fashioned Girl’ Michael F. Flynn. The Clapping Hands of God.
Read moreYear’s Best SF 9. David G. Hartwell, Kathryn Cramer. Eos, 2004
Stories 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 moreYear’s Best Science Fiction, 19th Annual Collection. Gardner Dozois. St. Martins Griffin, 2002
Stories 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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