Brenda Cooper | Best SF

Brenda Cooper. Biology at the End of the World. (Asimovs September 2015)

October 28, 2015October 28, 2015 Mark Watson 0 Comments Brenda Cooper

Fairly routine scientist fiction, more of an Analog than an Asimovs story to my mind.

Year’s Best SF 15. (eds Hartwell/Cramer, Eos Books, 2010).

October 16, 2010December 27, 2012 Mark Watson 0 Comments Alastair Reynolds, Brenda Cooper, Brian Stableford, Bruce Sterling, Charles Oberndorf, Chris Roberson, Eric James Stone, Gene Wolfe, Genevieve Valentine, Geoff Ryman, Gwyneth Jones, Ian Creasey, Marissa K. Lingen, Mary Robinette Kowal, Michael Cassutt, Nancy Kress, Paul Cornell, Peter M. Ball, Peter Watts, Robert Charles Wilson, Sarah L. Edwards, Stephen Baxter, Vandana Singh, Yoon Ha Lee

As ever, a strong collection of stories, albeit fairly ‘safe’ in terms of a relatively narrow range of sources.

Individual Stories Reviews

Brenda Cooper. My Father’s Singularity. (Clarkesworld Magazine #45, June 2010)

July 20, 2010October 9, 2011 Mark Watson 0 Comments Brenda Cooper

Cooper’s tone is just right, not too mawkish, and it leaves the reader/listener to ponder some big questions.

Asimovs

Asimovs, September 2009

February 14, 2010October 27, 2015 Mark Watson 0 Comments Benjamin Crowell, Brenda Cooper, Ferrett Steinmetz, Jerry Oltion, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Lisa Goldstein, Mike Resnick and Lezli Robyn, Steve Rasnic Tem

The Goldstein and Rusch stories start and finish the issue strongly, with the other stories being good without being great. Other stories by Crowell, Cooper, Steinmetz, Oltion, Resnick, Robyn, Tem.

Analog

Analog Science Fiction and Science Fact, July/August 2003

February 14, 2010November 24, 2012 Mark Watson 0 Comments Alexis Glynn Latner, Brenda Cooper, Bud Webster, Carl Frederick, David Brin, G. David Nordley, Grey Rollins, Michael F. Flynn, Pat Yorke, Richard A. Lovett, Robert R. Chase, Ron Goulart, Sarah A. Hoyt, Shirley Kennett

The annual double-issue. G. David Nordley. The Fire and The Wind. The story starts with a stark warning to the

Anthologies

The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction Volume Two, ed George Mann, Solaris 2008

March 21, 2008October 9, 2010 Mark Watson 0 Comments Brenda Cooper, Chris Roberson, Dan Abnett, David Louis Edelman, Dominic Green, Eric Brown, Karl Schoeder, Kay Kenyon, Mary Robinette Kowal, Michael Moorcock, Neal Asher, Peter Watts, Robert Reed

The first volume in this new series from Solaris Books, was a safe and solid volume, half of whose 16

Hartwell Cramer Reviews Year's Best

Year’s Best SF 10. David G. Hartwell, Kathryn Cramer. Eos, 2005.

February 25, 2004October 9, 2011 Mark Watson 0 Comments Bradley Denton, Brenda Cooper, Charles Coleman Finlay, Gene Wolfe, Glenn Grant, Gregory Benford, Jack McDevitt, James Patrick Kelly, James Stoddard, James. L. Cambias, Janeen Webb, Jean-Claude Dunyach, Ken Liu, Liz Williams, matthew hughes, Neal Asher, Pamela Sargent, Ray Vukcevich, Robert Reed, Sean McMullen, Steve Tomasula, Steven Utley, Terry Bisson

Stories by : Bradley Denton, Brenda Cooper, Charles Coleman Finlay, Gene Wolfe., Glenn Grant, Gregory Benford, Jack McDevitt, James Patrick Kelly, James Stoddard, James. L. Cambias, Janeen Webb, Jean-Claude Dunyach, Ken Liu, Liz Williams, matthew hughes, Neal Asher, Pamela Sargent, Ray Vukcevich, Robert Reed, Sean McMullen, Steve Tomasula, Steven Utley, Terry Bisson.