Chris Beckett. The Goblin Hunter. (Solaris Rising 3)
A story, from a well-established writer whose short stories have been received with critical acclaim, does read like the work of a novice writer.
Chris Beckett. Day 29. (Asimovs, July 2011).
A thoughtful story from Beckett, rather than being another tiresome story of xenolinguistics/psychology.
Chris Beckett. Two Thieves. (Asimovs, January 2011).
Interesting story from Beckett. Interesting in the sense of deciding to read it twice as I was left with a sense of having missed something important in the story.
Chris Beckett. Johnny’s New Job. (Interzone #227, March/April 2010)
A near-future dystopic nightmare of what it is to be a social worker
Chris Beckett. Our Land. (Conflicts).
A slightly more thoughtful story than a couple of the predecessors in the volume, as befitting a social work academic.
Asimovs. 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.
Chris Beckett. The Peacock Cloak. (Asimovs June 2010).
Ponders the responsibility of the creator for deeds done by those created in his image.
Interzone #218 October 2008
British author Chris Beckett gets an issue dedicated to him – well, the first half
Interzone #206 September/October 2006
Jamie Barras. The Beekeeper. An excellent story, its impact all the greater for some atmospheric,
Interzone Number 198 May/June 2005
Chris Beckett. Piccadilly Circus. The eighteenth story of Beckett’s in Interzone, and one of the
Interzone Number 186 February 2003
Eric Brown. The Wisdom of the Dead. Interzone have published a number of stories in
Interzone Number 183 October 2002
John Meaney. The Whisper of Discs. A well written and evocative piece, of longer length,
Interzone Number 180 June/July 2002
The publishers are at pains to point out that whilst this issue is dated ‘June/July’
Interzone Number 173, November 2001
Queen of Hearts. Dominic Green. A couple of years ago Green’s ‘That Thing Over There’
Interzone Number 172, October 2001
The Invisible Hand Rolls the Dice. Carolyn Ives Gillman. Lee Pao Nelson is a wealthy,
Interzone, Number 160, October 2000
The Worms of Hess, Barrington J. Bayley. I approached this story with no little trepidation,
Interzone, Number 158, August 2000
Liberty Zone, Keith Brooke. Keith Brooke, not content with having SF novels published at an
Interzone, Number 154, April 2000
Lord Soho, Richard Calder. A rich, entertaining story, a far distant sequel to the author’s
Interzone 153 March 2000
Cadre Siblings. Stephen Baxter. Baxter packs a lot into a short space: a post-invasion Earth,
Asimovs, April/May 2009
An excellent issue, as you might expect with authors of the standing of Stableford, Reed, Wilhelm, Swanwick, Kress and Rusch. Those without that standing (yet) similarly provide top quality. Well, you only have a 400th issue once.
Asimovs, March 2006
Another excellent issue.
Asimovs, December 2005
For me the Rusch and Kilby are the pick of the issue. Sanders/Maxey/Williams are OK without breaking new ground, and Beckett’s story isn’t as impactful as the earlier story in that milieu.
Asimovs, October/November 2004
Charles Stross. Survivor. The penultimate Accelerando series, in which Manfred Mancx finally makes a corporeal
Asimovs, March 2004
Robert Reed. A Plague of Life. Reed sucks us into a story with a lot
Year’s Best SF 6. David G. Hartwell. Eos Books 2001
Stories by : Brian Stableford, Brian W. Aldiss Steppenpferd, Charles Dexter Ward, Chris Beckett, Dan Simmons, Darrell Schweitzer, David Brin, David Langford, Greg Egan, Howard Waldrop, Joan Slonczewski, John M. Ford, Ken MacLeod, M. Shayne Bell, Michael F. Flynn, Nancy Kress, Norman Spinrad, Paul J. McAuley, Robert Charles Wilson, Robert Reed, Robert Sheckley, Robert Silverberg, Stephen Baxter, Stephen Dedman, Tananarive Due, Ted Chiang, Ursula K. Le Guin
Year’s Best SF 5. David G. Hartwell. Eos Books 2000
Stories by : Barry N. Malzberg, Brian Aldiss, Brian M. Stableford, Chris Beckett, Chris Lawson, Cory Doctorow, Curt Wohleber, Elisabeth Malartre, Fred Lerner, G. David Nordley, Gene Wolfe, Geoff Ryman, Greg Egan, Hiroe Suga, Kim Stanley Robinson, Lucy Sussex, Mary Soon Lee, Michael Bishop, Michael Swanwick, Robert J. Sawyer, Robert Reed, Sarah Zettel, Stephen Baxter, Terry Bisson, Tom Purdom
Year’s Best Science Fiction, 23rd Annual Collection. Gardner Dozois. St. Martins Griffin, 2006
Stories by : Alastair Reynolds, Bruce Sterling, Chris Beckett, Chris Roberson, Daryl Gregory, David Gerrold, David Moles, Dominic Green, Elizabeth Bear, Gene Wolfe., Gwyneth Jones, Hannu Rajaniemi, Harry Turtledove, Ian McDonald, James Patrick Kelly, Jay Lake and Ruth Nestvold, Joe Haldeman, Ken MacLeod, Liz Williams, Mary Rosenblum, Michael Swanwick, Neal Asher, Paolo Bacigalupi, Peter Watts and Derryl Murphy, Robert Reed, Stephen Baxter, Stephen Popkes, Vonda N McIntyre, William Sanders
Year’s Best Science Fiction, 20th Annual Collection. Gardner Dozois. St. Martins Griffin, 2003
Stories by : Alastair Reynolds, Alex Irvine, Bruce Sterling, Charles Coleman Finlay, Charles Stross, Chris Beckett, Eleanor Arnason, Geoff Ryman, Greg Egan, Gregory Benford, Ian McDonald, Ian R. Macleod, James Van Pelt, John Kessel, John Meaney, Kage Baker, Maureen F. McHugh, Michael Swanwick, Molly Gloss, Nancy Kress, Paul McAuley, Richard Wadholm, Robert Reed, Steven Popkes, Walter Jon Williams
Year’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.
Year’s Best Science Fiction, 9th Annual Collection. Gardner Dozois. 1992
Stories by : Alexander Jablokov, Brian W. Aldiss, Chris Beckett, Connie Willis, Geoffrey A. Landis, Greg Egan, Gregory Benford, Ian McDonald, Ian R. Macleod, Jack Dann, James Patrick Kelly, Karen Joy Fowler, Kathe Koja, Kim Newman, Kim Stanley Robinson, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Lois Tilton, Mark L, Mike Resnick, Nancy Kress, Pat Cadigan, Paul J. McAuley, Rick Shelley, Robert Reed, Robert Silverberg, Walter Jon Williams, William Gibson
The Ant-Men of Tibet and other stories. Edited by David Pringle. Big Engine, 2001.
The Ant-Men of Tibet. Stephen Baxter Originally in Interzone #95, May 1995. Baxter pays a