As ever, a strong collection of stories, albeit fairly ‘safe’ in terms of a relatively narrow range of sources.
Tag Archives | Chris Roberson
Chris Roberson. Edison’s Frankenstein. (Year’s Best SF 15)
A frustrating story, but only in the sense that you’re frustrated at wanting more
Asimov’s January 2010.
A strong issue, with stories by Landis, Reed, Steele, Shoulders, Tem, Roberson and Emshwiller.
Chris Roberson. Wonder House. (Asimovs, Jan 2010)
The story introduction refers to an inspiration for this story being ‘Men of Tomorrow’, a non-fiction book by Gerard Jones which looked at how Eastern European Jewish immigrants were responsible for the birth of American comic books. SF Site’s review of that book [here], refers to the inspirate that Jones must have drawn from Michael […]
Interzone #213 Dec 2007
Chris Roberson. Metal Dragon. Another in Roberson’s ‘Celestial Empire’ series, in which China is a world power. Here we see a space race – not US/USSR as was the case here, but China/Mexico. We find out more about the power struggle between these two world powers, and with the Chinese attempt to be first to […]
Asimovs, July 2007
Brian Stableford. The Trial. Stableford explores a drugs trial that proves too successful. There’s a fair bit of bio-chemistry in the story (‘What do you think is wrong with the orthodox assumption that about the enkaphelin whose CAG-repeat variant clogs up the neutrons of Alzheimer’s sufferers?’) as a drug on trial with an initial cohort […]
Asimovs, March 2006
Another excellent issue.
Asimovs, December 2004
Peter Friend. The Christmas Tree. A short fantastical piece in which the arrival of a Christmas Tree is a cause for celebration, despite the fact that it is a very different kind of tree to those we know and love. Paul Melko. Strength Alone. One of the standout stories in Lou Anders’ collection ‘Live Without […]