Derek Kunsken. Pollen from a Future Harvest. (Asimovs July 2015)
Kunsken fits in just so much ‘extra’ into the story, when a more bog standard approach would have been a simple ‘scientist solves riddle’ story
Read moreKunsken fits in just so much ‘extra’ into the story, when a more bog standard approach would have been a simple ‘scientist solves riddle’ story
Read moreAn interesting read, particularly in this age when geneological databases, family history research, and even Facebook can keep you closely attached to the past in a way that wasn’t the case pre-Internet.
Read moreSet in the same/similar world to his ‘The Way of The Needle’ from Asimovs March 2012 – metal/mechanical crablike race of creatures, harvesting minerals and other materials from the planet’s surface.
Read moreAn excellent piece of world-building from Kunsken, set on a planet whose inhabitants are metallic crablike creatures, who draw power from the ancient pulsar around which they orbit, post-supernova.
Read moreMonkey business on a gonzo Planet of the Apes, with a hired assassin failing spectacularly to complete his contract.
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