Eugene Mirabelli. The Shore at the Edge of the World. (Fantasy & Science Fiction, Sept/Oct 2013)
A god makes a return to a small fishing village, in search of that one thing which even the immortal gods cannot have.
Read moreA god makes a return to a small fishing village, in search of that one thing which even the immortal gods cannot have.
Read moreA beautiful story from Mirabelli, that blends hard SF, theoretical (and historical) mathematics and physics, with a story of painfully heartbreaking humanity. Mind you, I am a bit of a sentimental old fool – but I defy you to read about Richard Feynman’s letter to his dead wife without tears forming.
Read moreOne of the nicer stories I’ve read for quite some time.
Read moreA late arrival on my doorstep, and it’s taken much longer to finish the review than I had hoped. Note to self : faster dude, faster!
Read moreFred Chappel. Shadow of the Valley. When protagonist Falco previously appeared in F&SF in ‘Dance of Shadows’ I wroteth :
Read moreWayne Wightman. A Foreign Country. Quentin A. Denmore is standing for President of the USA, an independent candidate, with a
Read moreMatthew Hughes. Thwarting Jabbi Gloond. A prequel to the adventures of Hengis Hapthorn to which readers have been regaled/subjected (delete
Read moreBret Bertholf. Alfred Bester Is Alive and Well and Living in Winterset, Iowa. A ‘doozy’ according to the editorial intro,
Read moreThere’s a lot in here, as usual, with the Kelly story giving lots of SF bang-for-buck : if you haven’t read ‘Burn’ yet, then this is your chance so to do, and get some other high quality reading, and the professional writer’s take on what the 3 years leading up to 2008 meant to them.
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