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Gareth L. Powell

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Gareth L. Powell. This Is How You Die. (Interzone #251, Mar-Apr 2014)

May 12, 2014 Mark Watson 0 Comments Gareth L. Powell

A short two-pager, twelve paragraphs outlining a personal descent amongst a societal collapse.

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Gareth L. Powell. Another Apocalypse. (Solaris Rising 1.5)

October 20, 2012November 9, 2012 Mark Watson 0 Comments Gareth L. Powell

A short story from the setting of Powell’s novel ‘The Recollection’.

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Gareth L. Powell. Railroad Angel. (Interzone #241, Jul-Aug 2012)

July 30, 2012 Mark Watson 0 Comments Gareth L. Powell

With Kerouac and Kesey mentioned, and it being 1968, Powell gives more than enough for many readers over 50 to be going on with..

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Gareth L. Powell. The New Ships. (Further Conflicts).

October 15, 2011 Mark Watson 0 Comments Gareth L. Powell

A follow-up to a story in the previous volume, and another short, tight drama leaving the reader wondering what happens next.

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Gareth L. Powell. Eleven Minutes. (Interzone, #235, Jul-Aug 2011)

August 26, 2011 Mark Watson 0 Comments Gareth L. Powell

Quite reminiscent of a series of stories by Stephen Baxter a while, and a number of other stories that came out around the same time, as the SF community looked back in anger/sadness at where humanity’s exploration of space was going/no longer going.

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Gareth L. Powell. Fallout. (Conflicts).

October 6, 2010 Mark Watson 0 Comments Gareth L. Powell

An intriguing setting for a short story, and one that you could see being worth the investment of more time from the author.

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Gareth L. Powell and Aliette de Bodard. The Church of Accelerated Redemption. (Shine)

June 19, 2010 Mark Watson 0 Comments Aliette de Bodard, Gareth L. Powell

A strong contribution from Powell and de Bodard.

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Interzone 

Interzone #220 February 2009

February 16, 2010April 10, 2016 Mark Watson 0 Comments Eugie Foster, Gareth L. Powell, Jason Stoddard, Leah Bobet, Neil Williamson, Rudy Rucker

Another strong collection from a mostly youthful group of authors, boding well for the future.

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