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Horton Reviews Year's Best

Rich Horton. The Year’s Best Science Fiction and Fantasy 2009.

July 25, 2010September 21, 2012 Mark Watson 2 Comments Alex Jeffers, Alice Sola Kim, Ann Leckie, Beth Bernobich, Charlie Anders, Christopher Golden, Daryl Gregory, Delia Sherman, Elizabeth Bear, Erik Admundsen, Eugene Mirabelli, Garth Nix, Holly Phillips, Ian McDonald, James Alan Gardner, James Maxey, James. L. Cambias, Jay Lake, Jeff VanderMeer, Jeffrey Ford, Karen Heuler, Kij Johnson, Liz Williams, Margo Lanagan, Mary Robinette Kowel, Meghan McCarron, Naomi Novik, Paul Cornell, Peter S. Beagle, Peter Watts, Richard Bowes, Rivka Galchen, Sarah Monette, Ted Kosmatka, Will McIntosh

A 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!

Individual Stories Reviews

Holly Phillips. Summer Ice. (Shine).

June 19, 2010 Mark Watson 0 Comments Holly Phillips

Aa nice enough story, well written and capturing the languid nature of life and love in a sapping heat, but not SF, and barely speculative.

Reviews Strahan Year's Best

Jonathan Strahan. The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year. Volume 3.

May 2, 2010August 22, 2012 Mark Watson 4 Comments Elizabeth Bear, Garth Nix, Greg Egan, Hannu Rajaniemi, Holly Black, Holly Phillips, Ian McDonald, Jeff VanderMeer, Joan Aiken, John Kessel, Kelly Link, Ken Scholes, Kij Johnson, M Rickert, Margo Lanagan, Maureen McHugh, Meghan McCarron, Michael Swanwick, Paolo Bacigalupi, Paul McAuley, Peter S. Beagle, Rachel Swirsky, Richard Bowes, Robert Reed, Stephen Baxter, Stephen King, Ted Chiang, Ted Kosmatka

A collection of excellent stories.

Individual Stories Reviews

Holly Phillips. The Small Door. (The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year 3)

April 12, 2010 Mark Watson 0 Comments Holly Phillips

A teenage girl with a terminally ill twin finds something magical. But not magical enough. Classy writing.

Asimovs, March 2009

February 14, 2010August 18, 2013 Mark Watson 0 Comments Benjamin Crowell, Harry Turtledove, Holly Phillips, Nancy Kress, R. Neube, Sara Genge

Nancy Kress. Act One. More of an Analog story than an Asimovs. Genetic modification is the topic, and in order

Asimovs, June 2007

February 14, 2010April 13, 2013 Mark Watson 0 Comments Carrie Vaughn, Elizabeth Bear, Harry Turtledove, Holly Phillips, Jack Skillingstead, James Patrick Kelly, Neal Asher, R. Neube

Harry Turtledove. News From the Front. Alternate History relating the role played by FD Roosevelt in getting the US involved

Horton Reviews Year's Best

Rich Horton. Science Fiction The Best of the Year 2008 Edition.

January 20, 2010September 21, 2012 Mark Watson 0 Comments Alexander Jablokov, Bruce Sterling, Charles Coleman Finlay, Ekaterina Sedia, Geoffrey Landis, Greg Egan, Holly Phillips, Jack Skillingstead, John Barnes, Karen Joy Fowler, Ken MacLeod, Mary Robinette Kowal, Michael Swanwick, Nancy Kress, Paul Di Filippo, Robert Reed, Tim Pratt, Will McIntosh

As has been the case with others in his take on the year’s best SF there is less I agree with than is the case with the other year’s best volumes.