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Ian McHugh. The Baby Eaters. (Asimovs January 2016)

April 24, 2016 Mark Watson 0 Comments Ian McHugh

A patriarchal society, with aliens with two sets of arms, and some strange names, and some issues around gender around childbirth, and attitudes towards multiple births.

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Ian McHugh. Extracted Journal Notes for an Ethnography of Bnebene Nomad Culture. (Asimovs January 2014)

January 8, 2014January 11, 2014 Mark Watson 0 Comments Ian McHugh

Xeno-ethnography and xeno-linguistic that has this reader shouting “Hree! Hree!”

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Ian McHugh. When the Rain Comin. (Asimovs, October/November 2013)

September 15, 2013 Mark Watson 0 Comments Ian McHugh

Three-pager in which far future humans (I guess) are facing climactic challenges, and it’s a harder, somewhat different life, as we find from the pidgin-English what is spoked.

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Ian McHugh. Interloper. (Asimovs, January 2011)

February 27, 2011 Mark Watson 0 Comments Ian McHugh

It’s a short story, with a bit of a Mad Max vibe about it, the tone not entirely succesful.

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Asimovs 

Asimovs, July 2009

February 14, 2010October 27, 2015 Mark Watson 1 Comment Ian McHugh, kit reed, Michael Cassutt, R. Garcia y Robertson, Sara Genge, Stephen Baxter

Not the strongest of issues, a bit of a surprise considering Reed, Cassutt, Robertson and Baxter being on the front cover.

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