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Oliver Buckram. Un Opera nello Spazio (A Space Opera). (Fantasy and Science Fiction, Sept/Oct 2013)

December 15, 2013December 20, 2013 Mark Watson 0 Comments individual story reviews, Oliver Buckram

A plot summary of a three Act space opera opera. I’m thinking that someone should write the libretto properly, maybe as something like Britten’s ‘Billy Budd’, but for heaven’s sake not a D’Oyle Carte Gilbert and Sullivan ‘opera’.

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Rachel Pollack. The Queen of Eyes. (Fantasy & Science Fiction, Sept/Oct 2013)

December 15, 2013December 18, 2013 Mark Watson 0 Comments individual story reviews, Rachel Pollack

Further adventures of Jack Shade, who is reluctant to take on a client, until he finds out who the client’s mom is.

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Nancy Kress. Frog Watch. (Asimovs December 2013)

December 15, 2013December 18, 2013 Mark Watson 0 Comments individual story reviews, Nancy Kress

A classy story from Kress, as is often the case. It’s a story that could have been written by James Tiptree Jr., and there’s no finer praise I can give.

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