The New Space Opera 2. (ed Gardner Dozois and Jonathan Strahan, Eos 2009).
A big book, with a huge amount of top quality SF.
John Meaney. From the Heart. (New Space Opera 2).
Taut, far-future thriller which works well.
Interzone Number 193 Spring 2004
This is the last David Pringle edited/published issue of Interzone, and the Pringle era ended
Interzone Number 190 July/August
John Meaney. Entangled Eyes are Smiling. Jack’s love life takes a turn for the worse
Interzone Number 183 October 2002
John Meaney. The Whisper of Discs. A well written and evocative piece, of longer length,
Interzone, Number 158, August 2000
Liberty Zone, Keith Brooke. Keith Brooke, not content with having SF novels published at an
The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction Volume Three. (ed George Mann, Solaris 2009.)
The third in the Solaris series hits the street just as the word on those
‘Fast Forward 1’ ed Lou Anders, pub Pyr 2007
An excellent collection of short SF. Several made it to the various Year’s Best collections, and a couple of others which were not selected would not have looked out of place. The volume starts well, is strong in the middle, and ramps up to a strong finish.
Subterfuge. Edited by Ian Whates, Newcon Press. 2008
Ian Whates latest collection under the NewCon imprint comes in a variety of flavours : paperback, hardback, and special (extra stories!) limited-edition, signed hardback. It is the latter of these reviewed here. And Whates has provided another strong collection, bigger than previous volumes, and worth looking out for. The standard of writing, and the invention in the stories, is almost uniformly excellent, and is strongly recommended
Year’s Best Science Fiction, 20th Annual Collection. Gardner Dozois. St. Martins Griffin, 2003
Stories by : Alastair Reynolds, Alex Irvine, Bruce Sterling, Charles Coleman Finlay, Charles Stross, Chris Beckett, Eleanor Arnason, Geoff Ryman, Greg Egan, Gregory Benford, Ian McDonald, Ian R. Macleod, James Van Pelt, John Kessel, John Meaney, Kage Baker, Maureen F. McHugh, Michael Swanwick, Molly Gloss, Nancy Kress, Paul McAuley, Richard Wadholm, Robert Reed, Steven Popkes, Walter Jon Williams
Live Without a Net. edited by Lou Anders. Roc, 2003
All in all, an interesting varied collection, and well worth the shelf-space.