Kristine Kathryn Rusch. The First Step. (Asimovs August 2015)
Time travel story, that is nice enough, as far as it goes.
Kristine Kathryn Rusch. Inhuman Garbage. (Asimovs March 2015)
A police-procedural/detective story set in space, which failed to grab in the first few pages and encourage me to invest an hour or so in reading the >35 remaining pages.
Kristine Kathryn Rusch. The Last Surviving Gondola Widow. (Clarkesworld 101)
The American civil war has gone differently, there’s low-level magic, and gondolas. What’s not to like?
Kristine Kathryn Rusch. Playing with Reality. (Asimovs October/November 2014)
Rusch has fun in a light-hearted taken on the gender politics of golf, and virtual reality, in a pro-am tournament with some very special participants.
Kristine Kathryn Rusch. Snapshots. (Analog May 2014)
Characterisation and family relationship are handled well, which is as well as otherwise it’s a fairly weak story.
Kristine Kathryn Rusch. Encounter on Starbase Kappa. (Asimovs October/November 2013)
Another in the prolific Rusch’s ‘Diving’ series, but it felt like something off a production line rather than an artisan, hand-crafted story of the kind Rusch can do.
Kristine Kathryn Rusch. When Thomas Jefferson Dined Alone. (Solaris Rising 2)
Rusch takes a look at the ghosts that supposably haunt The White House, taking a slightly different view on time travel – by seeing it through the eyes of academic research.
Kristine Kathryn Rusch. The Application of Hope. (Asimovs August 2013)
Another in Rusch’s ‘Diving’ series, with Captain Tory Sabin having some back-history, issues with high command, and a very personal reason for wanting to go to the rescue of The Ivoire.
Kristine Kathryn Rusch. Skylight. (Asimovs June 2013)
Fine as far as it goes, but probably works better as a first chapter in a YA novel.
Kristine Kathryn Rusch. Safety Tests. (Edge of Infinity)
Through the well-observed downbeat and wry narrative voice of a spacepilot licence examiner, we look at some of the issues in making a life out there in the solar system.
Kristine Kathryn Rusch. The Voodoo Project. (Asimovs, February 2012)
A member of The Company who uses her special ability to see possible futures, reflects on her past and her possible futures.
Kristine Kathryn Rusch. Dunyon. (Asimovs, July 2011).
A bleak look at the desperate straits of refugees who have fled to a distant outpost.
Kristine Kathryn Rusch. Becalmed. (Asimovs, April/May 2011)
There’s a xenolinguistic element, but this is part of an overall story about understanding cultures (and failing to understand them), about politics, and war, and a good conclusion to the issue.
Kristine Kathryn Rusch. Killer Advice. (Asimovs, January 2011).
Murder mystery set in space.
Kristine Kathryn Rusch. Watching the Music Dance. (Engineering Infinity)
A cautionary tale about genetic enhancements for children.
Kristine Kathryn Rusch. Becoming One With The Ghosts. (Asimovs, Oct/Nov 2010)
This entry into the ‘Diving’ canon is a doozy
Kristine Kathryn Rusch. The Dark Man. (Is Anybody Out There?)
The Spanish Steps in Rome are the location for an intriguing story.
Asimovs July 2010.
A bit of a curate’s egg of an issue.
The New Space Opera 2. (ed Gardner Dozois and Jonathan Strahan, Eos 2009).
A big book, with a huge amount of top quality SF.
Kristine Kathryn Rusch. The Possession of Paavo Deshin. (Analog Jan/Feb 2010)
A Retrieval Artist story.
Asimovs. March 2010.
I started this issue expecting Rusch and Jablokov to supply the stronger stories, but in fact it is Zumsteg and Ludwigsten who tickled my fancy the most. Who’da thunk it?
Kristine Kathryn Rusch. The Tower. (Asimovs March 2010).
A story that could equally, or perhaps, better have been placed in a historical or a crime fiction magazine.
Kristine Kathryn Rusch. Defect. (The New Space Opera 2).
Rus(c)hed through at breakneck speed, with little mystery, as things happen very quickly and progress the story with almost indecent haste.
Asimovs, September 2009
The Goldstein and Rusch stories start and finish the issue strongly, with the other stories being good without being great. Other stories by Crowell, Cooper, Steinmetz, Oltion, Resnick, Robyn, Tem.
Asimovs, August 2009
An excellent issue. Rusch and Popkes perhaps the slightly weaker of the contributions, Broderick and Reed edging ahead of Blumstein, Zumsteg and Kowal.
Asimovs, April/May 2009
An excellent issue, as you might expect with authors of the standing of Stableford, Reed, Wilhelm, Swanwick, Kress and Rusch. Those without that standing (yet) similarly provide top quality. Well, you only have a 400th issue once.
Asimovs, April/May 2008
Kathleen Ann Goonan. Memory Dog. The issue opens with a very clever and accomplished story
Asimovs, February 2007
Alex Wilson. Outgoing. A countdown to a climax, with 10 episodes in the lives of
Asimovs, August 2006
Real physical versions of Asimovs are to hand, which I find I read much more quickly than the e-versions of late (having spent most days at work in front of a screen, reading off a screen is not much of a relaxation!) – so I expect to be up to date with the US mags by the end of the month!
Asimovs, April/May 2006
Another excellent issue.
Asimovs, December 2005
For me the Rusch and Kilby are the pick of the issue. Sanders/Maxey/Williams are OK without breaking new ground, and Beckett’s story isn’t as impactful as the earlier story in that milieu.
Asimovs, July 2005
PDF version reviewed. Daniel Grotta. RAW. A professional photographer, courtesy of some hi-tech kit and
Asimovs, August 2004
William Barton. The Gods of A Lesser Creation. Barton returns to the setting of previous
Asimovs, July 2004
Allen M. Steele. Shady Grove. Sixth intallment of the ‘Coyote Rising’ serial, in which a
Asimovs, April 2003
A list of authors on the front cover which promises a lot! Charles Stross. Nightfall.
Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine, January 2000
Millennium Babies. Kristine Kathryn Rusch On top form, Rusch describes painfully one of the adults
Analog, January/February 2009
Rajna Vajra. Doctor Alien. A story from an Analog regular very much in the usual
Analog Science Fiction and Science Fact, January/February 2007
Rajnar Vajra. Emerald River, Pearl Sky. The story starts with unidentified observers from a thousand
Analog Science Fiction and Science Fact, November 2004
Rajnar Vajra. The Ghost within. Give Analog regular Vajra his due, he’s quite happy to
Year’s Best Science Fiction, 26th Annual Collection. Gardner Dozois. St. Martins Griffin, 2009
Stories by : Alastair Reynolds, Aliette de Bodard, Charles Coleman Finlay, Daryl Gregory, Dominic Green, Elizabeth Bear, Garth Nix, Geoff Ryman, Gord Sellar, Greg Egan, Gwyneth Jones, Hannu Rajaniemi, Ian McDonald, James Alan Garner, James. L. Cambias, Jay Lake, Karl Schroeder, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Mary Robinette Kowal, Mary Rosenblum, Maureen F. McHugh, Michael Swanwick, Nancy Kress, Paolo Bacigalupi, Paul McAuley, Robert Reed, Stephen Baxter, Ted Kosmatka
Fast Forward 2. ed Lou Anders, pub Pyr 2008.
As with #1, another handsome collection of short SF from some of the biggest names in SF. Praise especially for making room for the lengthy Rosenbaum/Doctorow story.
Year’s Best Science Fiction, 25th Annual Collection. Gardner Dozois. St. Martins Griffin, 2008
As ever, chock full of high quality SF, with the annual summation providing SF with an ongoing reference and reading tome which we should not take for granted. Here’s to the next 25 years! Stories by : Alastair Reynolds, Benjamin Rosenbaum and David Ackert, Brian Stableford, Bruce Sterling, Chris Roberson, David Moles, Elizabeth Bear, Greg Egan, Gregory Benford, Gwyneth Jones, Ian McDonald, James Van Pelt, John Barnes, Justin Stanchfield, Kage Baker, Keith Brooke, Ken MacLeod, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Michael Swanwick, Nancy Kress, Neal Asher, Pat Cadigan, Robert Reed, Robert Silverberg, Stephen Baxter, Ted Chiang, Ted Kosmatka, Tom Purdom, Una McCormack, Vandana Singh
Year’s Best Science Fiction, 21st Annual Collection. Gardner Dozois. St. Martins Griffin, 2004
Stories by : Charles Stross, Dominic Green, Geoff Ryman, Geoffrey A. Landis, Harry Turtledove, Howard Waldrop, Jack Skillingstead, James Van Pelt, John C. Wright, John Kessel, John Varley, Judith Moffett, Kage Baker, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, M. Shayne Bell, Michael Swanwick, Nancy Kress, Nick DiChario, Paolo Bacigalupi, Paul Di Filippo, Paul Melko, Robert Reed, Steven Popkes, Terry Bisson, Terry Dowling, Vernor Vinge, Walter Jon Williams, William Barton, William Shunn.
Year’s Best Science Fiction, 9th Annual Collection. Gardner Dozois. 1992
Stories by : Alexander Jablokov, Brian W. Aldiss, Chris Beckett, Connie Willis, Geoffrey A. Landis, Greg Egan, Gregory Benford, Ian McDonald, Ian R. Macleod, Jack Dann, James Patrick Kelly, Karen Joy Fowler, Kathe Koja, Kim Newman, Kim Stanley Robinson, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Lois Tilton, Mark L, Mike Resnick, Nancy Kress, Pat Cadigan, Paul J. McAuley, Rick Shelley, Robert Reed, Robert Silverberg, Walter Jon Williams, William Gibson
Year’s Best Science Fiction, 6th Annual Collection. Gardner Dozois. 1989
Stories by : Brian Stableford, Bruce McAllister, Bruce Sterling, Connie Willis, D. Alexander Smith, Eileen Gunn, George Alec Effinger, Harry Turtledove, Howard Waldrop, James Lawson, James Patrick Kelly, John Kessel, Judith Moffett, Kathe Koja, Kim Newman, Kim Stanley Robinson, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Lewis Shiner, Lucius Shepard, Michael Swanwick, Mike Resnick, Nancy Kress, Pat Cadigan, Robert Silverberg, Steven Gould, Steven Kraus, Walter Jon Williams.