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Nick Wolven

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Nick Wolven. In the Midst of Life. (Clarkesworld Magazine #113, February 2016)

February 10, 2016 Mark Watson 0 Comments Nick Wolven

The sfnal elements ramp up in the closing paragraphs of a 15000 word story, but it feels a bit X-Filesy to me (and not being a fan of that show, that’s not a good thing!)

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Nick Wolven. We’re So Very Sorry For Your Recent Tragic Loss. (Fantasy and Science Fiction Sept/Oct 2015)

December 5, 2015 Mark Watson 0 Comments Nick Wolven

A cautionary, near-future tale from Wolven, set in an interconnected world, with an Internet of Things, and with personalisation embedded throughout,

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Nick Wolven. No placeholder for you, my love. (Asimovs, August 2015).

October 21, 2015 Mark Watson 0 Comments Nick Wolven

An intriguing love story from Wolven, set in an online virtual reality world, where Claire is looking for Mr. Right.

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Nick Wolven. On the Night of the Robo-Bulls and Zombie Dancers. (Asimovs February 2015)

March 13, 2015 Mark Watson 0 Comments Nick Wolven

There’s a recurring theme of Shakespeare’s ‘Macbeth has murdered sleep’, and it’s a dark dystopian future but with some lighter, nicely sardonic touches thrown in.

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Nick Wolven. Placebo. (Asimovs August 2014)

August 23, 2014August 23, 2014 Mark Watson 0 Comments Nick Wolven

A meditation on technology as a moral tool, not an amoral juggernaut, and a bit of a ponderous meditation at that.

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Nick Wolven. Lost in the Memory Palace, I Found You. (Asimovs, March 2011)

April 27, 2011 Mark Watson 0 Comments Nick Wolven

A disorientating world, where a fleeting memory can be a potentially valuable thing, something worth chasing down. Or not.

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Nick Wolven. On the Horizon. (Asimovs August 2010)

August 29, 2010 Mark Watson 0 Comments Nick Wolven

A dark, intense, near-future psychological thriller

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Asimovs Magazines Reviews 

Asimovs. December 2009.

February 17, 2010August 29, 2011 Mark Watson 0 Comments Benjamin Crowell, Brian Stableford, Jeff Carlson, Jim Aikin, John Shirley, Mike Resnick, Nick Wolven, Sara Genge

This issue got caught up in the big revamp of Best SF, and wasn’t reviewed close to the reading of

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Asimovs 

Asimovs, April/May 2008

February 14, 2010October 1, 2011 Mark Watson 0 Comments Barry B. Longyear, Catherine Wells, Kate Wilhelm, Kathleen Ann Goonan, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Matthew Johnson, Merrie Haskell, Neal Barrett Jr, Nick Wolven, Robert Reed, S.P. Somtow

Kathleen Ann Goonan. Memory Dog. The issue opens with a very clever and accomplished story with a strong ending. The

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