Paul McAuley. Rats Dream of the Future. (Asimovs June 2016)
Some science goes terribly, terribly wrong in a story that works well.
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Paul McAuley. The Fixer. (Clarkesworld Magazine #113 February 2016)
A neat story from McAuley .
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Paul McAuley. Wild Honey. (Asimovs August 2015)
A post-Collapse setting, but an unlikely one, with a bee keeper the main protagonist. But she’s not an ordinary apiarist, and they’re not ordinary bees…
Read morePaul McAuley. Transitional Forms. (Twelve Tomorrows).
A shortish extrapolation of biotech – some technical issues once a-life starts to mutate, and what opportunities might arise.
Read morePaul McAuley. The Man. (Year’s Best Science Fiction Thirtieth Annual Collection)
Set in McAuley’s Jackaroo universe, a great little story of an elderly beachcomber who finds a man at her remote door. Who he was, or what he is, is a mystery, perhaps tied in with the ancient semi-submerged alien factories on the nearby beaches of the remote planet gifted to humanity by the Jackaroo.
Read morePaul McAuley. Antartica Starts Here. (Asimovs October/November 2012)
Near-future post-icecap-melt story, that looks at some of the risks to the previously inaccessible wilderness of the Antartic.
Read morePaul McAuley. Macy Minnot’s last Christmas on Dione, Ring Racing, Fiddler’s Green, The Potter’s Garden. (Edge of Infinity).
A gentler story than you might expect, set post-Quiet War.
Read morePaul McAuley. Bruce Springsteen. (Asimovs, January 2012)
In McAuley’s Jackaroo series, a young man finds himself setting out on the beginning of a great adventure
Read morePaul McAuley. The Choice. (Asimovs February 2011)
A taut story in McAuley’s Jackaroo sequence, set in Norfolk, when the consequences of contact with alien technology unfold.
Read morePaul McAuley. Crimes and Glory. (The Year’s Best Science Fiction and Fantasy 2010)
Excellent hard SF from McAuley, in a narrative that gradually reveals more as it progresses
Read moreJonathan Strahan. The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year. Volume 3.
A collection of excellent stories.
Read morePaul McAuley. The Thought War. (The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year, Volume 3).
Post-zombie-apocalypse, with one of the survivors relating the slow encroachment of the zombie invasion, and postulating a more scientific and much bigger picture rationale.
Read moreInterzone #217 August 2008
Sanford and McAuley provide top-notch SF.
Read moreFantasy and Science Fiction August 2001
One Last Game. Robert Reed. Another story from Reed, who has taken over the baton from Robert Silverberg as probably
Read moreAsimovs, April 2003
A list of authors on the front cover which promises a lot! Charles Stross. Nightfall. A further installment in the
Read moreAsimov’s Science Fiction Magazine, July 2002
Paul McAuley. The Assassination of Faustino Malartre. I’ve only just read ‘Making History’, published two years ago by PS Publishing,
Read moreAsimov’s Science Fiction Magazine, March 2002
I’ve been reading e-versions of Asimovs for some months now, but went back to the dead-tree version for this issue.
Read moreYear’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
Read moreFast 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.
Read moreThe Starry Rift. ed Jonathan Strahan, Viking , 2008
The stories are almost without exception an excellent introduction to the genre, covering a wide spread and with something for most readers. If your kids are past the Harry Potter stage, then give them this hefty volume to help them take a step (or rather, a giant leap) in the right direction.
Read moreForbidden Planets, edited by Peter Crowther, DAW Books 2006
Overall, the quality of the stories is high, and a fine collection showcasing primarily British authors, although perhaps just a tad below the quality of last year’s ‘Constellations’.
Read moreConstellations, edited by Peter Crowther, DAW Books 2005
If it’s SFnal bang for your buck you’re after, you won’t get much better value for money than this during 2005.
Read moreYear’s Best SF 11. David G. Hartwell, Kathryn Cramer. Eos, 2006
Stories by : Adam Roberts, Alastair Reynolds, Alaya Dawn Johnson, Bruce Stirling, Bud Sparhawk, Cory Doctorow, Daryl Gregory, David Langford, Gardner R Dozois, Greg Bear, Gregory Benford, Hannu Rajaniemi, James Patrick Kelly, Joe Haldeman, Justina Robinson, Ken MacLeod, Larissa Lai, Lauren McLaughlin, Liz Williams, Matthew Jarpe, Michael Swanwick, Neal Asher, Oliver Morton, Paul McAuley, Peter F. Hamilton, R. Garcia y Robertson, Rudy Rucker, Stephen Baxter, Ted Chiang, Tobias S. Buckell, Vonda N McIntyre.
Read moreYear’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
Read moreYear’s Best Science Fiction, 19th Annual Collection. Gardner Dozois. St. Martins Griffin, 2002
Stories by : Alastair Reynolds, Allen M. Steele, Andy Duncan, Brenda W. Clough, Carolyn Ives Gilman, Charles Stross, Chris Beckett, Dan Simmons, Eleanor Arnason, Geoff Ryman, Howard Waldrop and Leigh Kennedy, Ian R. Macleod, James Kelly, Jim Grimsley, Ken MacLeod, Michael Blumlein, Michael Cassutt, Michael Swanwick, Nancy Kress, Paul Di Filippo, Paul McAuley, Robert Reed, Simon Ings, William Sanders.
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