R. Neube. Grainers. (Asimovs, December 2013)
An SF story for those of you who like your SF in deep space, dirty, sweaty, corrupt and cynical, and with a clever story structure. Hold on a minute. That’s me!
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R.Neube. Grandma Said. (Asimovs, September 2011).
A dryly black look at a community living with (or, indeed, dying of) a particularly vicious plague.
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A fairly bleak tale with a couple of stylistic issues that don’t help the story.
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Nancy Kress. Act One. More of an Analog story than an Asimovs. Genetic modification is the topic, and in order
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Gord Sellar. Lester Young and the Jupiter’s Moon’s Blues. With this title and an opening line ‘His first night back
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Harry Turtledove. News From the Front. Alternate History relating the role played by FD Roosevelt in getting the US involved
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Nancy Kress. Safeguard. A classy piece of writing from Kress, who cleverly intertwines story and backstory to reach a shattering
Read moreAsimovs, April/May 2006
Another excellent issue.
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Esther M. Friesner. The Fraud. The cover illustration (a Raphael no less) is a good companion for a piece of
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William Barton. The Gods of A Lesser Creation. Barton returns to the setting of previous stories of his ‘Heart of
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.
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