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R. Neube

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R. Neube. Grainers. (Asimovs, December 2013)

December 13, 2013 Mark Watson 0 Comments R. Neube

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).

September 10, 2011 Mark Watson 0 Comments R. Neube

A dryly black look at a community living with (or, indeed, dying of) a particularly vicious plague.

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R. Neube. Dummy Tricks. (Asimovs, Oct/Nov 2010)

December 10, 2010December 10, 2010 Mark Watson 0 Comments R. Neube

A fairly bleak tale with a couple of stylistic issues that don’t help the story.

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Asimovs, March 2009

February 14, 2010August 18, 2013 Mark Watson 0 Comments Benjamin Crowell, Harry Turtledove, Holly Phillips, Nancy Kress, R. Neube, Sara Genge

Nancy Kress. Act One. More of an Analog story than an Asimovs. Genetic modification is the topic, and in order

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Asimovs, July 2008

February 14, 2010 Mark Watson 0 Comments Brian Stableford, Kij Johnson, Michael Bishop, R. Neube, Steve Utley

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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Asimovs, June 2007

February 14, 2010April 13, 2013 Mark Watson 0 Comments Carrie Vaughn, Elizabeth Bear, Harry Turtledove, Holly Phillips, Jack Skillingstead, James Patrick Kelly, Neal Asher, R. Neube

Harry Turtledove. News From the Front. Alternate History relating the role played by FD Roosevelt in getting the US involved

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Asimovs, January 2007

February 14, 2010January 5, 2013 Mark Watson 0 Comments A.R. Morlan, Bruce McAllister, Charles Stross, Jack Dann, Jeff Carlson, Nancy Kress, R. Neube

Nancy Kress. Safeguard. A classy piece of writing from Kress, who cleverly intertwines story and backstory to reach a shattering

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Asimovs, April/May 2006

February 14, 2010December 25, 2010 Mark Watson 0 Comments Constance Cooper, Greg van Eekhout, James Maxey, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Liz Williams, Mary Rosenblum, Paul Melko, R. Neube, Robert Silverberg, Steve Bein, Wil McCarthy, William Shunn

Another excellent issue.

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Asimovs, March 2005

February 14, 2010 Mark Watson 0 Comments Bud Sparhawk, David D. Levine, Esther M. Friesner, Gene Wolfe, Lori Selke, Mary Rosenblum, matthew hughes, R. Neube, Steven Utley

Esther M. Friesner. The Fraud. The cover illustration (a Raphael no less) is a good companion for a piece of

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Asimovs, August 2004

February 14, 2010 Mark Watson 0 Comments Jack Skillingstead, kit reed, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Matthew Jarpe, Meredith Simmons, R. Neube, Richard Parks, Tanith Lee, William Barton

William Barton. The Gods of A Lesser Creation. Barton returns to the setting of previous stories of his ‘Heart of

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Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine, March 2002

February 14, 2010April 21, 2012 Mark Watson 0 Comments Ian Watson, Jim Grimsley, Matthew Jarpe, Paul McAuley, R. Neube, Ursula K. Le Guin

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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