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!
Read moreAn 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!
Read moreA dryly black look at a community living with (or, indeed, dying of) a particularly vicious plague.
Read moreA fairly bleak tale with a couple of stylistic issues that don’t help the story.
Read moreNancy Kress. Act One. More of an Analog story than an Asimovs. Genetic modification is the topic, and in order
Read moreGord Sellar. Lester Young and the Jupiter’s Moon’s Blues. With this title and an opening line ‘His first night back
Read moreHarry Turtledove. News From the Front. Alternate History relating the role played by FD Roosevelt in getting the US involved
Read moreNancy Kress. Safeguard. A classy piece of writing from Kress, who cleverly intertwines story and backstory to reach a shattering
Read moreAnother excellent issue.
Read moreEsther M. Friesner. The Fraud. The cover illustration (a Raphael no less) is a good companion for a piece of
Read moreWilliam Barton. The Gods of A Lesser Creation. Barton returns to the setting of previous stories of his ‘Heart of
Read moreI’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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