Rudy Rucker. Petroglyph Man. (Asimovs July 2015)
A photo app that uses quantum physics to alter the images it takes, leads to some Really Bad Shit.
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Rudy Rucker and Marc Laidlaw. Watergirl. (Asimovs January 2015)
The stoner surfer dudes from ‘The Perfect Wave’ from the January 2008 issue make a return, living by the coast, living for the surf. But there’s challenges to be faced as the very waves themselves are to be controlled by The Man, and there’s another evil dude, and a revenge to be wreaked.
Read moreRudy Rucker and Paul Di Filippo. Yubba Vines. (Asimovs July 2013)
I and I enjoyed this dread tale, ‘gnarly transrealism’, as it is described in the introduction.
Read moreRudy Rucker and Eileen Gunn. Hive Mind Man. (Asimovs, February 2012)
Excellent collaboration which looks just a few technology steps into the future.
Read moreRudy Rucker. The Fnoor Hen. (Asimovs, April/May 2011)
Entertaining techno-yarn, where things get very funky chicken.
Read moreInterzone #220 February 2009
Another strong collection from a mostly youthful group of authors, boding well for the future.
Read moreInterzone #200 September/October 2005
A milestone issue for Interzone, and it has reached #200 re-invigorated to an extent that the phrase ‘venerable Interzone’, with
Read moreAsimovs, September 2006
A return to reading the print version after several months reading e-versions, and a welcome return I have to say.
Read moreAsimovs, June 2006
Rucker, Reed, Skillingstead and Kelly do it for me. Carter, Johnson, Creasey and Bernobich don’t, which makes it a 50/50 split, whereas I tend to get a 75/25 or 80/20 from Asimovs.
Read moreYear’s Best SF 14. ed David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer. Eos Books 2009
Stories by : Alastair Reynolds, Ann Halam, Carolyn Ives Gilman, Cory Doctorow, Daryl Gregory, Elizabeth Bear and Sarah Monette, Jason Sanford, Jeff VanderMeer, Karl Schroeder and Tobias S. Buckell, Kathleen Ann Goonan, M Rickert, Mary Rosenblum, Michael Swanwick, Neil Gaiman, Paolo Bacigalupi, Robert Reed, Rudy Rucker, Sue Burke, Ted Chiang, Ted Kosmatka, Vandana Singh.
Read moreYear’s Best SF 12. ed David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer. Eos Books 2007
Stories by : Alastair Reynolds, Carol Emshwiller, Charlie Rosenkrantz, Claude Lalumiere, Cory Doctorow, Daryl Gregory, Edd Vick, Eileen Gunn, Gardner R Dozois, Gregory Benford, Heather Lindsley, Ian Creasey, Ian R. Macleod, Joe Haldeman, Kameron Hurley, Liz Williams, Mary Rosenblum, Michael Flynn, Michael Swanwick, Nancy Kress, Paul J. McAuley, Robert Reed, Rudy Rucker, Stephen Baxter, Terry Bisson, Wil McCarthy.
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 moreMirrorshades : the CyberPunk Anthology edited by Bruce Sterling, (Anchor House, 1986).
A cracking little paperback, which every self-respecting SF reader should have at home. The pbk version I have also features a neat reflective pair of shades (which my scanner totally fails to scan!).
Read moreThe Ultimate Cyberpunk edited by Pat Cadigan, (ibooks, 2002)
But, all in all, a bit of a curate’s egg. The early stories, and the final story, don’t quite fit IMHO. And with the lack of a ‘real’ introduction, and story intros, the extra size that this volume offers over ‘Mirrorshades’ hasn’t really be used to the full. A missed opportunity.
Read moreLive Without a Net. edited by Lou Anders. Roc, 2003
All in all, an interesting varied collection, and well worth the shelf-space.
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