Stephen Baxter. Obelisk. (Edge of Infinity)
One of a number of stories in the collection that looks to the Chinese as the people who will get us further into space.
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Stephen Baxter. Project Herakles. (Analog Jan/Feb 2012)
A sequel to ‘Project Hades’ in Analog July/August 2010
Read moreStephen Baxter. A journey to Amasia. (Arc 1.1)
I’ve read fewer stories from Baxter of late than I would normally like to, so good to see him leading off this first story in the new Arc magazine.
Read moreStephen Baxter. Rock Day. (Solaris Rising).
Humanity finding out some answers to some pretty big questions, but the act of asking…
Read moreYear’s Best SF 15. (eds Hartwell/Cramer, Eos Books, 2010).
As ever, a strong collection of stories, albeit fairly ‘safe’ in terms of a relatively narrow range of sources.
Read moreStephen Baxter. Project Hades. (Analog July/August 2010).
A story that could quite easily be presented as a missing Quatermass story from Nigel Kneale.
Read moreAsimovs. June 2010.
A bit of a deja vu feeling with the opening and closing stories, with two experienced writers re-treading footprints into the sfnal regolith, with the other stories being good without being great.
Read moreStephen Baxter. Earth III. (Asimovs June 2010)
The descendents, many generations hence, of those from Earth II, struggle to understand the nature of their planet and how they got there.
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