Tom Purdom. Day Job. (Asimovs April/May 2015)
A techie with empathy and emotional control deficits finds an immersive video game a perfect place to respond to the frustrations of everyday life..
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Tom Purdom
Tom Purdom. A Stranger from a Foreign Ship. (Asimovs September 2013)
A story with an interesting conceit that rather misses the opportunity it offered, and ends up in hectic pell-mell thriller with the protagonist mind-hopping quickly enough to disorientate this reader, let along himself.
Read moreTom Purdom. Warlord. (Asimovs April/May 2013)
A ‘fast paced adventure’ of the kind that Purdom often produces that don’t really do it for me. But if you are wanting to read more about Harold the Human, here’s your chance…
Read moreTom Purdom. Bonding with Morry. (Asimov’s April/May 2012)
Not a whole lot that hasn’t been covered already (a long time ago) by Asimov in his robot stories.
Read moreTom Purdom. Golva’s Ascent. (Asimovs March 2012)
Fast-paced adventure. Golva is a feline-type creature, one of two intelligenct races, on whose planet a party of humans has arrived.
Read moreTom Purdom. A response from EST17. (Asimovs, April/May 2011).
A story with potential, but which doesn’t really deliver.
Read moreTom Purdom. Warfriends. (Asimovs, December 2010).
A ‘long-awaited’ followup to an Ace Double written some 40 years ago.
Read moreAsimovs July 2010.
A bit of a curate’s egg of an issue.
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