Will McIntosh. A Thousand Nights Till Morning. (Asimovs August 2015)
A clever story with a protagonist who is far from the standard heroic type, and lots to like in it.
Read moreA clever story with a protagonist who is far from the standard heroic type, and lots to like in it.
Read moreThe third of McIntosh’s ‘Land of Nod’ series, in which he created a memorable plague that leaves most of the population rigid, immobile, save for the nodding of their heads.
Read moreAnother strong, nicely observed take on his ‘nodding virus’ setting.
Read moreA quite vivid and memorable setting to open (and close) the story – a drive-in movie theater, and heart-breaking but affirming ending.
Read moreFrom a forthcoming novel, ‘Defenders’, which is already optioned by Warner Brothers. It’s a small sequence with an interesting backdrop – people on Earth struggling against an alien invasion.
Read moreA very alien presence offer the chance for a returning hometown zero to get some perspective on what we has lost, hasn’t lost, and what he might get back again.
Read moreMcIntosh comes up trumps with a vividly realised protagonist and a setting.
Read moreThe second best story featuring a Tesla-powered Frankenstein monster at Chicago’s World’s Fair that I have read in the past couple of months.
Read moreA late arrival on my doorstep, and it’s taken much longer to finish the review than I had hoped. Note to self : faster dude, faster!
Read moreWill McIntosh. A Clown Escapes From Circus Town. When Beaners the Clown escapes the hell that is Circus Town, he
Read moreJamie Barras. The Endling. Far future setting, with three different perspectives : Asha, some form of human exploring some form
Read moreA last minute technical problem resulted in this issue having a completely b&w interior which, with a much less fussy
Read moreJamie Barras. The Beekeeper. An excellent story, its impact all the greater for some atmospheric, appropriate to the story, top
Read moreA milestone issue for Interzone, and it has reached #200 re-invigorated to an extent that the phrase ‘venerable Interzone’, with
Read moreJason Stoddard. Winning Mars. The Stoddard story is illustrated on the cover of this issue – but note that the
Read moreMary Rosenblum. Lion Walk. Science thriller set in an African game reserve where the second body in a few weeks
Read moreWilliam Barton. In the Age of the Quiet Sun. Good to see another story from Barton – w-a-y too long
Read moreRudy Rucker and Marc Laidlaw. The Perfect Wave. Rucker has collaborated in Asimovs recently with Bruce Sterling, with ‘Hormiga Canyon’
Read moreAs has been the case with others in his take on the year’s best SF there is less I agree with than is the case with the other year’s best volumes.
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