Tobias S. Buckell. Zen and the Art of Starship Maintenance. (Cosmic Powers, ed Adams, Saga 2017)
A clever story to end Clarke’s volume.
Peter Watts. ZeroS. (Infinity Wars, ed Strahan, Solaris Books 2017)
There’s a great balance of characterisation, tech, socio-political background and story here.
The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume Three. (ed Neil Clarke, Nightshade Books 2018)
An excellent collection of stories.
Rich Larson. An Evening with Severyn Grimes. (Asimovs July/August 2017)
A near-future cyberpunky cyber-thriller, with a couple of twists, double crosses, and neat touches.
Madeline Ashby. Death on Mars. (Visions, Ventures, Escape Velocities, Arizona State University, 2017.)
Short, tight, claustrophobic and up close and personal.
Robert Reed. The Speed of Belief. (Asimovs January/February 2017)
Reed’s ‘Great Ship’ is the setting for a sprawling series of stories, an he has been writing them for about 20 years now, and there’s no reason as far as the setting goes, for stopping any time now.