Rand B. Lee. The Judging. (Fantasy and Science Fiction, Nov/Dec 2014)
Whitsun, the red-robed man, and his companions, Francesco the burro and Treats the (talking) Husky, make a welcome return to F&SF.
Rand B. Lee. Changes. (Fantasy and Science Fiction, May/June 2013)
An inventive post-apocalyptic setting just a little different from the norm.
Rand B. Lee. Theobroma Valentine. (Fantasy & Science Fiction, Sept/Oct 2012)
Gently humorous, with the characterisation of the various aliens just a bit different, and Rand B. not overdoing the xeno-language stuff this time…
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, March/April 2010.
Something for everyone … pervs included. Duncan, Reaves and Bowes my favourites, giving the first half of the chunky, value for money, volume more grist to my reviewing mill.
Rand B. Lee. Class Trip. (F&SF Mar/Apr 2010).
Gordon van Gelder : ‘some of the most daring linguistic gymnastics ever attempted’ in the pages of F&SF. Best SF : ‘Yarblockos’
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, August/September 2009
Sean McMullen. The Art of the Dragon. Dryly satirical tale in which a gigantic dragon
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, September 2008
Paolo Bacigalupi. Pump Six. The lead-out story in Bacigalupi’s collection ‘Pump Six and Other Stories’.
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, August 2008
Marc Laidlaw. Childrun. Wandering bard Gorlen Vizenfirthe makes a re-appearance in F&SF after a ten
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, June 2008
Ted Kosmatka. The Art of Alchemy. Excellent SF/science thriller. It has a sense of place
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, December 2003
For me the issue gets progressively stronger, with the earlier stories not quite doing it for me to any great extent.
The 1984 Annual World’s Best SF. edited by Donald A. Wollheim. DAW, 1984
Stories by : Don Sakers, Frederik Pohl, Greg Bear, Isaac Asimov, Joseph H. Delaney, Mary Gentle, Rand B. Lee, Robert Silverberg, Tanith Lee, Thomas Wylde
The Year’s Best Science Fiction, First Annual Collection. Gardner Dozois. 1984.
I am holding off on reading this volume, which I managed to get a copy of in 2002 on eBay. For the moment, here are the contents, and some story summaries for those stories read in other volumes.