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robport's review
3.0
Not one of LightSpeed's best, but I enjoyed "A Drink For Teddy Ford" and Turnover was one of the best stories set in a generational starship I've read in a while.
scamp1234's review
4.0
Another great issue. Another great Kaslo episode and other great original stories such as Break Break Break. I really enjoyed the reprints of a Drink for Teddy Ford and the alternate history of The Lucky Strike.
ebees's review
So, I supposedly read this and rated it a 5 in 2017, but have absolutely no memory of it. Cleared my rating until I can reread it.
nancyotoole's review
3.0
The March 2014 issue of Lightspeed Magazine is a bit of an uneven effort. Unlike the February 2014 issue, where I liked all of the stories featured, there were two here that just didn't work for me at all. Still, I felt that the good ultimately outweighed the bad here, and two of the stories were pretty extraordinary. The first story to get this honor is The Mao Ghost by Chen Quifan (translated by Ken Liu), which effectively broke my heart into many little pieces by the end of it. Also, I enjoyed the experience of getting to read a translated story (apparently this is something done on a regular basis at Lightspeed), as I feel that such works don't appear enough in my regular reading diet. The other story I really enjoyed was The Lucky Strike, by Kim Stanley Robinson, a reprint only included in the ebook version, which gives us an alternate history looking at the bombing of Hiroshima. There are some genuinely tense moments in this story which had me on the end of my seat.
In conclusion, not a must read issue, but there are still gems to be found here.
In conclusion, not a must read issue, but there are still gems to be found here.
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