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bradism's review
3.0
Best Stories:
Pull it from the Root by Zack Be
Take a Look at the Five & Ten by Connie Willis
The Long Iapetan Night by Julie Novakova
Christmas at the Hilbert Astoria by Sam Schreiber was good, and deserves a special acknowledgement for determining that a dimension-hopping, time travelling sci-fi Santa's natural nemesis would be an evil hunk of coal.
Pull it from the Root by Zack Be
Take a Look at the Five & Ten by Connie Willis
The Long Iapetan Night by Julie Novakova
Christmas at the Hilbert Astoria by Sam Schreiber was good, and deserves a special acknowledgement for determining that a dimension-hopping, time travelling sci-fi Santa's natural nemesis would be an evil hunk of coal.
oleksandr's review
3.0
This is a Christmas (November-December 2020) of Analog magazine. There are two prominent holiday pieces, one by the grandmaster [a:Connie Willis|14032|Connie Willis|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1529284935p2/14032.jpg].
The contents:
Where We Came from Is Where We're Going[Asimov's Editorials]essay by Allen Steele [as by Allen M. Steele] what pandemic taught us, plus a history of SF since 19th century. 2*
Finding the Mountains of Madness[Reflections]essay by Robert Silverberg a discussion of Lovecraft short novel and modern knowledge of Antarctica. 3*
After a Year of Solitudepoem by Lora Gray
What Information Wants[On the Net]essay by James Patrick Kelly a discussion of what creative commons and copyleft are. 3*
Archaeologists Uncover Bones, Bifocals, a Tricyclepoem by Steven Withrow
Christmas at the Hilbert Astorianovelette by Sam Schreiber a bearded fat man in red costume, called Nick is hiked by a multi-dimensional hotel with an infinite number of rooms. Someone kills people near the hotel. 3.5*
The Miragesshort story by Alaya Dawn Johnson a child from now divorced parents grows up and migrates to another planet. 2*
The Hindnovelette by Kevin J. Anderson and Rick Wilber a generation ship after a catastrophe is ruled by a council, which allows new birth only if you kill a person from council’s list. A protagonist tries and fails but learns that the ship can be repaired. 2.5*
Grief, as Faithful as My Houndshort story by Marissa Lingen a woman with her mother in hostel in her last days while UFO start landing across the world. One lands in hospice yard and a orange globe starts to follow the woman as her mother dies. An original approach. 4*
Black Box Sonnet #13, 041 My Prosperity IVpoem by Garrison Kammer
Forger Mr. Znovelette by Chen Qiufan a SF writer working in tech support gets a dismissal from an editor and decides to create a fictional Albanian SF writer, who glorifies China in his SF to get published. 5*
Protozoan Pridepoem by Peter Payack
Return from the Starsnovelette by James E. Gunn [as by James Gunn] Robot 101, who terraformed a planet for Earth colonists returns to Earth to find out why no one comes. The planet is flooded and he seeks ways to restore it. 3.5*
Footprintshort story by Kate Maruyama a mother with inoperable cancer (which she hides from her daughter) meets with her daughter (a scientist, who discovered a self-regenerating oxygen source to terraform), who leaves for Mars. A cli-fi. 3*
Let Them Gopoem by Darrell Schweitzer
Pull it from the Rootnovelette by Zack Be a strange world of post-humans, with drug dealers and parasite plans controlling hosts… hasn’t worked for me. 2*
The Long Iapetan Nightnovelette by Julie Novakova a new expedition to one of Saturn satellite. A hundred years ago Earth experienced a couple of calamities and all space programs died, including a mission here. As a new team gets into old colony, something tries to kill them. 3*
Return to Gloryshort story by Jack McDevitt an utopian future and a guy finds a DVD with Star Trek, a long forgotten story. 3*
Next Issue (Asimov's, November-December 2020)essay by uncredited
Take a Look at the Five and Tennovella by Connie Willis I made a review here 3*
On Books (Asimov's, November-December 2020)[On Books]essay by Paul Di Filippo
SF Conventional Calendar (Asimov's, November-December 2020)essay by Erwin S. Strauss
The contents:
Where We Came from Is Where We're Going[Asimov's Editorials]essay by Allen Steele [as by Allen M. Steele] what pandemic taught us, plus a history of SF since 19th century. 2*
Finding the Mountains of Madness[Reflections]essay by Robert Silverberg a discussion of Lovecraft short novel and modern knowledge of Antarctica. 3*
After a Year of Solitudepoem by Lora Gray
What Information Wants[On the Net]essay by James Patrick Kelly a discussion of what creative commons and copyleft are. 3*
Archaeologists Uncover Bones, Bifocals, a Tricyclepoem by Steven Withrow
Christmas at the Hilbert Astorianovelette by Sam Schreiber a bearded fat man in red costume, called Nick is hiked by a multi-dimensional hotel with an infinite number of rooms. Someone kills people near the hotel. 3.5*
The Miragesshort story by Alaya Dawn Johnson a child from now divorced parents grows up and migrates to another planet. 2*
The Hindnovelette by Kevin J. Anderson and Rick Wilber a generation ship after a catastrophe is ruled by a council, which allows new birth only if you kill a person from council’s list. A protagonist tries and fails but learns that the ship can be repaired. 2.5*
Grief, as Faithful as My Houndshort story by Marissa Lingen a woman with her mother in hostel in her last days while UFO start landing across the world. One lands in hospice yard and a orange globe starts to follow the woman as her mother dies. An original approach. 4*
Black Box Sonnet #13, 041 My Prosperity IVpoem by Garrison Kammer
Forger Mr. Znovelette by Chen Qiufan a SF writer working in tech support gets a dismissal from an editor and decides to create a fictional Albanian SF writer, who glorifies China in his SF to get published. 5*
Protozoan Pridepoem by Peter Payack
Return from the Starsnovelette by James E. Gunn [as by James Gunn] Robot 101, who terraformed a planet for Earth colonists returns to Earth to find out why no one comes. The planet is flooded and he seeks ways to restore it. 3.5*
Footprintshort story by Kate Maruyama a mother with inoperable cancer (which she hides from her daughter) meets with her daughter (a scientist, who discovered a self-regenerating oxygen source to terraform), who leaves for Mars. A cli-fi. 3*
Let Them Gopoem by Darrell Schweitzer
Pull it from the Rootnovelette by Zack Be a strange world of post-humans, with drug dealers and parasite plans controlling hosts… hasn’t worked for me. 2*
The Long Iapetan Nightnovelette by Julie Novakova a new expedition to one of Saturn satellite. A hundred years ago Earth experienced a couple of calamities and all space programs died, including a mission here. As a new team gets into old colony, something tries to kill them. 3*
Return to Gloryshort story by Jack McDevitt an utopian future and a guy finds a DVD with Star Trek, a long forgotten story. 3*
Next Issue (Asimov's, November-December 2020)essay by uncredited
Take a Look at the Five and Tennovella by Connie Willis I made a review here 3*
On Books (Asimov's, November-December 2020)[On Books]essay by Paul Di Filippo
SF Conventional Calendar (Asimov's, November-December 2020)essay by Erwin S. Strauss
b_mcg's review
3.0
Christmas at the Hilbert Astoria - 4/5
The Mirages - 2/5
The Hind - 3/5
Grief, as Faithful as My Hound - 3/5
Forger Mr. Z - 3/5
Return from the Stars - 2/5
Footprint - 3/5
Pull It From the Root - 1/5
The Long Iapetan Night - 4/5
Return to Glory - 3/5
Take a Look at the Five and Ten - 4/5
The Mirages - 2/5
The Hind - 3/5
Grief, as Faithful as My Hound - 3/5
Forger Mr. Z - 3/5
Return from the Stars - 2/5
Footprint - 3/5
Pull It From the Root - 1/5
The Long Iapetan Night - 4/5
Return to Glory - 3/5
Take a Look at the Five and Ten - 4/5
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