Reviews

Asimov's Science Fiction, February 2011 by Jane Yolen, David Ira Cleary, Sara Genge, Bill Pronzini, Peter J. Heck, W. Gregory Stewart, Erwin S. Strauss, Paul McAuley, Aliette de Bodard, Robert Silverberg, Sheila Williams, Tim McDaniel, Barry N. Malzberg, Jeff Carlson, Uncle River

tarana's review

2.0

Nothing in this issue sparked anything for me although one of the novellas was a good read.

thiefofcamorr's review

4.0

Read for "Shipbirth" by Aliette de Bodard.

relliem08's review

4.0

Aztecs in space sums it up pretty succinctly. There are 34 other stories in this universe and I think I'll read them all.

sarrie's review

2.0

2.5*s
I really liked parts of this but without a solid conclusion I'm not sure about it. The premise is fascinating, I really enjoyed that. I just wish we'd gotten more from the main character. I'm also not sure about the handling of that character and type. I might need to think on it a bit more.

catevari's review

4.0

Another short story in de Bodard's Xuyan universe; this one is from the Mexica part of the universe about the process of birthing "mindships" for space travel (riff off brain-in-a-jar). Space travel stories tend to be so Westernized; I love the conjecture of what a still viably Aztec based space faring society might look like. As well, the main character, Acoimi, is uncomfortable in the hard set gender lines of his society. The combination of those two things makes for a fascinating, welcome further look into the Xuyan universe.