A review by pamwinkler
Alien Contact by

3.0

Good book. I may have read it before? Or just a lot of the stories.
The Thought War by Paul McAuley was good.
How to Talk to Girls at Parties by Neil Gaiman was good; I've read it before.
Face Value by Karen Joy Fowler was ok; I don't think I got it.
The Road Not Taken by Harry Turtledove was good; I've read it before.
The Aliens Who Knew, I Mean, Everything by George Alec Effinger was good; I've read that before.
Recycling Strategies for the Inner City by Pat Murphy was interesting.
The 43 Antarean Dynasties by Mike Resnick was depressing, but it was supposed to be.
The Gold Bug by Orson Scott Card I mostly skipped, I'm not very interested in his stuff anymore.
Kin by Bruce McAllister was good.
Guerrila Mural of a Siren's Song by Ernest Hogan I didn't really get; same as Angel by Pat Cadigan.
The First Contact with the Gorgonids by Ursela K. LeGuin was ok.
Sunday Night Yams at Minnie and Earl's by Adam-Troy Castro was lovely. I'm pretty sure I've read it before, but it's still lovely.
A Midwinter's Tale by Michael Swanwick was good.
Texture of Other Ways by Mark W. Tiedemann was good; and I don't think I've read it before.
To Go Boldly by Cory Doctorow was ok.
If Nudity Offends You by Elizabeth Moon was ok.
Laws of Survival by Nancy Kress was good; read it before.
What You Are About to See by Jack Skillingstead was strange.
Amanda and the Alien by Robert Silverberg was good and slightly vicious.
Exo-Skeleton Town by Jeffrey Ford was ok; it's one of those were you can kind of see the end coming.
Lambing Season by Molly Gloss was good.
Swarm by Bruce Sterling was good.
Maxo Signals: A New and Unfortunate Solution to the Fermi Paradox by Charles Stross was funny and good. Short though.
Last Contact by Stephen Baxter was good and horribly depressing, as was probably planned.