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A review by useriv
Asimov's Science Fiction, March/April 2017 by Gregory Frost, Suzanne Palmer, Ian Creasey, Sarah Pinsker, Gregory Norman Bossert, Sheila Williams, Andrea M. Pawley, Terry Bisson, Will McIntosh, Dale Bailey, Ian R. McLeod, Rich Larson, Alan Smale, Damien Broderick, Bill Johnson
4.0
Read so far:
"Soulmates.com" by Will McIntosh was OK.
"Three Can Keep a Secret ..." by Bill Johnson and Gregory Frost. I didn't like
"Number Thirty-Nine Skink" by Suzanne Palmer, I don't see the point.
"The Ones Who Know Where They Are Going" by Sarah Pinsker, an awful riff on The ones who walk away.
"Invasion of the Saucer-Men" by Dale Bailey. Tiresome rehash of the american high school lore.
I'm not liking this issue so far.
"Kitty Hawk" by Alan Smale was better, but too many world changes are derived from one little change in history in a final paragraph that almost ruins the story.
"Cupido" by Rich Larson was almost good, but sported mangled spanish and a feel good ending for the protagonist, who was actually a sociopath.
"The Wisdom of the Group" by Ian R. MacLeod, was good writing of an anecdote a bit too simple.
"A Singular Event in the Fourth Dimension" by Andrea M. Pawley. Sometimes hard to parse the sentences, a feel good story. Liked it, would read more about those characters.
"After the Atrocity" by Ian Creasey
Moral dilemmas about coning and war prisoners. Good
"Goner" by Gregory Norman Bossert. Strange, in a good way.
"We Regret the Error" by Terry Bisson. Not sure I like it, a chronicle of the singularity told through a newspaper corrections.
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"Tao Zero" by Damien Broderick
is looking good.
Short Stories
"Soulmates.com" by Will McIntosh was OK.
"Three Can Keep a Secret ..." by Bill Johnson and Gregory Frost. I didn't like
"Number Thirty-Nine Skink" by Suzanne Palmer, I don't see the point.
"The Ones Who Know Where They Are Going" by Sarah Pinsker, an awful riff on The ones who walk away.
"Invasion of the Saucer-Men" by Dale Bailey. Tiresome rehash of the american high school lore.
I'm not liking this issue so far.
"Kitty Hawk" by Alan Smale was better, but too many world changes are derived from one little change in history in a final paragraph that almost ruins the story.
"Cupido" by Rich Larson was almost good, but sported mangled spanish and a feel good ending for the protagonist, who was actually a sociopath.
"The Wisdom of the Group" by Ian R. MacLeod, was good writing of an anecdote a bit too simple.
"A Singular Event in the Fourth Dimension" by Andrea M. Pawley. Sometimes hard to parse the sentences, a feel good story. Liked it, would read more about those characters.
"After the Atrocity" by Ian Creasey
Moral dilemmas about coning and war prisoners. Good
"Goner" by Gregory Norman Bossert. Strange, in a good way.
"We Regret the Error" by Terry Bisson. Not sure I like it, a chronicle of the singularity told through a newspaper corrections.
____________
"Tao Zero" by Damien Broderick
is looking good.
Short Stories