Baen’s Universe, Vol 3 No 1, June 2008
In the first science fiction offering of the June 2008 issue of Baen’s Universe, “Last Plane to Heaven: A Love Story” by Jay Lake, a group of mercenaries in Mongolia are hired on what appears to be a routine mission: pass themselves off as Ukrainian mercenaries and stage a week-long hostage-taking. But when the hostage […]
Continue ReadingBaen’s Universe, Vol. 2, No. 5: February 2008
This issue of Baen’s universe has the usual mix of science fiction and fantasy stories, plus one story in the Introducing section: “End of the Line” by Holly Messinger.
“The Smartest Mob…(a parable about times soon to come)” by David Brin is set in the future after dirty bombs hit Washington and part of […]
Baen’s Universe, December 2007
The December, 2007, issue of Baen’s Universe begins with “Laws of Survival” by Nancy Kress. The human race has all but destroyed itself in a final War, and the survivors eke out a living, sorting out the garbage left by Domes—mysterious alien constructions that appeared after the War. Jill is one of these survivors, […]
Continue ReadingAsimov’s, March 2008
In the March, 2008, issue of Asimov’s, Brian Stableford depicts a world overrun by biotech in “Following the Pharmers.” Daniel Anderson has retired to a remote part of the Yorkshire Everglades, hoping to be left alone. He once worked for a big pharmaceutical corporation, but has now virtually stopped growing bio-engineered plants—keeping only a few […]
Continue ReadingWastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse, edited by John Joseph Adams
Following a brief but insightful preface outlining the history of post-apocalyptic fiction, editor John Joseph Adams begins Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse with Stephen King’s “The End of the Whole Mess,” an Omni story from 1986. King’s narrator, freelancer Howard Fornoy, is a writer with a deadline. He has to tell the story of the […]
Continue ReadingAsimov’s, January 2008
The January 2008 issue of Asimov’s offers a variety of tales, ranging from straightforward SF to subtle fantasy.
In “Alastair Baffle’s Emporium of Wonders” by Mike Resnick, Silver and Gold are two old men who met each other as kids in the titular shop, which purports to sell magic tricks. They are now ninety-year-olds in […]
Analog, July/August 2007
In his Hugo-nominated novel, Eifelheim, based on a short story of the same name that appeared in Analog (11/1986), Michael F. Flynn demonstrated an understanding of the way the thought processes of Medieval man differ from modern man. It is so much more than just a matter of believing in “superstitions.” In “Quaestiones Super […]
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