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Interzone, #215, April 2008
As befits a springtime issue, Interzone #215 offers six stories of transition, death, and new life (of one sort or another).
In “The Endling,” Jamie Barras introduces a host of interesting characters in a complex situation of interlocking fates. Wright is the last member of a human space colony taken captive by the Melzemi, aliens […]
Murky Depths #3
With the third issue of Murky Depths, it appears that the editorial team has hit its stride. The art is great, the pieces resonate better with each other, and the editorial hiccups have vanished.
Issue #3 starts out with a backwoods monster tale, “What’s Yours Is Mine” by Pike Stephenson, that opens with Tarantino flare. […]
Analog, May 2008
The May, 2008, issue of Analog starts off with a novella called “Test Signals” by David Bartell. There’s not much plotting here, despite a strong idea. Our hero, who is born with a defect—an extra pair of arms—learns that the company he works for is trying to patent the genetic material which gave him […]
Continue ReadingOn Spec, #71, Winter 2007/08
The Winter 2007/2008 issue of On Spec: The Canadian Magazine of the Fantastic is split about evenly between science fiction and fantasy and has two constants. You don’t know what’s coming next, but you can be sure it will be character-focused. I really enjoyed the previous issue, #70, of On Spec, and while I have […]
Continue ReadingShimmer, Vol 2, Issue 4, “The Art Issue”
Entitled “The Art Issue,” this issue of Shimmer begins with a Letter From the Art Director in place of the usual Letter From the Editor. The Art Director, Mary Robinette Kowal, explains the reasoning behind the issue: “we started with the art and ask writers to create their stories from these triggers.”
Save for the […]
Escape Velocity #2, February 2008
Adventure Books of Seattle brings us the second issue of the full-sized, glossy covered Escape Velocity: The Magazine of Science Fact and Fiction, which contains thirteen stories (seven fewer than the debut issue) and an assortment of articles, interviews, and poetry in its ninety-four pages. The first issue, in the corresponding review here at The […]
Continue ReadingLeading Edge #54
Leading Edge #54 opens with Laura Ware’s “Last Heir.” Our heroine, the solder Kele, rides to the palace to warn the royal family of the death of the king in battle. Prince Rennly is the new king; however, the Queen Mother (mother of the dead king and grandmother of the new king) uses […]
Continue ReadingAnalog, January-February 2008
Analog once again kicks off the year with a double issue. The 2008 January-February issue’s short fiction offerings include ten short stories and novelettes, as well as a “Probability Zero” piece, alternate history star Harry Turtledove’s “Worlds Enough, and Time”—a two-pager offering a quirky twist on the exogenesis hypothesis of how life began.
The first […]
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, April 2008
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction is well known as one of the longest running venues for speculative fiction and as one of the “Big Three” print magazines for the science fiction genre, alongside Analog and Asimov’s. While the smallest of the three in terms of circulation, F&SF’s reputation for quality and the discovery […]
Continue ReadingBlack Static #3
Black Static is a very stylized magazine, with an emphasis strongly put on layout, artwork, and design. On occasion, the white font against black background proves to be too straining on the eyes, but otherwise it’s a well put together product, offering a solid number of dark, edgy short stories that blur genre and subject […]
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