I debated ceasing these Asimov’s reviews, now that I’ve had a story appear in Escape Pod. Every issue there’s a story, or two, that doesn’t work for me, and I have zero interest in dickishly bad-mouthing the work of others. … Continue reading →
It’s Labor Day! Enjoy some watermelon and a hot dog! Catch up on a series on Netflix! Get some sleep! Don’t come crying to me about your pressing need to get the whole Lonazep Tournament thing resolved. Lonazep goes on and … Continue reading →
FYI, my story “Nutshell” is this week’s episode of the science fiction podcast Escape Pod The reader, Alasdair Stuart, did a tremendous job bringing the story to life. Check it out why don’t you? I was surprised to hear it, actually; … Continue reading →
Has it been a year since I started doing this? Dang, man, time passes. I’d like to think I’m getting better at articulating why I like some stories better than others, but who knows? Also, I think I’ve finally gotten … Continue reading →
Man, dates! Here we are just past summer’s true and proper beginning, and already the next issue of Asimov’s promised me is the September issue, to be followed by the October/November double issue. The 2012 Oct/Nov double issue, of course, … Continue reading →
Picking up from yesterday with the second half of this issue. The TL;DR verdict is that it’s a pretty okay issue, not as good as the June issue but the June issue was really stellar. Gray Rinehart asks What is … Continue reading →
After what felt like an interminable wait, Asimov’s for July 2013 arrived in my mailbox last week. I’m sure you’re dying to know my thoughts, and how many adjectives I squeeze in. Halotype 1402, by Ted Kosmata, runs ~11 page, … Continue reading →
Hello! 1) So the responses to my question last Friday were overwhelmingly of this nature. “I like reading what you write five days a week, or maybe I just like knowing that it’s there and I could read it if … Continue reading →
Ken Liu’s “the Oracle” (third person past tense, ~8.5 pages) similarly presents the social change from a major invention through someone whose life is severely impacted, even ruined, by it. Here, though, the focus is strictly on the personal. On … Continue reading →
Privilege theory comes up again, briefly, in “Julian of Earth,” by Colin P. Davies (third person past tense, ~14 pages). Tarn Erstbauer, native of an impoverished colony world, has parleyed the one major event of his youth into a wan … Continue reading →
