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Apex Magazine #6
Apex Magazine, Issue 6, December 2009
Apex Magazine is a monthly science fiction, fantasy, and horror magazine featuring original, mind-bending short fiction from many of the top pros of the field. New issues are released on the first Tuesday of every month.
Contents of this issue:
59 Beads · Rochita Loenen-Ruiz
Overclocking · James L. Sutter
All the Wonder in the World · Lavie Tidhar
Interview with B.J. Burrow · Whitney Mims
Contents of this issue:
59 Beads · Rochita Loenen-Ruiz
Overclocking · James L. Sutter
All the Wonder in the World · Lavie Tidhar
Interview with B.J. Burrow · Whitney Mims
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First published December 7, 2010
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August 5, 2013
Overall: 3 Stars
According to the Apex website (and Amazon, B&N, and other retailers), this is actually Issue 5. I have no idea why it is labeled as issue 6 on Goodreads.
De Bodard's story is fantastic, but the other two are meh to terrible. These selections do not make me want to pick up the anthology the editor put out. If this is the best world Sci-fi authors have to offer, we are in trouble.
Favorite: "After the Fire" by Aliette de Bodard
Worst: "An Evening in the City Coffeehouse, With Lydia on My Mind" by Alexsander Ziljak
“After the Fire” by Aliette de Bodard
5 Stars
Jiaotan is woken from hibernation to convince her sister to fix the ship that contains the last survivors of Earth.
I loved how Chinese culture was seamlessly blended into the sci-fi setting. De Bodard is a master of beautiful evocative imagery and has created one of the most unique sci-fi worlds I've read in awhile. Definitely a writer to watch.
“Benjamin Schneider’s Little Greys” by Nir Yaniv
2.5 Stars
The hypochondriac Benjamin Scheider continually visits Dr. Katz's clinic, until there appears to be some a strange truth behind all his claims.
This story had the air of a mysterious, sci-fi mystery at first, but the denouncement left me scratching my head. I'm afraid I just didn't get it. Also, I can't tell if it was the translator or the author, but there was some strange language used, such as a grown man referring to his stomach as his "tummy."
“An Evening in the City Coffeehouse, With Lydia on My Mind” by Alexsander Ziljak
1.5 Stars
A hacker who makes porn by spying and filming people's lives. When he comes across the perfect subject, her dark secret may be his end. Ho hum, so original.
Don't let the Simon and Garfunkel-esque title fool you. Jesus, can I please have a story written by a male author that doesn't have someone pissing themselves/an erection/mentioning their penis? How about not using female characters as purely sexual objects? The Lydia of the title, the perfect unknowing porn star specimen . Don't worry, we get lots of gory details. *eyeroll* I mean, am I really supposed to feel bad for a guy who spies on people and violates their privacy? And then turns their private moments into porn? Uh...no. Seriously, this story was almost satirical in everything sexist in Sci-fi. It was well written and suspenseful and I did finish it, so that counts for something?
Nope.
You can read the full magazine for free here! If you like what you read, support the magazine by buying a copy for your e-reader.
According to the Apex website (and Amazon, B&N, and other retailers), this is actually Issue 5. I have no idea why it is labeled as issue 6 on Goodreads.
De Bodard's story is fantastic, but the other two are meh to terrible. These selections do not make me want to pick up the anthology the editor put out. If this is the best world Sci-fi authors have to offer, we are in trouble.
Favorite: "After the Fire" by Aliette de Bodard
Worst: "An Evening in the City Coffeehouse, With Lydia on My Mind" by Alexsander Ziljak
“After the Fire” by Aliette de Bodard
5 Stars
Jiaotan is woken from hibernation to convince her sister to fix the ship that contains the last survivors of Earth.
I loved how Chinese culture was seamlessly blended into the sci-fi setting. De Bodard is a master of beautiful evocative imagery and has created one of the most unique sci-fi worlds I've read in awhile. Definitely a writer to watch.
“Benjamin Schneider’s Little Greys” by Nir Yaniv
2.5 Stars
The hypochondriac Benjamin Scheider continually visits Dr. Katz's clinic, until there appears to be some a strange truth behind all his claims.
This story had the air of a mysterious, sci-fi mystery at first, but the denouncement left me scratching my head. I'm afraid I just didn't get it. Also, I can't tell if it was the translator or the author, but there was some strange language used, such as a grown man referring to his stomach as his "tummy."
“An Evening in the City Coffeehouse, With Lydia on My Mind” by Alexsander Ziljak
1.5 Stars
A hacker who makes porn by spying and filming people's lives. When he comes across the perfect subject, her dark secret may be his end. Ho hum, so original.
Don't let the Simon and Garfunkel-esque title fool you. Jesus, can I please have a story written by a male author that doesn't have someone pissing themselves/an erection/mentioning their penis? How about not using female characters as purely sexual objects? The Lydia of the title, the perfect unknowing porn star specimen . Don't worry, we get lots of gory details. *eyeroll* I mean, am I really supposed to feel bad for a guy who spies on people and violates their privacy? And then turns their private moments into porn? Uh...no. Seriously, this story was almost satirical in everything sexist in Sci-fi. It was well written and suspenseful and I did finish it, so that counts for something?
Nope.
You can read the full magazine for free here! If you like what you read, support the magazine by buying a copy for your e-reader.
October 25, 2016
Unfortunately, none of the stories really stood out to me.
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