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Asimov's Science Fiction, July 2012
CONTENTS
Novelettes
"Old Paint" by Megan Lindholm
"Alive and Well, A Long Way From Anywhere" by Allen M. Steele
"Long Night on Redrock" by Felicity Shoulders
Short Stories
"The Girl in the Park" by Robert Reed
"Kill Switch" by Benjamin Crowell
"Zip" by Steven Utley
"Bird Walks in New England" by Michael Blumlein
Poetry
"Fix" by Gord Sellar
"Terraformations" by Robert Frazier
Departments
"Editorial: The Secret Sharer" by Sheila Williams
"Reflections: Life in the Future" by Robert Silverberg
"On Books" by Peter Heck
"SF Conventional Calendar" by Erwin S. Strauss
Asimov's Science Fiction, July 2012, Vol. 36, No. 7 (Whole No. 438)
Sheila Williams, editor
Cover art by Tomislav Tikulin
Novelettes
"Old Paint" by Megan Lindholm
"Alive and Well, A Long Way From Anywhere" by Allen M. Steele
"Long Night on Redrock" by Felicity Shoulders
Short Stories
"The Girl in the Park" by Robert Reed
"Kill Switch" by Benjamin Crowell
"Zip" by Steven Utley
"Bird Walks in New England" by Michael Blumlein
Poetry
"Fix" by Gord Sellar
"Terraformations" by Robert Frazier
Departments
"Editorial: The Secret Sharer" by Sheila Williams
"Reflections: Life in the Future" by Robert Silverberg
"On Books" by Peter Heck
"SF Conventional Calendar" by Erwin S. Strauss
Asimov's Science Fiction, July 2012, Vol. 36, No. 7 (Whole No. 438)
Sheila Williams, editor
Cover art by Tomislav Tikulin
116 pages, ebook
First published July 1, 2012
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Sheila Williams
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Sheila Williams is the editor of Asimov's Science Fiction magazine. She is also the recipient of the 2012 Hugo Award for Best Editor, Short Form.
Sheila grew up in a family of five in western Massachusetts. Her mother had a master's degree in microbiology. Ms. Williams’ interest in science fiction came from her father who read Edgar Rice Burroughs books to her as a child. Later Ms. Williams received a bachelor's degree from Elmira College in Elmira, New York, although she studied at the London School of Economics during her junior year. She received her Master's from Washington University in St. Louis. She is married to David Bruce and has two daughters.
She became interested in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine (as it was then titled) while studying philosophy at Washington University. In 1982 she was hired at the magazine, and worked with Isaac Asimov for ten years. While working there, she co-founded the Dell Magazines Award for Undergraduate Excellence in Science Fiction and Fantasy Writing (at one time called the Isaac Asimov Award for Undergraduate Excellence in Science Fiction and Fantasy writing). In 2004, with the retirement of Gardner Dozois, she became the editor of the magazine.
Along with Gardner Dozois she also edited the "Isaac Asimov's" anthology series. She also co-edited A Woman's Liberation: A Choice of Futures by and About Women (2001) with Connie Willis. Most recently she has edited a retrospective anthology of fiction published by Asimov's: Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine: 30th Anniversary Anthology. Booklist called the book "A gem, and a credit to editor Williams."
She has been nominated for 4 Hugo Awards as editor of Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine.
See also Sheila Williams's entry in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database.
Sheila Williams is the editor of Asimov's Science Fiction magazine. She is also the recipient of the 2012 Hugo Award for Best Editor, Short Form.
Sheila grew up in a family of five in western Massachusetts. Her mother had a master's degree in microbiology. Ms. Williams’ interest in science fiction came from her father who read Edgar Rice Burroughs books to her as a child. Later Ms. Williams received a bachelor's degree from Elmira College in Elmira, New York, although she studied at the London School of Economics during her junior year. She received her Master's from Washington University in St. Louis. She is married to David Bruce and has two daughters.
She became interested in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine (as it was then titled) while studying philosophy at Washington University. In 1982 she was hired at the magazine, and worked with Isaac Asimov for ten years. While working there, she co-founded the Dell Magazines Award for Undergraduate Excellence in Science Fiction and Fantasy Writing (at one time called the Isaac Asimov Award for Undergraduate Excellence in Science Fiction and Fantasy writing). In 2004, with the retirement of Gardner Dozois, she became the editor of the magazine.
Along with Gardner Dozois she also edited the "Isaac Asimov's" anthology series. She also co-edited A Woman's Liberation: A Choice of Futures by and About Women (2001) with Connie Willis. Most recently she has edited a retrospective anthology of fiction published by Asimov's: Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine: 30th Anniversary Anthology. Booklist called the book "A gem, and a credit to editor Williams."
She has been nominated for 4 Hugo Awards as editor of Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine.
See also Sheila Williams's entry in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database.
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June 11, 2025
I like reading SF magazines when life gets busy in some way, shape, or form, so I started this issue before picking up a business nonfiction book that I read for my company for my company and finished it afterwards. Hence, my reading experience was a little fractured, but that's the fun of short fiction magazines. This was a pretty average installment of *Asimov's*, with a couple highs and some lows that I probably won't remember a month or two from now; let's dig straight into it.
--Megan Lindholm (better known to you as Robin Hobb) kicks this issue off with "Old Paint," a short story about single motherhood and self-driving cars. Our family of focus is a bit down in their luck, so when our protagonist and her older brother's mother inherits a self-driving truck from their late grandfather and father, respectively, they keep it in the family. A series of vignettes ensues about things like the brother taking it in for a nanotech paint job before things get serious and the truck is . This is the kind of story that's only a few minutes into the future, and while I would've liked to see a bit more extrapolation about the kinds of future tech they've whipped up besides self-driving cars, the real heart of this story is the relationship between the mother and her children and what their truck teaches them about each other. It's filled with understanding and while there's no great thematic revelation at the end of the story, that's because this is just a slice-of-life, but it's in a small enough package to be heart-warming and memorable. This is just the right kind of Cozy SF, the kind that seeks to explore the universal relationships that make up humankind, and I give it an 8/10.
--The issue, sadly, never reaches that peak again. Next up is "The Girl in the Park" by Robert Reed. I really enjoyed his novel *Down the Bright Way* last year and am poised to read *Marrow* this month, but this story didn't do nearly as much for me. Maybe I read it too late at night, but... it just didn't move me or affect me or imprint much on me. It's told through the lens of a man whose father has dementia and occasionally remembers this experience he had when he was approached by this girl in a prostitute's garb, and after some detectives arrive in the present day, it seems this girl may have become a victim of ; it's a rather good ending, but the lead into it failed to impress me or get me too interested. This one might just need another read, honestly. But for now... 6.5/10.
--"Kill Switch" by Benjamin Crowell is another okay story. It's about a saxophone player who has genetic modifications thanks to her parents that make her more musical, but then she decides to swap her gender to male and ends up meeting a woman and wanting to . Like "Old Paint," this is kind of a slice-of-life story about what people and families could be like in the future. This future isn't solely enabled to gender-swapping (although that's definitely an aspect of it), but it wasn't all that interesting. There's some nice sentiment at times, but where "Old Paint" felt like a pointed glimpse into the human condition, this just made me feel aimless. I would never say that a story was a waste of time, but this wasn't quite the best use - 6/10.
--I usually like Allen Steele, and "Alive and Well, a Long Way from Anywhere" - a Near Space story - was no exception. It's about a recently divorced father who gave up a career in political PR because he was sick of lying to people and follows him as he takes up the role of the public face of a world-famous spacetech company founder named Jerry, who's decided to leave Earth behind and live the rest of his life in an asteroid. The relationship between them and the things Jerry manages to do from space (like ) are touching, and Steele's stainless prose (no pun intended) is clean and engaging. I liked it a good amount - a 7.75/10 will do, I reckon.
--I swear we're almost done with disappointments, but "Zip" by Steven Utley wasn't great either. It's one of his time travel short stories, which I've read here 'n there, and it features time travelers who travel into North America's past and think they might have destroyed the future. So what do you do now? Do you hang tight and wait for the end to come to you, or do you run? It's a fine question, but we don't even get to see if their answer was right, and nothing beforehand was too interesting. Just... I think he's been writing these time travel stories for too long (at least twenty-five years) - 5.75/10.
--Michael Blumlein's "Bird Walks in New England" is barely a science fiction story. Its only novum is an unusual-looking bird which has legs jointed like a plantigrade animal (humans, bears, etc) would. This woman who had recently taken up birdwatching (a hobby acquired from her darkly dashing husband when they met at a very young age, which he drifted away from once she grew interested), sees this bird and tries to spread the word, but no one else can find it and it gets her ostracized from that community at the same point when . This really is the domestic issue of *Asimov's*... this story's nice and has a solid heart to it and seeks to look at marriage in a certain limelight, which I haven't exactly experienced but don't mind reading about. I think it's a well-done, if slightly blasé and unrelatable-for-me story. 7/10.
--A fitting way to close out this issue of *Asimov's* is a story about a nuclear family, such as this issue's cover story, "Long Night on Redrock" by Felicity Shoulders. The nuclear family in question lives on a kind of backwater planet, and both of the parents are ex-military. When an offworlder comes snooping around their property they fear it's so he can steal their crops at night, but the truth is worse than they imagined: he wants to kidnap their kids and take them offworld. He takes them through . That big "emotional" twist at the end of the story kind of feels like a fake out... I guess I was looking for something meatier... but I like the setup of everything even if this does feel longer than it has to be. But I wasn't bored, even through the redundant conversations. Do I sound indecisive yet?... 7/10, I think. Solid story.
These stories round out to a 6.85, but I think I'll round the whole issue down to a 6.5/10. Out of seven stories, there are only two - "Alive and Well, a Long Way from Anywhere" and "Old Paint" - which I think are real good and will stick with me. Others range from solid to pointless - it's a alright issue, but nothing above average. I'll probably read another one of these before the year is over, but we'll see; anyways, I think it's time to go back to reading and reviewing some novels. See you around the Goodreads, and until next time, enjoy your reads...
--Megan Lindholm (better known to you as Robin Hobb) kicks this issue off with "Old Paint," a short story about single motherhood and self-driving cars. Our family of focus is a bit down in their luck, so when our protagonist and her older brother's mother inherits a self-driving truck from their late grandfather and father, respectively, they keep it in the family. A series of vignettes ensues about things like the brother taking it in for a nanotech paint job before things get serious and the truck is . This is the kind of story that's only a few minutes into the future, and while I would've liked to see a bit more extrapolation about the kinds of future tech they've whipped up besides self-driving cars, the real heart of this story is the relationship between the mother and her children and what their truck teaches them about each other. It's filled with understanding and while there's no great thematic revelation at the end of the story, that's because this is just a slice-of-life, but it's in a small enough package to be heart-warming and memorable. This is just the right kind of Cozy SF, the kind that seeks to explore the universal relationships that make up humankind, and I give it an 8/10.
--The issue, sadly, never reaches that peak again. Next up is "The Girl in the Park" by Robert Reed. I really enjoyed his novel *Down the Bright Way* last year and am poised to read *Marrow* this month, but this story didn't do nearly as much for me. Maybe I read it too late at night, but... it just didn't move me or affect me or imprint much on me. It's told through the lens of a man whose father has dementia and occasionally remembers this experience he had when he was approached by this girl in a prostitute's garb, and after some detectives arrive in the present day, it seems this girl may have become a victim of ; it's a rather good ending, but the lead into it failed to impress me or get me too interested. This one might just need another read, honestly. But for now... 6.5/10.
--"Kill Switch" by Benjamin Crowell is another okay story. It's about a saxophone player who has genetic modifications thanks to her parents that make her more musical, but then she decides to swap her gender to male and ends up meeting a woman and wanting to . Like "Old Paint," this is kind of a slice-of-life story about what people and families could be like in the future. This future isn't solely enabled to gender-swapping (although that's definitely an aspect of it), but it wasn't all that interesting. There's some nice sentiment at times, but where "Old Paint" felt like a pointed glimpse into the human condition, this just made me feel aimless. I would never say that a story was a waste of time, but this wasn't quite the best use - 6/10.
--I usually like Allen Steele, and "Alive and Well, a Long Way from Anywhere" - a Near Space story - was no exception. It's about a recently divorced father who gave up a career in political PR because he was sick of lying to people and follows him as he takes up the role of the public face of a world-famous spacetech company founder named Jerry, who's decided to leave Earth behind and live the rest of his life in an asteroid. The relationship between them and the things Jerry manages to do from space (like ) are touching, and Steele's stainless prose (no pun intended) is clean and engaging. I liked it a good amount - a 7.75/10 will do, I reckon.
--I swear we're almost done with disappointments, but "Zip" by Steven Utley wasn't great either. It's one of his time travel short stories, which I've read here 'n there, and it features time travelers who travel into North America's past and think they might have destroyed the future. So what do you do now? Do you hang tight and wait for the end to come to you, or do you run? It's a fine question, but we don't even get to see if their answer was right, and nothing beforehand was too interesting. Just... I think he's been writing these time travel stories for too long (at least twenty-five years) - 5.75/10.
--Michael Blumlein's "Bird Walks in New England" is barely a science fiction story. Its only novum is an unusual-looking bird which has legs jointed like a plantigrade animal (humans, bears, etc) would. This woman who had recently taken up birdwatching (a hobby acquired from her darkly dashing husband when they met at a very young age, which he drifted away from once she grew interested), sees this bird and tries to spread the word, but no one else can find it and it gets her ostracized from that community at the same point when . This really is the domestic issue of *Asimov's*... this story's nice and has a solid heart to it and seeks to look at marriage in a certain limelight, which I haven't exactly experienced but don't mind reading about. I think it's a well-done, if slightly blasé and unrelatable-for-me story. 7/10.
--A fitting way to close out this issue of *Asimov's* is a story about a nuclear family, such as this issue's cover story, "Long Night on Redrock" by Felicity Shoulders. The nuclear family in question lives on a kind of backwater planet, and both of the parents are ex-military. When an offworlder comes snooping around their property they fear it's so he can steal their crops at night, but the truth is worse than they imagined: he wants to kidnap their kids and take them offworld. He takes them through . That big "emotional" twist at the end of the story kind of feels like a fake out... I guess I was looking for something meatier... but I like the setup of everything even if this does feel longer than it has to be. But I wasn't bored, even through the redundant conversations. Do I sound indecisive yet?... 7/10, I think. Solid story.
These stories round out to a 6.85, but I think I'll round the whole issue down to a 6.5/10. Out of seven stories, there are only two - "Alive and Well, a Long Way from Anywhere" and "Old Paint" - which I think are real good and will stick with me. Others range from solid to pointless - it's a alright issue, but nothing above average. I'll probably read another one of these before the year is over, but we'll see; anyways, I think it's time to go back to reading and reviewing some novels. See you around the Goodreads, and until next time, enjoy your reads...
July 31, 2012
A good issue with interesting stories by Megan Lindholm, Robert Reed, Felicity Shoulders and a fun story about life on an asteroid by Allen M.Steel.
- "Old Paint" by Megan Lindholm: in a future when self-driving cars are a reality, a family inherits an old car from their grandfather. As the story progresses, the children grow up rebellious and the car's personality starts to weave itself into their lives. And then cars are infected by malicious software and the family must decide whether to trust their lives to their car.
- "The Girl in the Park" by Robert Reed: an old man re-tells a story about meeting a girl in a park to his son and asks for his help to find her. As the story progresses and we find out more details about the girl through the son, we also learn details about the future world, torn apart by a nano-weapon and the role the girl would have in saving the world.
- " Kill Switch" by Benjamin Crowell: in a future where people can be mentally-enhanced, a couple have to decide between switching off their enhancements and allowing their child to develop unhindered.
- "Alive and Well, A Long Way From Anywhere" by Allen M.Steel: the story of the relationship between an extremely wealthy man who goes to live on an asteroid by himself and his spokesperson who eventually has to protect him from a boardroom coup.
- " Zip" by Steven Utley: as a group travel back in time, they appear to see the future disintegrate before them by a 'wave'. Now they have to decide; should they keep going back in time to 'run away' from the 'wave' or stop and meet their future head-on.
- "Bird Walks in New England" by Michael Blumlein: the title has two meanings; both explored in this tale about bird watching and believing in each other.
- "Long Night on Redrock" by Felicity Shoulders: two children are kidnapped and taken in the area known as Redrock, where your nightmares can take form and possibly kill you. But are the children's parents strong enough to enter and save them when the nightmares of their time in the space marines come back to haunt them?
- "Old Paint" by Megan Lindholm: in a future when self-driving cars are a reality, a family inherits an old car from their grandfather. As the story progresses, the children grow up rebellious and the car's personality starts to weave itself into their lives. And then cars are infected by malicious software and the family must decide whether to trust their lives to their car.
- "The Girl in the Park" by Robert Reed: an old man re-tells a story about meeting a girl in a park to his son and asks for his help to find her. As the story progresses and we find out more details about the girl through the son, we also learn details about the future world, torn apart by a nano-weapon and the role the girl would have in saving the world.
- " Kill Switch" by Benjamin Crowell: in a future where people can be mentally-enhanced, a couple have to decide between switching off their enhancements and allowing their child to develop unhindered.
- "Alive and Well, A Long Way From Anywhere" by Allen M.Steel: the story of the relationship between an extremely wealthy man who goes to live on an asteroid by himself and his spokesperson who eventually has to protect him from a boardroom coup.
- " Zip" by Steven Utley: as a group travel back in time, they appear to see the future disintegrate before them by a 'wave'. Now they have to decide; should they keep going back in time to 'run away' from the 'wave' or stop and meet their future head-on.
- "Bird Walks in New England" by Michael Blumlein: the title has two meanings; both explored in this tale about bird watching and believing in each other.
- "Long Night on Redrock" by Felicity Shoulders: two children are kidnapped and taken in the area known as Redrock, where your nightmares can take form and possibly kill you. But are the children's parents strong enough to enter and save them when the nightmares of their time in the space marines come back to haunt them?
September 2, 2023
Rating only for the sweet touching story "Old Paint" by Megan Lindholm
September 3, 2019
The included fiction is:
• Old Paint • novelette by Megan Lindholm
• The Girl in the Park • shortstory by Robert Reed
• Fix • poem by Gord Sellar
• Kill Switch • shortstory by Benjamin Crowell
• Alive and Well, A Long Way From Anywhere • novelette by Allen M. Steele
• Zip • shortstory by Steven Utley
• Bird Walks in New England • shortstory by Michael Blumlein
• Terraformations • poem by Robert Frazier
• Long Night on Redrock • novella or novelette by Felicity Shoulders
This issue has the sort of stories that I enjoy in the magazine. First off, Robin Hobb using her Megan Lindholm pen name reminds me how much I enjoy the Lindholm storis. "Old Paint" is set in the middle of the 21st century I'd guess, and 'Old Paint' is a vintage car from the 2020's. A woman's great grandfather has died and left the car to her (and her pre-teen and teenage kids). Let's call this future nostalgia since the car is quite future modern by our standards. There is a multi-generation family story in here and under this wrapper a tale about the smart cars of the future and what might happen when the hackers hack the smartcars. Editors Gardener Dozois and David Hartwell both selected "Old Paint" for inclusion in their annual "Year's Best" anthologies.
Robert Reed's "The Girl in the Park" is another good one. The prolific Reed writes very good stories and I am rarely disappointed. This story is set in a rather ruined future.
By the third story I was wondering if this was something of a theme issue, where in the future, future tech has a downside, or unintended consequences. However, the remaining stories mixed it up.
Allen Steele (an author who rarely disappoints me) delivers an impressive glimpse of a future about 50-80 years from now regarding solar system exploration but at a very down to earth, human level. I really liked this one all the way to the end.
When finished, I decided that my two favorite stories were the novelettes by Megan Lindholm and Allen Steele as a very close 1/2 rank. I thought the weakest was the short story "Bird Walks in New England" by Michael Blumlein, primarily because it was very much out of place with the other stories. It is a relationship story with only a slight SFnal element. I think something like the old Ladies Home Journal with the "Can this marriage be saved" column might have been a good choice for "Bird Walks in New England". The cover story and longest story in the issue, "Long Night on Redrock" was close to novella length. Not really my cuppa but I can guess that some readers would enjoy it more than I did.
What impressed me was that there was not a bad story in the bunch. How Refreshing.
• Old Paint • novelette by Megan Lindholm
• The Girl in the Park • shortstory by Robert Reed
• Fix • poem by Gord Sellar
• Kill Switch • shortstory by Benjamin Crowell
• Alive and Well, A Long Way From Anywhere • novelette by Allen M. Steele
• Zip • shortstory by Steven Utley
• Bird Walks in New England • shortstory by Michael Blumlein
• Terraformations • poem by Robert Frazier
• Long Night on Redrock • novella or novelette by Felicity Shoulders
This issue has the sort of stories that I enjoy in the magazine. First off, Robin Hobb using her Megan Lindholm pen name reminds me how much I enjoy the Lindholm storis. "Old Paint" is set in the middle of the 21st century I'd guess, and 'Old Paint' is a vintage car from the 2020's. A woman's great grandfather has died and left the car to her (and her pre-teen and teenage kids). Let's call this future nostalgia since the car is quite future modern by our standards. There is a multi-generation family story in here and under this wrapper a tale about the smart cars of the future and what might happen when the hackers hack the smartcars. Editors Gardener Dozois and David Hartwell both selected "Old Paint" for inclusion in their annual "Year's Best" anthologies.
Robert Reed's "The Girl in the Park" is another good one. The prolific Reed writes very good stories and I am rarely disappointed. This story is set in a rather ruined future.
By the third story I was wondering if this was something of a theme issue, where in the future, future tech has a downside, or unintended consequences. However, the remaining stories mixed it up.
Allen Steele (an author who rarely disappoints me) delivers an impressive glimpse of a future about 50-80 years from now regarding solar system exploration but at a very down to earth, human level. I really liked this one all the way to the end.
When finished, I decided that my two favorite stories were the novelettes by Megan Lindholm and Allen Steele as a very close 1/2 rank. I thought the weakest was the short story "Bird Walks in New England" by Michael Blumlein, primarily because it was very much out of place with the other stories. It is a relationship story with only a slight SFnal element. I think something like the old Ladies Home Journal with the "Can this marriage be saved" column might have been a good choice for "Bird Walks in New England". The cover story and longest story in the issue, "Long Night on Redrock" was close to novella length. Not really my cuppa but I can guess that some readers would enjoy it more than I did.
What impressed me was that there was not a bad story in the bunch. How Refreshing.
August 24, 2025
This was a good magazine! I enjoyed all 3 novellettes. "Old Paint" by Megan Lindholm,
"Alive and Well, A Long Way From Anywhere" by Allen M. Steele and
"Long Night on Redrock" by Felicity Shoulders
Short fiction, hit or miss. Enjoyed "The Girl in the Park" by Robert Reed and "Bird Walks in New England" by Michael Blumlein.
I was also reminded by the editorial to pick up Robert Sheckley again. I read a couple of books in the past, but he was celebrated for his short stories so will get a few of those. Silverberg discusses gizmo fatigue as to why he hasn't picked up a kindle. I get it. I have no desire to even discover the latest upgrades on my Kindle Signature; I just want to read.
"Alive and Well, A Long Way From Anywhere" by Allen M. Steele and
"Long Night on Redrock" by Felicity Shoulders
Short fiction, hit or miss. Enjoyed "The Girl in the Park" by Robert Reed and "Bird Walks in New England" by Michael Blumlein.
I was also reminded by the editorial to pick up Robert Sheckley again. I read a couple of books in the past, but he was celebrated for his short stories so will get a few of those. Silverberg discusses gizmo fatigue as to why he hasn't picked up a kindle. I get it. I have no desire to even discover the latest upgrades on my Kindle Signature; I just want to read.
April 10, 2013
Novelettes:
Old Paint by Megan Lindholm ***1/2
Alive and Well, A Long Way From Anywhere by Allen M. Steele ***
Short stories:
The Girl In The Park by Robert Reed **1/2
Kill Switch by Benjamin Crowell **
Zip by Steven Utley ***
Bird Walk In New England by Michael Blumlein ****
Long Night On Bedrock by Felicity Shoulders ***1/2
Old Paint by Megan Lindholm ***1/2
Alive and Well, A Long Way From Anywhere by Allen M. Steele ***
Short stories:
The Girl In The Park by Robert Reed **1/2
Kill Switch by Benjamin Crowell **
Zip by Steven Utley ***
Bird Walk In New England by Michael Blumlein ****
Long Night On Bedrock by Felicity Shoulders ***1/2
July 12, 2015
No real duds, but few really outstanding stories this issue. My favorite was Allen M. Steele's "Alive and Well, a Long Way From Anywhere," an exploration of an eccentric's psyche and what drives him to a true isolation from the rest of humanity.
June 29, 2012
Nice balance of stories.
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March 5, 2019A great collection of stories that appealed to me even though I'm not particularly drawn to sci-fi. There was a clear human appeal in the stories that transcended the sci-fi elements. The three novelettes have stayed with me more than the others.
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