David H.’s Reviews > The Year's Best Science Fiction: First Annual Collection > Status Update
David H.
is 23% done
Cicada Queen - Sterling: Shaper/Mechanist story, kinda complicated.
Beyond the Dead Reef - Tiptree: More of a horror story, but not effective.
Slow Birds - Watson: Darkly fascinating story about what happens to 2 brothers in a messed up world.
Vulcan's Forge - Anderson: An uninteresting story about a man's emotional support ship.
Man-Mountain Gentian - Waldrop: Skipping (reading in another collection)
— Oct 08, 2025 03:01PM
Beyond the Dead Reef - Tiptree: More of a horror story, but not effective.
Slow Birds - Watson: Darkly fascinating story about what happens to 2 brothers in a messed up world.
Vulcan's Forge - Anderson: An uninteresting story about a man's emotional support ship.
Man-Mountain Gentian - Waldrop: Skipping (reading in another collection)
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David H.
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Nearly Departed - Cadigan: A Deadpan Allie story, delving into a dead mind.
Hearts Do Not in Eyes Shine - Kessel: A couple erases their memories (yes, like that unrelated movie).
Carrion Comfort - Simmons: A "psychic" vampire reflects on the past.
Gemstone - Vinge: A young girl and her grandmother have a mysterious stone.
Black Air - Robinson: A young man is part of the Spanish Armada & its travails.
— Oct 18, 2025 01:06AM
Hearts Do Not in Eyes Shine - Kessel: A couple erases their memories (yes, like that unrelated movie).
Carrion Comfort - Simmons: A "psychic" vampire reflects on the past.
Gemstone - Vinge: A young girl and her grandmother have a mysterious stone.
Black Air - Robinson: A young man is part of the Spanish Armada & its travails.
David H.
is 79% done
Blood Music - Bear: Reread. A big ole nanotech whoopsie-doodle.
Her Furry Face - Kennedy: What the fuck, lol. I guess I can see why it was controversial back then.
Knight of Shallows - Lee: A pretty fun multiversal story of possibilities.
The Cat - Wolfe: A Book of the New Sun story. I guess it was interesting.
The Monkey Treatment - Martin: Literalizing stuff like this is what makes SF/F really fun.
— Oct 15, 2025 11:58PM
Her Furry Face - Kennedy: What the fuck, lol. I guess I can see why it was controversial back then.
Knight of Shallows - Lee: A pretty fun multiversal story of possibilities.
The Cat - Wolfe: A Book of the New Sun story. I guess it was interesting.
The Monkey Treatment - Martin: Literalizing stuff like this is what makes SF/F really fun.
David H.
is 60% done
The Sidon in the Mirror - Willis: Somewhat convoluted, but an intriguing tragedy.
Golden Gate - Lafferty: Odd story about basically a dinner theater.
Blind Shemmy - Dann: Psychic mental gambling game, meh.
In the Islands - Murphy: Mysterious half-human/half-fish-creature boy.
Nunc Dimittis - Lee: Well-written fantasy bit with a vampire's servant.
— Oct 15, 2025 07:31PM
Golden Gate - Lafferty: Odd story about basically a dinner theater.
Blind Shemmy - Dann: Psychic mental gambling game, meh.
In the Islands - Murphy: Mysterious half-human/half-fish-creature boy.
Nunc Dimittis - Lee: Well-written fantasy bit with a vampire's servant.
David H.
is 41% done
Hardfought - Bear: A novella about humans and aliens in a millennia long fight.
Manifest Destiny - Haldeman: A bit of historical Texas fun.
Full Chicken Richness - Davidson: The origins of this chicken soup at the diner.
Multiples - Silverberg: He takes the concept of singles bar and expands it to those with DID.
Cryptic - McDevitt: Investigating a mysterious signal from 20 years ago and why it wasn't announced.
— Oct 10, 2025 02:36PM
Manifest Destiny - Haldeman: A bit of historical Texas fun.
Full Chicken Richness - Davidson: The origins of this chicken soup at the diner.
Multiples - Silverberg: He takes the concept of singles bar and expands it to those with DID.
Cryptic - McDevitt: Investigating a mysterious signal from 20 years ago and why it wasn't announced.
