Gerhard’s Reviews > Asimov's Science Fiction January/February 2020 > Status Update
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'You'll Live' B.S. Donovan *****
A short, sharp shock of a story. Social SF at its grimmest.
'The Kaleidoscope City' Doug C. Souza ***
'The Refraction of White Lies' Meredith Lozaga ***
'The Way to Compostela' Jean-Louis Trudel **
— Aug 08, 2020 12:12AM
A short, sharp shock of a story. Social SF at its grimmest.
'The Kaleidoscope City' Doug C. Souza ***
'The Refraction of White Lies' Meredith Lozaga ***
'The Way to Compostela' Jean-Louis Trudel **
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'The Way to Compostela' Jean-Louis Trudel **
'A Pack of Trucks' Leigh Cypress **
— Aug 07, 2020 09:35AM
'A Pack of Trucks' Leigh Cypress **
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'Go. Now. Fix.' Timons Esaias *****
Wow, just wow!
'The Antidote' Dominica Phetteplace **
Ambitious high-concept, but I didn't really connect with the characters.
— Aug 07, 2020 02:18AM
Wow, just wow!
'The Antidote' Dominica Phetteplace **
Ambitious high-concept, but I didn't really connect with the characters.
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'The Palace of Dancing Dogs' by Allen M. Steele ***
A continuation from Nov/Dec, but smart enough to be understandable and to stand on its own. A perceptive and effective take on 'human rights'.
— Aug 06, 2020 10:41AM
A continuation from Nov/Dec, but smart enough to be understandable and to stand on its own. A perceptive and effective take on 'human rights'.
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'Third Shift' by Mar Catherine Stratford **
Stock standard UFO abduction story that starts off promisingly about alienation, but then never quite lives up to that promise. This is a very, very difficult subject to make appear fresh in any kind of meaningful way.
— Aug 05, 2020 11:06PM
Stock standard UFO abduction story that starts off promisingly about alienation, but then never quite lives up to that promise. This is a very, very difficult subject to make appear fresh in any kind of meaningful way.
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'An Alien on Crete' by Neal Asher ****
A typically bleak Asher take on both First Contact and the post-scarcity world that SF upholds as the Holy Grail of social evolution. This is an ambitious story that is not entirely successful, especially the ending, but it is a fascinating read.
— Aug 04, 2020 09:58PM
A typically bleak Asher take on both First Contact and the post-scarcity world that SF upholds as the Holy Grail of social evolution. This is an ambitious story that is not entirely successful, especially the ending, but it is a fascinating read.
