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This issue was worth everything just for the short story "Tired of the same old quests" I really wish my friend Kirk were around to have read that one.
Retroactive Review (12 Sep 2021): They put in a "Diving Universe" novella (really a short novel) by Kristine Kathryn Rusch. What a contrast to her story in Galactic Empires. There just something about her Diving books that I can't stand or bore me--I read Diving into the Wreck six years ago, and never bothered to continue the series. This novella just reconfirmed that. Anyway, the other short stories were decent, though a couple seemed pointless/plotless ("Triceratops" and "Persephone of the Cro...
This was one of the most enjoyable issues I've read. There wasn't a single story that bogged down my reading!The featured (short) novel was "The Runabout" by Kristine Katherine Rusch. The novel takes place in the same universe as her "Diving" stories ( some of my favorites) and the crew of the "Ivoire", who find themselves 5,000 years in their future. The "Boss" and her team hear strange music coming from an old runabout in "the Boneyard." It's source is from a piece of technology that former Fl...
Novella"The Runabout" by Kristine Kathryn RuschNovelettes"Come as You Are" by Dale Bailey 4 stars"Night Fever" by Will Ludwigsen 3 starsShort Stories"On the Ship" by Leah Cypess 4 stars"Good Show" by William Preston 4 stars"The Escape of the Adastra: Asha's Story" by James Gunn 2 1/2 stars"Tired of the Same Old Quests?" by Peter Wood 3 stars"The Best Man" by Jay O'Connell 2 stars"Triceratops" by Ian McHugh 2 stars"Persephone of the Crows" by Karen Joy Fowler 2 1/2 stars
Best story: "Night Fever" by Will Ludwigsen. Pairs well with Little Heroes.
The reliable Asimov's Science Fiction delivers another reliable installment of compelling fiction. Kristine Kathryn Rusch's novella "The Runabout" is the most compelling in this collection - and the longest. The shorter stories offering compelling thought experiments and a so-so alternative history of Charles Manson as a disco king.
Really interesting issue. A few real home runs for me, and almost all the stories did something unusual, interesting, or exciting.My standout stories:"On the Ship," by Leah Cypess. Something is sorely amiss aboard the colony ship St. Louis. But surely the next planet on their list will be habitable -- or the one after that?Both the tension and its underlying significance build up throughout the story. Very nicely done; recommended."Persephone of the Crows," by Karen Joy Fowler. Fowler is one of
Hacía bastante tiempo que no leía un Asimov completo, cosa de medio año o desde que pasó a ser bimensual, y la verdad es que parece que no ha mejorado mucho.El primer cuento, "On The Ship" es muy bueno y casi original, quizás candidato a algún premio (gracias, Locus, por el chivatazo), pero ya está. Los demás son la típica combinación de morralla y mainstream camuflado de ciencia ficción, como el cuento "Come as you are", en el que se narra cómo dos amigas se introducen en el mundo de las drogas...
Okay, this issue gets 5 stars simply for 'Night Fever' by Will Ludwigsen, an 'alternate history' yarn with Charles Manson as a DJ at Studio 54, and in conversation with Truman Capote ... to the eternal beat of 'Dancing Queen'.
I liked "On the Ship" by Leah Cypess
