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Not This Tide by Sheila Finch was amazing, my favorite novella of the year so far. It is a WWII story about a young girl who is trying to survive the bombing of London and her future self as an old woman being recognized for her efforts for peace. It also has her father manning an anti-aircraft gun in the English channel and the decisions he must make there. So good and emotional. - 5 The Reflection of White Lies by Meredith Lozaga Really solid short story that had a killer ending. It centers ar...
"The Antidote" by Dominica Phetteplace is one of my picks for the Best Short SFF of January 2020: https://1000yearplan.com/2020/02/01/t...
Simply!y fantastic. Every story was compelling.
The Palace of Dancing Dogs: 2/5Solid writing but I didn't end up caring much for the main character, the minor characters seemed to get a bit of a short shrift, and I have a pet peeve against stories that describe, at length, a piece of technology with which I'm intimately familiar (like a light bulb).Not This Tide: 4/5Really lovely writing, this story makes me care about the characters involved. There were 2 things that stopped me from giving this a 5/5. 1) I didn't quite get why the father's s...
First issue Ive ever bought for a sci-fi periodical and has raised the bar immensely for me. The longer pieces weren't my favourites, but several of the short stories profoundly moved and captivated my attention. I dont have much sci-fi reading history to which I can compare originality or concepts, but I will treasure the stories within for a good while regardless. Imaginative, exciting, good reads.
This issue has several stories that I loved, including a poem by one of my favorites, Jane Yolen ("Taking Care"). Ms. Yolen uses fairy tale and folktale tropes and gives them a fresh twist and this poem is no exception. It begins with an epigraph by Ursula K. LeGuin: "All wizards, including writers, are extremely careful about their spells." (What a great writing prompt!)Another favorite of mine, Allen M. Steele, makes an appearance with another chapter in his Tawcety series. The only catch was
This was my first issue of Asimov's (I have a few on the 'to read' pile) and I enjoyed it thoroughly. It's an interesting setup, with a mix of short stories, novelettes and novellas. All of the stories were really good and a number were excellent. I particularly enjoyed "An Alien on Crete" (creative and analytical), "Third Shift" (well-developed, flawed characters), "Go. Now. Fix." (incredibly creative and moving), and "The Way to Compostela" (cool world building / setting).Looking forward to re...
A solidly enjoyable issue. I liked very much:“The Palace of Dancing Dogs” by Allen M. Steele, in his stories about humans crash-landing on an inhabited planet. In this one, we start to learn more about the society that hosts the humans…. This whole series of tales reminds me of CJ Cherryh’s Foreigner series of books — two very different riffs on a similar premise.“GO. NOW. FIX.” By Timons Esaias, a tale about an AI emotional support unit that goes above and beyond.“Not this Tide”, by Sheila Finc...
Here are my favorite stories:- The Palace of Dancing Dogs by Allen Steele. The continuing saga of the human settlers on Tawcenty and their ongoing low-level conflict with the indigenous Cetans. A human contingent makes a surreptitious ocean voyage from their Pale of Settlement to a more advanced city/state of the Cetans. Along the way, the humans discover more about how they came to be on this world. Steele avoids making this a travelogue while building up to climatic scene between two long stan...
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"Not this Tide" by Sheila Finch. 80% romanzo storico e 20% fantascienza, la storia di copertina è senz’altro la più bella di questo numero. Il titolo è ispirato a una poesia di Kipling, dettata come altre dal dolore per il figlio perso nella I Guerra Mondiale. Il tema è appunto l’impatto della guerra sulle vite dei singoli, visto attraverso le esperienze (in parte autobiografiche) di una bambina che vive con la madre e la sorella nella Londra sottoposta ai bombardamenti delle V1 e delle prime V2...
I read the novella "Not this Tide" by Sheila Finch. It was really good.
An Alien on Crete by Neal Asher: the creepiness of an alien life form was neatly conveyed in this story, and I liked how the alien's intelligence and personality (?) came through. Also, some good twists in the story.The Palace of Dancing Dogs by Allen M. Steele: a return to this world, good imagination of entire cultures and histories.GO. NOW. FIX.: by Timons Esaias: a very satisfying story, with a penetrating glimpse into the moment by moment heroics of an undervalued entity.The Refraction of W...
A better than average issue. Some of my favorite stories were, “an alien on Crete” eight first contact story with a slowly building twist, “third shift” A very different sort of alien contact story featuring a non-binary character, “The palace of dancing dogs” which is a continuation of the adventures in “escape from sanctuary” which appeared in an earlier issue and The heartbreaking dystopian tail “you’ll live.”
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I liked "An Alien on Crete" by Neal Asher
Rating for ‘GO. NOW. FIX.’ by Timons Esaias.
I have the very bad habit of not reading anthologies or issues of magazines in which my own stories appear. Note, also, that I am required by law and custom to give this issue a minimum of five stars, since I'm in it. Six stars would not be too few.This three-grimace (pp. 21,25,74) volume contains two novellas, both of which are entertaining, if you are willing to accept the premises. I did better with Allen Steele's than Sheila Finch's "Not This Tide" due to some personal fussiness over the det...
