{"id":354,"date":"2011-11-01T06:52:58","date_gmt":"2011-10-31T20:52:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.markwebb.name\/?p=354"},"modified":"2013-01-11T15:52:12","modified_gmt":"2013-01-11T05:52:12","slug":"asimovs-science-fiction-octobernovember-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markwebb.name\/?p=354","title":{"rendered":"Asimov&#8217;s Science Fiction &#8211; October\/November 2011 &#8211; review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"top\" \/>\n<p id=\"top\" \/><em>Stealth <\/em>by Kristine Kathryn Rusch &#8211; an interesting novella exploring the rediscovery of dangerous stealth technology in the future. It is set in a universe created by Rusch in earlier works (which I&#8217;ve not read). Rusch is an award winning author, and it shows in the quality of the writing. I enjoyed the story, which jumped around in different time periods to show some of the backstory.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Man Who Bridged the Mist <\/em>by Kij Johnson &#8211; the second novella in this edition, more of a fantasy story but without heavy fantastical themes. I found myself really drawn in by the writing &#8211; this isn&#8217;t an action story by any stretch of the imagination, but I found it quite compelling.<\/p>\n<p><em>Free Dog<\/em>\u00a0by Jack Skillingstead is an interesting short story that postulates an extension of the internet to include the ability to create 3D copies of things.<\/p>\n<p>For a light hearted piece, I wouldn&#8217;t go past <em>To Live and Die in Gibbontown<\/em>\u00a0by Derek Kunsken. Set in some alternative timeline where sentient apes\/chimpanzees rule the world, it tells of an attempt by a macaque businessman who provides surprise euthanasia services to the elderly. Amusingly written &#8211; I liked the premise and the voice of Reggie the protagonist. Probably my favourite story in the magazine.<\/p>\n<p>Other stories included in this edition were:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>The Outside Event<\/em>\u00a0by Kit Read<\/li>\n<li><em>My Husband Steinn <\/em>by Eleanor Arnason<\/li>\n<li><em>The Cult of Whale Worship<\/em>\u00a0by Dominica Phetteplace<\/li>\n<li><em>This Petty Pace <\/em>by Jason K. Chapman<\/li>\n<li><em>The Pastry Chef, the Nanotechnologist, the Aerobics Instructor and the Plumber <\/em>by Eugene Mirabelli<\/li>\n<li><em>A Hundred Hundred Daisies <\/em>by Nancy Kress<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There are also several poems:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Being One With Your Broom<\/em>\u00a0by Ruth Berman<\/li>\n<li><em>Extended Family <\/em>by Bruce Boston<\/li>\n<li><em>The Music of Werewolves <\/em>by Bruce Boston<\/li>\n<li><em>Galileo&#8217;s Ink Spots Fade Into Twilight <\/em>by Geoffrey A. Landis<\/li>\n<li><em>Vampire Politics<\/em>\u00a0by Ruth Berman<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As always there was also various articles, including the editorial by Sheila Williams, the <em>Reflections<\/em>\u00a0article by Robert Silverberg and a discussion of Steampunk by James Patrick Kelly.<\/p>\n<p>Norman Spinrad reviews <em>Anathem<\/em>\u00a0by Neal Stephenson, <em>The Road<\/em>\u00a0by Cormac McCarthy, <em>The Lost Symbol<\/em>\u00a0by Dan Brown and\u00a0<em>Super Sad True Love Story<\/em>\u00a0by Gary Shtenygart &#8211; with a theme running through the reviews of &#8220;when are books that are not SF actually SF&#8221;. He sounds quite cranky about it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p id=\"top\"><\/p>\n<p id=\"top\"><\/p>Hi,\n<p>Welcome to Mark Webb&#8217;s author website. At this point the site is rather sparse &#8211; I&#8217;ve only recently started writing and there isn&#8217;t a lot to show for it right now. You can check out\u00a0<a title=\"All About Mark\" href=\"https:\/\/www.markwebb.name\/?page_id=11\">my biography<\/a>, see &hellip;<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[41,14,15],"class_list":["post-354","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","tag-asimovs","tag-review","tag-specfic"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.markwebb.name\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.markwebb.name\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.markwebb.name\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.markwebb.name\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.markwebb.name\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=354"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.markwebb.name\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1754,"href":"https:\/\/www.markwebb.name\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354\/revisions\/1754"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.markwebb.name\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.markwebb.name\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=354"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.markwebb.name\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}