{"id":430,"date":"2011-11-15T20:00:55","date_gmt":"2011-11-15T10:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.markwebb.name\/?p=430"},"modified":"2013-01-11T15:53:31","modified_gmt":"2013-01-11T05:53:31","slug":"analog-november-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markwebb.name\/?p=430","title":{"rendered":"Analog – November 2011 – review"},"content":{"rendered":"

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With Unclean Hands<\/em>\u00a0by Adam-Troy Castro was an interesting novella about cultural misunderstanding between alien species. The main character, Andrea Cort, has apparently appeared in previous Analog published stories that I haven’t read, although this story comes first chronologically. I enjoyed the writing, but there was a lot of extra detail obviously designed to give some more back story for the Andrea Cort character for people that have read and enjoyed the previous stories.<\/p>\n

I also enjoyed\u00a0Chumbolone<\/em>\u00a0by Bill Johnson, a story about a West Wing style political operatives having to make some odd deals with some strange characters in order to get his candidate over the line. I liked the premise and the reference to Babbage’s Analytical Engine was a fun aside (a friend did his honours thesis on Babbage’s Analytical Engine, so I always enjoy a reference).<\/p>\n

The Boneless One<\/em>\u00a0by Alex Nevala-Lee was well written and frankly a little disturbing. I won’t say too much, but it’s a good little mystery with some horror themes.<\/p>\n

Other stories in this edition included:<\/p>\n