{"id":960,"date":"2012-04-16T07:50:56","date_gmt":"2012-04-15T21:50:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.markwebb.name\/?p=960"},"modified":"2013-01-02T08:24:40","modified_gmt":"2013-01-01T22:24:40","slug":"analog-april-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markwebb.name\/?p=960","title":{"rendered":"Analog – April 2012 – review"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Analog Science Fiction and Fact<\/a>\u00a0for April 2012.<\/p>\n

The Most Invasive Species<\/em>\u00a0by\u00a0Susan Forest<\/a>\u00a0is a very interesting piece exploring the application of human cultural bias onto alien species. With this kind of story there is always the danger of the end result being a little preachy, but a good choice of protagonist and solid story telling allowed Ms Forest to avoid that fate.<\/p>\n

Ecce Signum<\/em>\u00a0by\u00a0Craig DeLancey<\/a>\u00a0has at its heart a couple of very interesting ideas – an extrapolation of mobile technology to the point where people don’t really even need to speak to each other anymore, and the idea of genetically engineering people to take a longer term view of life on the planet. This was a well written story, with good pacing and an interesting future world painted in enough detail to provide great food for thought. As is my custom, I won’t say anything about the end of the novel except to speculate that the story must have been influenced by the current world obsession with Wikileaks!<\/p>\n

I liked the twist in\u00a0A Delicate Balance<\/em>\u00a0by\u00a0Kevin J. Anderson<\/a>, and thought the world of the restrictive colony environment was very well realised.<\/p>\n

To Serve Aliens (Yes, It’s a Cookbook)<\/em>\u00a0by\u00a0Eric James Stone<\/a>\u00a0was very funny. All hail our elephant overlords.<\/p>\n

Also in this issue:<\/p>\n