The most recent #AsimovsScienceFiction to appear in my mailbox features an absorbing cover future story from #GregEgan about a dementia sufferer's experimental brain implants that lead him to a partial recovery, but also highlights a world of techbro hype, conspiracy theories, and dubious intellectual property claims surrounding the technology. My favourite story in the collection was the beautiful, very short, 'Catch a Tiger in the Snow' by #RayNayler . Also nice to see a rare appearance of a New Zealand author in a #SciFi collection, #SeanMonaghan . @bookstodon #Bookstodon
Slightly odd issue of #AsimovsScienceFiction with four of ten stories which I wouldn't call science fiction at all. Not that I'm particularly invested in policing genre boundaries, but it seems strange to stray so far from the magazine's strengths. My favourite was the short but moving 'Lolo's Last Run' by E. M. Kerkman, and I also enjoyed stories by Ted Kosmatka and John Kessel.
New #AsimovsScienceFiction in the mail! Looking forward to getting started on it once I've finished my current read.
@scifi Finished the July/August issue of #AsimovsScienceFiction magazine. A bit of a rollercoaster of quality this issue, with the low point a story by Dominica Phetteplace that I found remarkably clumsily written. But, more importantly, very high high points: #RichLarson with a story that delivers everything from Lovecraftian horror, to a chase scene involving a drone with a flamethrower, to stoner comedy, and #SuzannePalmer , who I didn't believe I've ever read before, with a poignant and exciting cover story.
(Re)reading #asimov ‘s The Complete Robot stories. Interesting to see how up to date and relevant they are.
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New edition of #AsimovsScienceFiction just arrived in the mail! Looking forward to the #RichLarson in particular. @scifi
New #AsimovsScienceFiction delivered. So far I've only read the #HarryTurtledove story, which was great fun. Looking forward to the rest! @scifi
#FinishedReading my first of a subscription to #AsimovsScienceFiction magazine. With its wonky printing (page margins randomly shifting, print changing darkness across each page) it feels a bit like samizdat; I don't mind that, but surely they could have done better with the cover (credited only to image corporation Shutterstock). More importantly the stories were solid and entertaining, although not top tier. My favourites were 'The Hidden God' by #TRNapper and 'On the Night Shift' by #ZoharJacobs , one a satirical thriller of AI attaining sentience and declaring class war, the other a fairly realistic story of mission control for a Mars landing trying to work through a climate change induced superstorm on Earth. #NancyKress , one of my favourite short story writers, has part 1 of a 2 part story so I'm intrigued to see where that goes next issue! @scifi
Super excited to have received my first ever edition delivered of #AsimovsScienceFiction magazine! A featured story by Nancy Kress, who I've recently been getting into, seems like a good omen. #SF #SciFi
Getting a lot of good feedback on my novelette "A Family Matter". I may have to read it again to see what the fuss is about! #asimovssciencefiction