Catching Up: March/April/May 2006
This is a short review of magazines from back in March/April/May of 2006 (I'm a little behind).
F&SF, March 2006: None of the stories received top grades (A-/A/A+) from me. My favorite was "Czesko" by Ef Deal, because of its storytelling style and somewhat different subject and plot.
F&SF, April 2006: None of the stories received top grades from me, but several got strong B/B+ grades: "Gardening at Night" by Daryl Gregory, "IKlawa" by Donald Mead, "The Moment of Joy Before" by Claudia O'Keefe, and "Starbuck" by Robert Reed. My favorite was "IKlawa" because I enjoyed the alternate history and the look at a subject that is rarely treated in science fiction (Africa in the 19th century).
Asimov's, April/May 2006: This was a marvelous issue, as several stories received top grades and the overall quality of stories was very high.
"Inclination" by William Shunn was an intriguing and touching coming-of-age tale of life on a spaceship; "The Final Flight of the Blue Bee" by James Maxey was a very enjoyable "real-world" superhero tale focused on the characters behind the legends; "The Osteomancer's Son" by Greg van Eekhout a very moving yet hard-boiled story of the son of a magician; and "The Walls of the Universe" was a fun yarn about a farmboy and multiple universes. My favorites (tie) were "The Osteomancer's Son" and "Inclination".
F&SF, March 2006: None of the stories received top grades (A-/A/A+) from me. My favorite was "Czesko" by Ef Deal, because of its storytelling style and somewhat different subject and plot.
F&SF, April 2006: None of the stories received top grades from me, but several got strong B/B+ grades: "Gardening at Night" by Daryl Gregory, "IKlawa" by Donald Mead, "The Moment of Joy Before" by Claudia O'Keefe, and "Starbuck" by Robert Reed. My favorite was "IKlawa" because I enjoyed the alternate history and the look at a subject that is rarely treated in science fiction (Africa in the 19th century).
Asimov's, April/May 2006: This was a marvelous issue, as several stories received top grades and the overall quality of stories was very high.
"Inclination" by William Shunn was an intriguing and touching coming-of-age tale of life on a spaceship; "The Final Flight of the Blue Bee" by James Maxey was a very enjoyable "real-world" superhero tale focused on the characters behind the legends; "The Osteomancer's Son" by Greg van Eekhout a very moving yet hard-boiled story of the son of a magician; and "The Walls of the Universe" was a fun yarn about a farmboy and multiple universes. My favorites (tie) were "The Osteomancer's Son" and "Inclination".
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