Angles for a sentimental conclusion it didn't entirely earn. Sep 25, Jovan Trujillo rated it it was amazing.
Publication: The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, November-December 2011
Always a great feeling when I finish reading one of these magazines. This one had a lot of stories I have forgotten about because of the long gaps between reading. It got pretty beat up being carried everywhere I go. One story got me reflecting on how cynical I can be with certain things. I look forward to writing in my book journal and moving on to the next issue in my backlog. Dec 24, Heather Pagano rated it really liked it Shelves: I'm glad I read the issue.
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- Fantasy & Science Fiction, November/December by Gordon Van Gelder.
Short stories were solidly in the middle of the spectrum- some pretty good, some very good. There were no stellar standouts, but not a single story was subpar, either.
- The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, November/December by C.C. Finlay.
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- Slow Cooking for One.
The story about Santa's elves was good seasonal fun. Apr 11, Kayla rated it liked it. My favorite piece was the book review Jul 02, Meran rated it really liked it. There are eleven short stories and novellas in this latest issue. A good collection with some quality work, even one Christmas themed story. Overall rating is 4. Friesner Cook hated the cats that her employer insisted onadopting and feeding every day.
She wanted nothing to do with them. So when a stray appears, she literally throws him out. While away on an enforced vacation, others who feed the cats fall into good fortune. A great twist on Puss in Boots, al There are eleven short stories and novellas in this latest issue. A great twist on Puss in Boots, although Cook got off too lightly, if you ask me. Cowdrey When gold is discovered on what the expedition engineer likes to call Earth II, the medical officer has an idea to smuggle some back home.
The idea grows into a complicated plan as she gathers greedy accomplices who can make it happen. But there will be a high price to pay. Double-cross becomes triple-cross as the people involved let their greed destroy what little honor they might have had. An engrossing tale of human frailties. She is called home by her mother after an ex-lover is kidnapped, becoming one of the Disappeared.
The stories that can be the hardest to read are those based on truth. Dolores knows you cannot turn back time, no matter how hard you might try. With the help of Cascor the Discriminator, Raffalon learns much more than he possibly wants to know. This, the last of the Raffalon stories, is the first that I've read. He is a most interesting character with a strong sense of self-preservation. I tend to forget that Dozois is as fine a writer as he is an editor. This is so short a tale, yet so intense. From symptoms that indicate radiation sickness to the tutor's shocking, yet sensible, efforts to survive the trip back through the still glowing bones of thousands of dead dragons in a land where nothing seems to live.
There is no proof and he is ultimately let go from his job. Police detective O, haunted by the case, asks his childhood friend and novelist An to concoct a story to explain what happened. This is the kind of creepy story that would make a good Twilight Zone episode. Although, for me, this type of story always works better in visual form.
A group of employees test that rule over the years. The result is always the same, the individual urged into the room never returns. No solution given to the core mystery, just chills. Shoanna Yildirim was a mighty duelist, her opponent equally so. But Shoanna's sponsors aren't as wealthy as Kara's, causing Kara's sponsors to break the rules in an effort to take over. The rivals band together, fighting back. Shoanna and Kara are strong women of honor, even when faced with dishonor from those they fight for.
One may have arranged for the murder of Lucas' friend, a concept that was too hard for humans to accept. Another is worried about her missing husband. I'm not certain what to say about this story. I liked it, yet struggled to write a synopsis.
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It was strange and interesting and intriguing and most extraordinary. The blues itself has been pushed aside by audiences that want speed, fast music that they can dance to. Knowing his time is almost up, H0race goes looking for the Rhythm Man to make a special deal. Dear God, that last line destroyed me! As painful as it might be, Horace appears to believe his choice was correct. Nov 08, John Loyd rated it it was amazing Shelves: Cook is disgusted that she has to feed nineteen cats and when a stray comes in she shoos it out before the master can adopt it.
Fear not cat lovers, the rest of the characters in the story adore cats. Gold is discovered on Omega-Alpha. Anna, Guy and Sazonov plot together to find a way to smuggle it home. Anna's lover, Chuck, makes it a gang of four. Chuck may be dumb, but he isn't stupid, and started to put things together. Dolores is a doliente, someone who helps family with the grieving process at funerals.
Melody and twelve others have been disappeared. Her mother asks Dolores per Melody's request to come home to the funeral. Melody was an activist and Dolores spent three years with her. They parted ways and Dolores took her services to high paying customers, i. The turmoil that Dolores feels is very well done, I just couldn't wrap myself around the premise or maybe it's funerals. Raffalon survives an attempt on his life and goes to the discriminator, Cascor, to find out why the Guild of Vindicators is targeting him.
He survives a second attempt on his life and Cascor saves him from a third, but this leads to a bigger mystery of who was framing him. Martin discovers a pass through the alps to the Dragonland. He and his tutor make the trip. My problem with the story is the characters are sight seers, they don't take measurements or samples of the bones they just keep going until their supplies run out.
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The director of an art museum one day looks at a painting and declares it a fake. A detective on the case talks with a friend to find an explanation. Anyone who goes alone into the special collections room of the library disappears.
The workers there strive to know what is going on, but also relish the mystery. I'm not a fan of horror type stories but I liked this one. Emin's mentor, Mistress Yildirim, has had many grand duels with Kara Ramadami. They are the greatest Kavalye the city has known. Too great really, if Yildirim loses the Onsen would be bankrupt paying her favor.
Lucas is a private investigator that works for backups. Currently working on a case and getting a call from another backup to find out what happened to her original. Lucas bikes to Passelande, along the way meeting up with his new friends Alexis and Bracken. On the trip the new client keeps talking to Lucas, when they get to Passelande we get more background about the first client.
Intriguing premise of people backing themselves up to the cloud and these entities not being static. Horace is a once successful horn player who now can't get much of an audience. Charlie Pepper tells him that he saw the Rhythm Man prompting Horace to renew his search. This years graduating class left Arctopolis to go on to the next thing, but almost all are pulled back to work for Santa. Tongue in cheek tone. The narrator is talking is such a cheery manner describing what might be a less than ideal situation for those graduates. This wasn't one of the better issues.
It has a couple of good stories, but nothing that I'd urge people to rush out to buy it for. A mean woman gets her just reward. Cowdrey - The Farmboy - 3 stars - Planetary exploration meets human greed. This story read like something from the 50s. Lilliam Rivera - Between Going and Staying - 4 stars - This one reads well and touches your emotions, but doesn't surrender by giving you This wasn't one of the better issues. Lilliam Rivera - Between Going and Staying - 4 stars - This one reads well and touches your emotions, but doesn't surrender by giving you the expected happy ending.
An adventure in a city of thieves, the final tale in a series of stories about the same character. It has a Michael Moorcock type ending: Was there a crime? Is there a there? In a city where individual gladiators fight to avoid larger battles between opposing families, the gladiators show their true honor when one family breaks the truce. Robert Reed - Passelande - 2 stars - A man who works by cell phone as a killer for hire? Or maybe just a helper for hire? Computerized duplicates of people kept as 'backups' but independently aware?
Feb 18, Jay rated it liked it. Pretty decent collection this month, my favorite this issues is a toss up between Merry Christmas and Lord Elgin.
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