2013 Book One: Lightspeed, January 2013 issue
Book 01: Lightspeed Magazine, January 2012 edited by John Joseph Adams, isbn 2940016165653, ebook, pages variable, Lightspeed, $14.99
The Premise: A monthly magazine featuring 4 original sf & fantasy stories, 4 reprints, interviews, and a novel excerpt in the ebook edition. Goodreads counts certain magazines as books, so I'm counting them as well, to keep my counts consistent.
My Rating: 4 stars
My Thoughts: Another fine issue of Lightspeed. Full disclosure, I did in fact read this issue at the very end of 2012, because I'm the proofreader for the e-book editions. Because the issue came out in 2013, though, I'm counting it as the first read of 2013. I enjoyed every story in this particular issue, but have to mention particularly:
"The Sounds of Old Earth" by Matthew Kressel. I'm a sucker for genre stories that occur in the places I've lived, and I spent a crazy home-sick semester at SUNY New Paltz. Kressel managed to hit me with a wave of nostalgia just with the few details of the area that he brings into the story.
"Child Empress of Mars" by Theodora Goss. The story disturbed me on an interesting level, giving an extremely original take on the classic "sword and planets" genre.
"The Cambist and Lord Iron" by Daniel Abraham. The world Abraham creates for the story really intrigued me.
The Premise: A monthly magazine featuring 4 original sf & fantasy stories, 4 reprints, interviews, and a novel excerpt in the ebook edition. Goodreads counts certain magazines as books, so I'm counting them as well, to keep my counts consistent.
My Rating: 4 stars
My Thoughts: Another fine issue of Lightspeed. Full disclosure, I did in fact read this issue at the very end of 2012, because I'm the proofreader for the e-book editions. Because the issue came out in 2013, though, I'm counting it as the first read of 2013. I enjoyed every story in this particular issue, but have to mention particularly:
"The Sounds of Old Earth" by Matthew Kressel. I'm a sucker for genre stories that occur in the places I've lived, and I spent a crazy home-sick semester at SUNY New Paltz. Kressel managed to hit me with a wave of nostalgia just with the few details of the area that he brings into the story.
"Child Empress of Mars" by Theodora Goss. The story disturbed me on an interesting level, giving an extremely original take on the classic "sword and planets" genre.
"The Cambist and Lord Iron" by Daniel Abraham. The world Abraham creates for the story really intrigued me.