2014 Books 30 & 31: Lightspeed Magazine
Book 30: Lightspeed Magazine March 2014 edited by John Joseph Adams, isbn: none. online/ebook, Lightspeed, 225 pages, $3.99
The Premise: (from the Goodreads page): Novella (eBook exclusive)
"The Lucky Strike" by Kim Stanley Robinson
Short Stories - Science Fiction
"Break! Break! Break!" by Charlie Jane Anders (reprint)
"How to Get Back to the Forest" by Sofia Samatar
"The Mao Ghost" by Chen Qiufan (translation by Ken Liu)
"Turnover" by Jo Walton (reprint)
Short Stories - Fantasy
"A Different Fate" by Kat Howard
"A Drink for Teddy Ford" by Robert Jackson Bennett (reprint)
"Phalloon the Illimitable by Matthew Hughes
"The Armies of Elfland" by Eileen Gunn and Michael Swanwick
Novel Excerpts (eBook exclusives)
"Sand" by Hugh Howey
"The Milkman: A Free World Novel" by Michael J. Martineck
Edited by John Joseph Adams
Cover Art (& Artist Spotlight) Mark Zug
My Rating: Four out of five stars
My Thoughts: Another solid issue. As usual, my thoughts on the individual stories can be found in the 365shortstories community here on LJ, with the tag Lightspeed. Favorites this issue were the Charlie Jane Anders, Chen Quifan, and Kat Howard stories.
Book 31: Lightspeed Magazine April 2014 edited by John Joseph Adams, isbn: none. online/ebook, Lightspeed, 225 pages, $3.99
The Premise: (from the Goodreads page): Novella (eBook exclusive)
"The Autopsy" by Michael Shea (reprint 1980 from Magazine of fantasy & Science Fiction)
Short Stories - Science Fiction
"Codename: Delphi" by Linda Nagata
"Francisca Montoya’s Almanac of Things That Can Kill You" by Shaenon K. Garrity
"Complex God" by Scott Sigler (reprint from 2014 from Robot Uprising)
"Exhalation" by Ted Chiang (reprint 2008 from Eclipse 2)
Short Stories - Fantasy
"Observations About Eggs from the Man Sitting Next to Me on a Flight from Chicago, Illinois to Cedar Rapids, Iowa" by Carmen Maria Machado
"The Day the World Turned Upside Down" by Thomas Olde Heuvelt
"Alsiso" by K. J. Bishop (reprint 2004 from The Alsiso Project)
"The Only Death in the City" by C. J. Cherryh (reprint 1981 from Sunfall)
Novel Excerpts (eBook exclusives)
"After Party" by Daryl Gregory
"Steles of the Sky" by Elizabeth Bear
Bonus Content
"Legend of RoboNinja" by Brooke Bolander
Edited by John Joseph Adams
Cover Art (& Artist Spotlight): Remi Le Capon
My Rating: 4 out of five stars
My Thoughts: A solid issue. When I finally post the individual story reviews for this issue, they'll be visible and the link above. Favorites in this issue: Cherryh's "The Only Death in the City," Linda Nagata's "Codename Delphi," the Garrity and Sigler stories.
The Premise: (from the Goodreads page): Novella (eBook exclusive)
"The Lucky Strike" by Kim Stanley Robinson
Short Stories - Science Fiction
"Break! Break! Break!" by Charlie Jane Anders (reprint)
"How to Get Back to the Forest" by Sofia Samatar
"The Mao Ghost" by Chen Qiufan (translation by Ken Liu)
"Turnover" by Jo Walton (reprint)
Short Stories - Fantasy
"A Different Fate" by Kat Howard
"A Drink for Teddy Ford" by Robert Jackson Bennett (reprint)
"Phalloon the Illimitable by Matthew Hughes
"The Armies of Elfland" by Eileen Gunn and Michael Swanwick
Novel Excerpts (eBook exclusives)
"Sand" by Hugh Howey
"The Milkman: A Free World Novel" by Michael J. Martineck
Edited by John Joseph Adams
Cover Art (& Artist Spotlight) Mark Zug
My Rating: Four out of five stars
My Thoughts: Another solid issue. As usual, my thoughts on the individual stories can be found in the 365shortstories community here on LJ, with the tag Lightspeed. Favorites this issue were the Charlie Jane Anders, Chen Quifan, and Kat Howard stories.
Book 31: Lightspeed Magazine April 2014 edited by John Joseph Adams, isbn: none. online/ebook, Lightspeed, 225 pages, $3.99
The Premise: (from the Goodreads page): Novella (eBook exclusive)
"The Autopsy" by Michael Shea (reprint 1980 from Magazine of fantasy & Science Fiction)
Short Stories - Science Fiction
"Codename: Delphi" by Linda Nagata
"Francisca Montoya’s Almanac of Things That Can Kill You" by Shaenon K. Garrity
"Complex God" by Scott Sigler (reprint from 2014 from Robot Uprising)
"Exhalation" by Ted Chiang (reprint 2008 from Eclipse 2)
Short Stories - Fantasy
"Observations About Eggs from the Man Sitting Next to Me on a Flight from Chicago, Illinois to Cedar Rapids, Iowa" by Carmen Maria Machado
"The Day the World Turned Upside Down" by Thomas Olde Heuvelt
"Alsiso" by K. J. Bishop (reprint 2004 from The Alsiso Project)
"The Only Death in the City" by C. J. Cherryh (reprint 1981 from Sunfall)
Novel Excerpts (eBook exclusives)
"After Party" by Daryl Gregory
"Steles of the Sky" by Elizabeth Bear
Bonus Content
"Legend of RoboNinja" by Brooke Bolander
Edited by John Joseph Adams
Cover Art (& Artist Spotlight): Remi Le Capon
My Rating: 4 out of five stars
My Thoughts: A solid issue. When I finally post the individual story reviews for this issue, they'll be visible and the link above. Favorites in this issue: Cherryh's "The Only Death in the City," Linda Nagata's "Codename Delphi," the Garrity and Sigler stories.