Asimov's Science Fiction March/April 2018
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beccaelizabethI just finished reading this issue, with a bit of a pause in the middle.
Bury me in the Rainbow, by Bill Johnson, is worth the cover price of itself. Good novella about people being people, but different and unexpected people interacting with different and unexpected aliens. I felt like I understood where they were coming from and how their world worked. Even though it don't work like that around here. Which is what story is for.
I also liked "Because Reasons" by Alexandra Renwick, recognisable human in that, writing to someone who is going away. Really far away.
"Queen of the River: The Harbour Hope" is about a colony going low tech so a steam riverboat getting through is super important. It was evocative. Adventure, new place.
I think I liked a bunch of the others in a vague sort of way.
The trouble is they're either short or dark or both, and I've realised I stopped reading most fanfic that's less than ten thousand words because it just sits there being a snip or an idea and I feel like I got one bite of dinner. And dark isn't what I need more of at the moment. A bunch of stories about finding new hope after grief are nice and useful, but slip out of my head because they're not today's thing.
So I liked this issue okay, but I'm not sure short is working for me.
I should go read one of the dozen novels on the unread pile, logically...
Bury me in the Rainbow, by Bill Johnson, is worth the cover price of itself. Good novella about people being people, but different and unexpected people interacting with different and unexpected aliens. I felt like I understood where they were coming from and how their world worked. Even though it don't work like that around here. Which is what story is for.
I also liked "Because Reasons" by Alexandra Renwick, recognisable human in that, writing to someone who is going away. Really far away.
"Queen of the River: The Harbour Hope" is about a colony going low tech so a steam riverboat getting through is super important. It was evocative. Adventure, new place.
I think I liked a bunch of the others in a vague sort of way.
The trouble is they're either short or dark or both, and I've realised I stopped reading most fanfic that's less than ten thousand words because it just sits there being a snip or an idea and I feel like I got one bite of dinner. And dark isn't what I need more of at the moment. A bunch of stories about finding new hope after grief are nice and useful, but slip out of my head because they're not today's thing.
So I liked this issue okay, but I'm not sure short is working for me.
I should go read one of the dozen novels on the unread pile, logically...