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The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, June/July 2009
The June/July 2009 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction leans towards the latter end of the combination with only two of the nine stories which could really be called ‘fantasy’. However, this is not to say that there isn’t a wealth of good material for the eager reader. All of the stories [...]
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, April/May 2009
The April/May 2009 issue of the Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction will be its first since moving over to its new bi-monthly format, and while the magazine will come less often, it will be a thicker beast when it does show up on the stands or in your mailbox. As with last issue, there’s [...]
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, March 2009
March is here and that means a new issue of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction! There are stories both old and new this issue, and they offer a good mix of the genres. This issue is stuffed with everything from whispering boils and dragons composed of music to a hell-bound train and religious [...]
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, February 2009
The February 2009 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction lives up to its name, with stories from both categories and one that could be either (or neither). As usual, the stories are a good mix of the complex and the deceptively simple, with the subjects ranging from ghost cars to shadow-traders, with [...]
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, January 2009
Perhaps it’s the credit crunch and the sudden collapse of the world’s economies into crisis. Perhaps January issues are a smart place to dump weaker stories. Whatever the reason, after a couple of quite strong issues recently, this outing of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction feels like a particularly weak effort.
Reading Jim Aikin’s [...]
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, December 2008
The December 2008 issue of the Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction has a variety of stories (well, six) all of which touch on a common theme of reality slippage, where the normal is turned ever so slightly off-kilter and something old becomes something very new indeed. From strange political machinations to the dead rising, [...]
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Oct-Nov 2008
This special double issue of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction contains pieces by a number of genre big names, including Michael Swanwick, Terry Bisson, mundane science fiction movement founder Geoff Ryman, and Stephen King.
Laurel Winter’s “Going Back in Time” is a light, brief riff on the incoherence of a world where quantum uncertainty [...]
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, September 2008
There’s a distinctly dystopian feel to September’s F&SF, with three of the seven stories featuring variations on the theme. All three posit worlds in which things appear to be better than they are now, yet in each of them the masque of social contentment hides a world of emptiness and spiritual corruption.
Paolo Bacigalupi’s “Pump [...]
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, August 2008
Opening the August 2008 F&SF is “Childrun” by Marc Laidlaw in which bard Gorlen Vizenfirthe comes to the eponymous town where all the children have mysteriously vanished, leaving only a fat, monstrous child reminiscent of the huge baby Boh in Spirited Away. This last child is coddled by the villagers and by the schoolteacher, Ansylla, [...]
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, July 2008
As the fourth issue of my run reviewing The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, I was keen to see how the July, 2008, edition measured up against my expectations. To date, I have taken equal parts inspiration and frustration from the magazine. Would the latest installment tip the balance in one direction or the [...]
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, June 2008
P.E.Cunningham’s “Monkey See” in the June, 2008, Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction is a lighthearted heroic fantasy tale, complete with wizards, magic, and of course, a talking sword. Ji is a Zhindi warrior. Whilst investigating a potential threat to the Emperor, she arrives at an apparently abandoned village, only to find [...]
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, May 2008
The May 2008 issue of the Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction kicks off with a hint of horror provided by Albert E. Cowdrey’s “Thrilling Wonder Stories.” Knowledgeable science fiction readers might recognise the title as a reference to a real (and recently relaunched) pulp magazine, and the story is set in the era of [...]
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, April 2008
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction is well known as one of the longest running venues for speculative fiction and as one of the “Big Three” print magazines for the science fiction genre, alongside Analog and Asimov’s. While the smallest of the three in terms of circulation, F&SF’s reputation for quality and the discovery [...]
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, March 2008
In the March, 2008, issue of Fantasy & Science Fiction Alexander Jablokov sees the Cold War technology race through the eyes of “The Boarder,” Vassily, a Soviet ex-pat living in Andrew’s U.S. basement. As a metallurgist who helped to develop Sputnik, he follows the U.S. space program with avidity, influencing young Andrew with his criticisms. [...]
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, February 2008
In the first short story, “Balancing Accounts” by James L. Cambias, of the February 2008 issue of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Annie is a sentient spaceship (I think) whose owners allow her the independence to seek out and trade for metal, electronics, and other supplies needed for interstellar travel. Mostly, Annie thinks in a [...]
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