reading (Asimov's April/May 2007)
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eorI finished the last of the stories in this month's Asimov's yesterday evening. This was the 30th anniversary issue and quite thick. There were a dozen short stories, two novellas, a novelette, plus the departments.
I won't go through all the stories because there were a lot of them and part of the value in the issue is the variety, but I'll mention a few. William Barton's characters and feel in "The Rocket Into Planetary Space" reminded me of Heinlein. Allen Steele didn't give me the ending I wanted in "The River Horses", but his ending had integrity and was true to the characters. I don't have to like it, but I have to respect it. Many of the shorter works oozed with unreality that was made startlingly real by the salt of loss, regret, or a similar sharp emotion.
16. Asimov's April/May 2007
I won't go through all the stories because there were a lot of them and part of the value in the issue is the variety, but I'll mention a few. William Barton's characters and feel in "The Rocket Into Planetary Space" reminded me of Heinlein. Allen Steele didn't give me the ending I wanted in "The River Horses", but his ending had integrity and was true to the characters. I don't have to like it, but I have to respect it. Many of the shorter works oozed with unreality that was made startlingly real by the salt of loss, regret, or a similar sharp emotion.
16. Asimov's April/May 2007
