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eor1. Asimov's Jan/Feb 2022
I finished the most recent Asimov's quite a while ago, but I haven't gotten around to posting about it or finished any other books since.
Of the novellas, I preferred Nick Wolven's "Snowflake". I liked the world in Sean Monaghan's "Goldie", but it seemed like the powers that be came in to play or failed to inconsistently. I felt like with some further editing in the 2nd half the internal logic of the story could have worked better.
Of the novelettes, I like "River of Stars, Bridge of Shadows" by A.A. Attansio best. I thought sometimes it was unnecessarily obscure, but it did have the classic short story last line twist. Ian Creasey's "Fasterpiece" was a good example of an "what if there was this tech", but I thought it took too long to get across the ground it covered.
Stephanie Feldman's "The Boyfriend Trap" is a twisty little short story, chilling in setting and plot. My favorite of the shorts was Jendayi Brooks-Flemister's "Welcome Home". It is one of those stories that might not really be fiction it is such an easy extension from our current reality.
I finished the most recent Asimov's quite a while ago, but I haven't gotten around to posting about it or finished any other books since.
Of the novellas, I preferred Nick Wolven's "Snowflake". I liked the world in Sean Monaghan's "Goldie", but it seemed like the powers that be came in to play or failed to inconsistently. I felt like with some further editing in the 2nd half the internal logic of the story could have worked better.
Of the novelettes, I like "River of Stars, Bridge of Shadows" by A.A. Attansio best. I thought sometimes it was unnecessarily obscure, but it did have the classic short story last line twist. Ian Creasey's "Fasterpiece" was a good example of an "what if there was this tech", but I thought it took too long to get across the ground it covered.
Stephanie Feldman's "The Boyfriend Trap" is a twisty little short story, chilling in setting and plot. My favorite of the shorts was Jendayi Brooks-Flemister's "Welcome Home". It is one of those stories that might not really be fiction it is such an easy extension from our current reality.
