Tahira Ghani is a manager and park ranger for a Pleistocene-era wild animal park in the U.S. prairie lands, near the Rockies. Using genetic manipulation and interbreeding programs with existing animal species,
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Tahira Ghani is a manager and park ranger for a Pleistocene-era wild animal park in the U.S. prairie lands, near the Rockies. Using genetic manipulation and interbreeding programs with existing animal species,
July 25th, 2016. Tadiana Jones, Kate Lechler and Jana Nyman | Caighlan Smith, Kij Johnson, Seth Dickinson | Short Fiction | SFF Reviews | 1 comment |
There is so much free or inexpensive short fiction available on the internet these days. Here are a few stories we read this week that we wanted you to know about.
“Elephants and Corpses” by Kameron Hurley (May 2015, free on Tor.com, 99c Kindle version).
Nev has the ability to jump from a dying body into a nearby dead one, as long as he’s actually touched the dead body. He keeps a cache of dead bodies on hand so he’s never stuck for something for his soul to jump into.
July 18th, 2016. Tadiana Jones and Marion Deeds | Genevieve Valentine, Kameron Hurley, Walter M. Miller | Short Fiction | SFF Reviews | 3 comments |
The Manamouki by Mike Resnick (1990, originally published in Asimov’s magazine, anthologized in Hugo and Nebula Award Winners from Asimov’s Science Fiction, also included in Kirinyaga). 1991 Hugo award winner (novelette), Nebula award nominee.
Kirinyaga is a terraformed planet where the inhabitants, descendants of a Kenyan tribe,
July 11th, 2016. Tadiana Jones | Mike Resnick | Hugo Award, Nebula Award, Short Fiction | SFF Reviews | 6 comments |
There is so much free or inexpensive short fiction available on the internet these days. Here are a few stories we read this week that we wanted you to know about. In honor of the U.S. Independence Day today, several of our stories deal with the theme of freedom — though not always in the sense one might expect.
“And Never Mind the Watching Ones” by Keffy R.M. Kehrli (Dec. 2015, free in Uncanny, $3.99 Kindle magazine issue)
This strange and gorgeous story sets out as a somewhat mundane tale.
July 4th, 2016. Kate Lechler, Kat Hooper, Tadiana Jones and Jana Nyman | Glen Hirshberg, Michael Flynn, Mike Resnick, Stephen King, Tobias Buckell | SFF Reviews | 3 comments |
Bandersnatch by Diana Pavlac Glyer
Diana Pavlac Glyer abridged her academic book The Company They Keep and published the abridgement as Bandersnatch. In it, she studies the Oxford circle of writers and thinkers that included J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis and Charles Williams through the lens of a creative community. Glyer chose the title Bandersnatch from of a quote by C.S. Lewis about Tolkien, that “No-one ever influenced Tolkien — you might as well try to influence a Bandersnatch.” In fact,
June 28th, 2016. Marion Deeds´s rating: 4 | C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien | Non-fiction | SFF Reviews | 3 comments |
There is so much free or inexpensive short fiction available on the internet these days. Here are a few stories we’ve read recently that we wanted you to know about.
“And Then, One Day, the Air was Full of Voices” by Margaret Ronald (June 2016, free at Clarkesworld or paperback magazine issue)
Dr. Kostia is a keynote speaker and panel participant in an academic conference. Her specialty is extra-terrestrial intelligence ― specifically, the analysis of some radio-like transmissions from an alien race called the Coronals.
June 27th, 2016. Tadiana Jones, Katie Burton and Rob Weber | A.J. Hartley, Ian Tregillis, Marion Deeds, Mary Robinette Kowal, T. Kingfisher | Short Fiction | SFF Reviews | 3 comments |
The Pauper Prince and the Eucalyptus Jinn by Usman Malik (2015, free at Tor.com, Kindle version). Nominated for 2015 Nebula award (novella).
When I began this story I wasn’t sure what to expect, but it wasn’t what unfolded. The title evoked images of a myth retold or a fairy tale, but this story was something altogether different than what I had in mind.
June 20th, 2016. Skye Walker and Tadiana Jones | Michael Swanwick | Short Fiction | SFF Reviews | 2 comments |
These are a few of the online short works we read this week. Our themes this week are libraries and books, mixed with some poison and zombies. As long as we keep the zombies and the poison out of the libraries, it’s all good.
The Fairy Library by Tim Pratt (2013, free on Apex, Kindle magazine issue, also included in Antiquities and Tangibles and Other Stories by Tim Pratt)
When I realized I had,
June 13th, 2016. Tadiana Jones and Kat Hooper | Ellen Klages, Jonathan Maberry, Ken Liu, Tanith Lee, Tim (T.A.) Pratt | Short Fiction | SFF Reviews | 2 comments |
Here are a few shorter SFF works that we read this week that we wanted you to know about. Some great finds this week!
Blood Grains Speak Through Memories by Jason Sanford (March 2016, free at Beneath Ceaseless Skies, free ebook available on the author’s website)
Frere-Jones Roeder is the anchor of her land, charged with its protection and maintenance. The blood grains flow through her body, sharing memories of past anchors and giving her senses knowledge of all of the life and activity on her two-league plot of land,
June 6th, 2016. Tadiana Jones, Marion Deeds, Jason Golomb and Kat Hooper | Jo Walton, Joe Hill, Michael J. Sullivan, Paul S. Kemp | Short Fiction | SFF Reviews | 3 comments |
There is so much free or inexpensive short fiction available on the internet these days. Here are a few stories we’ve recently read that we wanted you to know about.
“Peace in Amber” by Hugh Howey (2014, $1.99 Kindle, $3.95 Audible)
“Peace in Amber” is Hugh Howey’s tribute to Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse-Five, a surrealistic novel in which Vonnegut explores his personal memories of the bombing of Dresden. Like Slaughterhouse-Five, “Peace in Amber” is also a personal reflection: Hugh Howey’s experiences on September 11,
May 23rd, 2016. Kat Hooper, Tadiana Jones and Skye Walker | Hugh Howey, Jeffrey Ford, Michael J. Sullivan | Short Fiction | SFF Reviews | 2 comments |
As an old fan of '60s-era Marvel comics, I must say that this book looks FUN!
COMMENT Book #3 of this trilogy is very much a heist story, and I quite enjoyed it!
Pirate stories and heist stories... Do we ever get enough of them?
Very interesting, Ulrich! Thanks for clueing me in!
So happy to hear that you enjoyed this article, Spacewaves! It was something of a labor of love for me,…