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Showing posts with label Rating: 5. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Rating: 5. Show all posts
Wednesday, August 19, 2020

The Transubstantiation, by Evan Dicken

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[ BCS ] ★★★★★ When Heroes fall, there are still heroes. (Fantasy Adventure) Deff and his team hunt the countryside for illegal Heroes, wh...
Tuesday, August 18, 2020

An Important Failure, by Rebecca Campbell

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[ Clarkesworld ] ★★★★★ A story of an obsession to make something beautiful in a world that’s falling apart. (Climate SF) In a world despe...
Thursday, July 16, 2020

Knock, Knock Said the Ship, by Rati Mehrotra

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[ F&SF ] ★★★★★ Solid Characters, Interesting Plot, Heartwarming. (SF Thriller) Deenu, a refugee from the destroyed Lunar colony carry...
Wednesday, June 10, 2020

Clever Jack, Heavy with Stories, by R.K. Duncan

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[ BCS ] ★★★★★ An unexpected adventure in a beautiful, dangerous place. (Portal Fairy Tale) Teenage Jack, the cook’s boy, and Roderick, Lo...
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Tuesday, May 26, 2020

Berlin Is Never Berlin, by Marko Kloos

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[ Single ] ★★★★★ Well-Paced Tension and Action with a Heart of Gold. (Superhero; Wild Cards ) Babysitting/bodyguarding a group of rich ki...
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Sunday, May 17, 2020

Eyes of the Forest, by Ray Nayler

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[ F&SF ] ★★★★★ Plenty of excitement in a beautiful, deadly setting. (SF Adventure) To become a Wayfarer, Sedef needs to master the da...

Byzantine, by Holly Messinger

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[ F&SF ] ★★★★★ A delightfully complex tale at the end of an era. (Historical Fantasy) In 1453, just before the fall of Constantinople...
Monday, March 16, 2020

A Solitary Crane Circles Cold Mountain, by Gregor Hartmann

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[ F&SF ] ★★★★★ Cool characters in a chilling setting. (Dystopia) Lili’s Foundation is close to launching their generation ship if Lil...
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The Last Legend, by Matthew Hughes

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[ F&SF ] ★★★★★ A moving story with plenty of tension and excitement. (Fantasy Adventure) When young Ardal’s parents die, his future p...
Wednesday, March 11, 2020

Finna, by Nino Cipri

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[ Single ] ★★★★★ A love story, and adventure story, and a tale of finding yourself (Multiverse Adventure) When a wormhole opens up in the...

Opportunity Space, by Nathan Hillstrom

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[ Asimov's ] ★★★★★ Rich Setting, Cool Characters, Great Action! (Space Opera) If Kova can convince the Washe to sign the agreement wi...
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Semper Augustus, by Nancy Kress

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[ Asimov's ] ★★★★★ Rich setting, Cool Characters, Great Writing (Dystopia) Alien technology has been a big boon for some Americans, b...

Midstrathe Exploding, by Andy Dudak

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[ Analog ] ★★★★★ Really cool setting, interesting characters (Future Fantasy) Two-hundred years after the bomb, tourists come from all ov...
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Saturday, February 15, 2020

If You Take My Meaning, by Charlie Jane Anders

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[ Single ] ★★★★★ Cool Setting, Fun Characters, Interesting Plot (Colony SF) Alyssa seeks out the aliens who can give her an augment that ...
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Upright Women Wanted, by Sarah Gailey

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[ Single ] ★★★★★ A Powerful Coming-of-Age Story (Post-Apocalypse Dystopia) Esther needs to escape from a theo-fascist America before peop...
Thursday, February 13, 2020

Generation Gap, by Thoraiya Dyer

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[ Clarkesworld ] ★★★★★ Unexpectedly Powerful (Alien SF) Young Wipwai’s tribe has always fought their neighbors, but she’s secretly made f...
Wednesday, January 15, 2020

Monster, by Naomi Kritzer

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[ Clarkesworld ] ★★★★★ Overwhelming (SF Thriller) Cecily goes in search of her highschool best friend, who seems to have hidden in China ...
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Friday, January 10, 2020

The Palace Of Dancing Dogs, by Allen M. Steele

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[ Asimov's ] ★★★★★ Good Conclusion to a Fun Adventure (Lost Colony; Sanctuary ) The story concludes with the humans from Sanctuary co...
Sunday, November 24, 2019

The Menace from Farside, by Ian McDonald

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[ Single ] ★★★★★ Lots of Fun and Excitement Once It Gets Going (Hard SF Adventure; Luna ) A teenage girl from a very non-traditional luna...
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Friday, November 15, 2019

Shucked, by Sam J. Miller

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[ F&SF ] ★★★★★ Perfectly Chilling (Horror) A young American couple in Italy gets a proposition from an older man: $10,000 for an hour...