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Oh Give Me a Home By Adam Rakunas | 7651 words, ★★★★½“I HAD JUST PUT THE HERD into their evening pasture when Leggo came over the rise. He was huffing and puffing on his old mountain bike, pushing his enormous bulk up the brown Sierra foothills. "Dude," he said, leaning his bike against my Chevy, "you're getting sued."“A story about family, genetics, and bison. Little, little bison. And a company that does sound a bit like Monsanto. The little, little bison were the inspiration for Daryl Gregory...
I read 'The Heartsmith's Daughters' today on the bus home and it almost made me cry. Great story.
A reasonably decent issue. "The Heartsmith's Daughters" one of the short stories in the magazine was truly touching and brought tears to my eyes. Well worth giving this issue a read.
The Magazine Of Fantasy And Science-Fiction’ explores the opposite extremes of the fantasy genre in this issue with a nice mix of Science Fiction and fairy tales. Most of the stories fall into one category or the other, so we’ll start with the fantasy.‘Heartsmith’s Daughters’ by Harry R. Campion is a fairy tale about a village smithy whose wife is unable to have children. He manufacturers three daughters, one with a heart of cold iron, one with a heart of brass and one with a heart of gold. Thei...
10 stories, 2 rated columns = 4.2 starsThe Color of Sand by KJ Kabza - Don't eat the beach glass. Or, maybe you should. :D - 4 starsOh Give Me a Home by Adam Rukunas - An illuminated man fights against big Agro. - 4 starsHalf a Conversation, Overheard While Inside an Enormous Sentient Slug by Oliver Buckram - When killing in self-defence, have your story ready. - 4 starsThe Year of the Rat by Chen Quifan, trans, by Ken Liu - Reminiscent of Frankenstein... Grisly, like war. Sad, like war. - 4.5 s...
In a periodic like this, it is unreasonable to expect to enjoy all the stories, so even though I didn't enjoy a few, having one really memorable story and a few that lifted my day is actually more than enough, and makes this a good issue in my view.I was a bit surprised to not enjoy the Ken Liu translation because I normally love everything he does. However, giant rats... need I say more?Not my Cup of Tea"The Year of the Rat" translated by Ken Liu"Kormak the Unlucky" by Eleanor Arnason "The Woma...
Four stars just for the clever Oliver Buckram story.
An average issue of enjoyable stories, but none that were particularly breath-taking."The Color of Sand", by KJ Kabza - A mother and her young son move onto the tranquility of a beach where talking sand-cats reside in the dunes. The boy swallows a colored pebble in attempted imitation of the cat (for which the pebble gives voice) only to discover it physically alters him in other ways, leading the mother and son to seek a way of reversing its effects. The premise sounds rather silly, but the sto...
Out of the issues I've read, this is probably the one with the highest number of stories I've really enjoyed. There were one or two that didn't really work for me (mainly The Miracle Cure, though the Slug story was only okay). However, the majority of the stories were very good. Oh Give Me A Home had well-written characters and was a good look at the problems of big agriculture companies like Monsanto. The Year of the Rat was an excellent story that reminded me of The Things They Carried, though...
An excellent issue with several memorable stories, and nothing worse than decent. I particularly liked Harry R. Campion's "The Heartsmith's Daughters," which I think is one of the best stories I've read in quite a while. Also quite good were "The Color of Sand", by KJ Kabza, and "The Nambu Egg" by Tim Sullivan. Not to put down the rest of the issue, which would probably have earned mentions in most months.
A stellar collection of folk tales populate this issue. My favorites included Rus Wornom's In the Mountain of Frozen Fire and almost all the others. This has to be my favorite issue this year.
A very strong issue overall, although far more fantasy than sf.
Great Issue! I enjoyed all the stories in this one. Especially the cover story, "Kormak The Lucky", and "In The Mountains Of Frozen Fire". Time to renew my subscription!
Overall, an excellent issue, except for the cover story. It was too self-consciously fantasy, if you know what I mean. But the rest of the issue? Worthy of any SF anthology.
