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Along with a great cover, we get a great issue this month. Only two stories were below par: "Whey Station" (but then, I don't think I understood that one) and "Dancing In the Dark". "Dancing In the Dark" was necessarily bad. It's just the other stories outshone it that much. It's an enjoyable, interesting story, but I just liked the other tales better. Still, this is a good, solid issue.
A good issue where the two novelettes had a more serious tone relative to several of the short stories which were light-hearted or comedic. Both novelettes were entertaining and well written, with "Dancing in the Dark" having a bit more complexity/depth. Of the lighter short stories Castro's and "Transfer Point" were wonderful and clever. Schmidt's non-fiction article seemed rather basic in terms of its topic on ways that authors can avoid info-dumps. I found it only notable in illustrating how
Mainly pretty long stories which are fairly nice, readable and though provoking. To Emily on the Ecliptic • novella by Thomas R. DulskiA poet with a writer’s block uses an alien magic tech device to get over it. The device is supposed to give an experience which helps the person who is using the machine. It takes so much power that the nearby suns dim when it is used (I wonder about the light speed limit). The poet meets Emile Bronte, and some other classic authors. Is the experience real? Does
8 • The Eighth Iteration • 22 pages by Bond Elam Excellent. Jake Sanchez and Lucas Martel are are at odds with each other. They and other colonists can only remember back to a point where everyone was working in the dome. Margaret has hacked into the computer and found simulations where the feud between Jake and Lucas always leads to the failure of the colony.40 • Daily Teds • 8 pages by Ron Collins Excellent. Ted is a grad student and finds a side effect of an experiment is its ability to send
