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Lightspeed Magazine, December 2016

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LIGHTSPEED is an online science fiction and fantasy magazine. In its pages, you will find science fiction: from near-future, sociological soft SF, to far-future, star-spanning hard SF--and fantasy: from epic fantasy, sword-and-sorcery, and contemporary urban tales, to magical realism, science-fantasy, and folktales.

We have original science fiction by Rich Larson and Joseph Allen Hill , along with SF reprints by Margo Lanagan and Christie Yant .

Plus, we have original fantasy by Carlie St. George and Charles Payseur , and fantasy reprints by William Alexander and Shweta Narayan .

As usual, we've put together some terrific nonfiction, including an interview with award-winning author Nancy Kress, plus our usual author spotlight mini-interviews. Of course, our media and book review team has put together some sensational insights about what to read and watch, as well.

For our ebook readers, we also have an ebook-exclusive novella reprint from Michael Bishop and a book excerpt from THE TRAITOR BARU CORMORANT by Seth Dickinson.

Language: English

Format: Kindle Edition

Publisher: John Joseph Adams

Release: November 30, 2016

Lightspeed Magazine, December 2016

3.4/5 ( ratings)

LIGHTSPEED is an online science fiction and fantasy magazine. In its pages, you will find science fiction: from near-future, sociological soft SF, to far-future, star-spanning hard SF--and fantasy: from epic fantasy, sword-and-sorcery, and contemporary urban tales, to magical realism, science-fantasy, and folktales.

We have original science fiction by Rich Larson and Joseph Allen Hill , along with SF reprints by Margo Lanagan and Christie Yant .

Plus, we have original fantasy by Carlie St. George and Charles Payseur , and fantasy reprints by William Alexander and Shweta Narayan .

As usual, we've put together some terrific nonfiction, including an interview with award-winning author Nancy Kress, plus our usual author spotlight mini-interviews. Of course, our media and book review team has put together some sensational insights about what to read and watch, as well.

For our ebook readers, we also have an ebook-exclusive novella reprint from Michael Bishop and a book excerpt from THE TRAITOR BARU CORMORANT by Seth Dickinson.

Language: English

Format: Kindle Edition

Publisher: John Joseph Adams

Release: November 30, 2016

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