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There are some mediocre offerings such as those from Rather and Valentine but with the stories from Yu, Palwick, and West make this a decent issue to pick up.
The two standouts were "Remote Presence" by Susan Palwick (loved it!) and "Bookkeeper, Narrator, Gunslinger" by Charles Yu (a reprint). Unfortunately I really disliked a couple of the other stories, the rest were just OK, and the bonus novella reprint was boring enough that I skim read it (I don't get along with that type of fantasy, I guess).
I found this issue's SF more interesting than compelling, but the fantasy had several strong reads for me. My favorites were Susan Palwick's Remote Presence and Jess Barber's Maybe Look Up. As always, several of the author interviews added to my enjoyment, particularly true of the Palwick this time.
Rated just for Familiaris, since I've been hunting down the Genevieve Valentine stories I've not yet read.
Review for "Remote Presence," a novelette that's free online here at Lightspeed magazine. This one would definitely interest any reader who's involved in hospitals or the healthcare business! Review first posted on Fantasy Literature:Winston (Win) is an overworked chaplain at a hospital where both administrators and staff are in a state of panic about a looming Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) inspection. Before the JCAHO inspection next day, Winston’s superi...
Joseph Allen Hill ("Infinite Love Engine") *Lina Rather ("Seven Permutations of My Daughter" *
Infinite Love Engine - Joseph Allen Hill ***Big and weird and fun. The "Ugh, whatever, I just want to chill, man" main character voice pushes past funny/endearing into grating territory though, and does take it down a notch.If Lions Could Speak: Imagining The Alien - Paul Park ****So meta, but really well done. A writer called Paul Park is distracted from writing the titular essay by his sick wife, who he is unable to communicate effectively with. Various alien intelligences debate inside his he...
Review (such as it is) solely for ‘‘Remote Presence’’, by Susan Palwick. Read and liked, pretty gritty. Graphic depictions of gangrene & resuscitation, but the "ghost in the machine" is sweet and poignant. 3.4 stars, cautiously recommended. See Tadiana's review for the details. On the 2017 Locus Recommended Reading list,http://locusmag.com/2018/02/2017-locu...
This is a Eugie Award nominated story. It’s a quirky tale of a post-humanity society trying to avoid destruction at the hands of either uncaring elder gods and the cultists trying to wake them. But this is far more Douglas Adams than Lovecraft while having a voice wholly its own.
