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Not one of ASF's stronger issues, but here are the story and article that I liked:-The Wandering Warriors by Rick Wilber & Alan Smale. I love baseball. I love SF. I love Rick Wilber. 'nuf said.- On Books: Alternate Alternate Histories by Norman Spinrad. An interesting and thought-provoking essay/review about alternate past/present/future histories and their interconnectedness.
Some nice stories in here, including an interesting story by one of my Taos Toolbox teachers, Nancy Kress, about Flint and the environmental crisis. I skipped the novellas, though.
A lion's roar for 'Bubble and Squeak'!
As ever, a high quality issue. A great mix of novellas, novelettes, short stories, poems. The department columns were interesting--even Norman Spinrad's "On Books" was an interesting look at "Alternate Alternate Histories," examining the pitfalls of writing "near future stories" where events in this timeline outstrip the events in the story.On a personal note: I grew up in Daly City and Thornton Beach features prominently in "Life From the Sky." John Daly Boulevard is named; however, Daly City i...
I love finding new authors through Asimov's, and Alan Smale is a good find! The idea of American baseball players introducing baseball to the Romans is a great idea....and a wonderful extension of his "Clash of Eagles" trilogy that I am currently reading. The history of Native Americans before Europeans got here is one of my favorite subjects, and his idea of the Romans coming to America and clashing with the ancient Cahokians is a great one. All are page-turners.
Avg rating: 2.85Ratings: 5 4 4 3.5 3 3 2 2 1 1Best stories: Bubble and Squeek, The Wandering Warriors, Time Enough to Say Goodbye
Excellent edition. Nearly all the stories were very good. I thought Bubble and Squeak was outstanding. The novella was written by David Gerrold & Ctein (FYI - Gerrold wrote the Tribbles episode for Star Trek). I also very much enjoyed Cost of Doing Business by Nancy Kress. Creative Nonfiction by Paul Park was a very interesting mystery, although I got a bit confused by the ending. Anyway, these were the outstanding pieces for me in this edition.
Great selection of stories in this issue -- as much as Alternate History has been done (and done, and done. . . ) I thoroughly enjoyed The Wandering Warriors, as well as most of the stories in the issue. Nancy Kress, of course. And who WOULDN'T love to see what becomes of LA in David Gerrold & Ctein's Bubble and Squeek???? A breath of fresh prose after several books on History and Shakespeare. . . . (!!)
Average issue. Took my time plowing through it due to personal circumstances. I did like Bubble and Squeak though.
This was my first ever issue of Asimov’s Science Fiction and I am hooked! Cost of Doing Business by Nancy Kress ★★★★★“People want change, but they don’t want to pay the real costs, and major change always costs.” Riveting story of what it would take to get the United States off of its fossil fuel addiction. One great man decides to be that change, but can he live with it?Bubble and Squeak by David Gerrold & Ctein ★★★★★“Come on, we’ve been through worse—”“No we haven’t,” said Hu. “This is the wo...
Four stars to the novellas Bubble and Squeak, Life from the Stars, and the short stories Unexpected Flowers and Riverboats and Ransoms. I skipped a few of these, which had less to do with their quality than my own tastes and the growing dread over an equally growing Asimov’s backlog.
The only true highlight of this issue is the novella "Bubble and Squeak" by David Gerrold and Ctein. The rest of this issue was either mediocre or just crap, not to my liking at all. Rick Wilber and Alan Smale's "The Wandering Warriors", the start of the May/June 2018 issue of "Asimov's" was a far cry from a high point. While I don't particularly like baseball or have a strong interest in Ancient Rome, the story might have been better if the time travel aspect wasn't explained away with such a c...
Solid issue, bookended by two fantastic novellas
