A Study In Oils - Kelly Robson ***Waves Of Influence - DA Xiaolin Spires ***Dandelion - Elly Bangs ***The Foodie Federation's Dinosaur Farm - Luo Longxiang ***The Mighty Slinger - Karen Lord & Tobias S Buckell ***Mayfly - Peter Watts & Derryl Murphy ****

A Study In Oils - Kelly Robson ***Waves Of Influence - DA Xiaolin Spires ***Dandelion - Elly Bangs ***The Foodie Federation's Dinosaur Farm - Luo Longxiang ***The Mighty Slinger - Karen Lord & Tobias S Buckell ***Mayfly - Peter Watts & Derryl Murphy ****

The Foodie Federation’s Dinosaur Farm by Luo Longxian ★★★★★ “A dinosaur with a dream: this was a day of firsts...” What begins as a story of human greed, a flight of fancy, evolves into a vicious thought provoking masterwork of science fiction. All. The. Stars.Waves of Influence by D.A. Xiaolin Spires ★★★★☆ A woman gets so caught up in the fame and fortune of her social media success she forgets the altruistic reasons for which she began posting.The Mighty Slinger by Karen Lord and Tobias S. Bu...

The Foodie Federation’s Dinosaur Farm by Luo Longxian ★★★★★ “A dinosaur with a dream: this was a day of firsts...” What begins as a story of human greed, a flight of fancy, evolves into a vicious thought provoking masterwork of science fiction. All. The. Stars.Waves of Influence by D.A. Xiaolin Spires ★★★★☆ A woman gets so caught up in the fame and fortune of her social media success she forgets the altruistic reasons for which she began posting.The Mighty Slinger by Karen Lord and Tobias S. Bu...

The Foodie Federation’s Dinosaur Farm by Luo Longxian ★★★★★ “A dinosaur with a dream: this was a day of firsts...” What begins as a story of human greed, a flight of fancy, evolves into a vicious thought provoking masterwork of science fiction. All. The. Stars.Waves of Influence by D.A. Xiaolin Spires ★★★★☆ A woman gets so caught up in the fame and fortune of her social media success she forgets the altruistic reasons for which she began posting.The Mighty Slinger by Karen Lord and Tobias S. Bu...

The Foodie Federation’s Dinosaur Farm by Luo Longxian ★★★★★ “A dinosaur with a dream: this was a day of firsts...” What begins as a story of human greed, a flight of fancy, evolves into a vicious thought provoking masterwork of science fiction. All. The. Stars.Waves of Influence by D.A. Xiaolin Spires ★★★★☆ A woman gets so caught up in the fame and fortune of her social media success she forgets the altruistic reasons for which she began posting.The Mighty Slinger by Karen Lord and Tobias S. Bu...

Rating and review only for Kelly Robson's A Study in Oils.While it was not a powerful as her other work The Human Stain, it's still very well written and leisurely paced. The main character, Zhang Lei, a hockey player from moon who ran from his murder conviction, was a sympathetic one. Anyway, the biggest drawback may be that it is not SF enough for me.PS: The rural China setting is so similar with Lawrence Schoen's The Rule of Three. Is it a trend now? 😆

Rating and review only for Kelly Robson's A Study in Oils.While it was not a powerful as her other work The Human Stain, it's still very well written and leisurely paced. The main character, Zhang Lei, a hockey player from moon who ran from his murder conviction, was a sympathetic one. Anyway, the biggest drawback may be that it is not SF enough for me.PS: The rural China setting is so similar with Lawrence Schoen's The Rule of Three. Is it a trend now? 😆

The shining star in this issue's original stories was Elly Bang's "Dandelion." I also really enjoyed the classic fiction of Peter Watts and Darryl Murphy in "Mayfly," and Doug Dluzen's non-fiction science article "How and Why CRISPR Will Change the World."

The shining star in this issue's original stories was Elly Bang's "Dandelion." I also really enjoyed the classic fiction of Peter Watts and Darryl Murphy in "Mayfly," and Doug Dluzen's non-fiction science article "How and Why CRISPR Will Change the World."

The shining star in this issue's original stories was Elly Bang's "Dandelion." I also really enjoyed the classic fiction of Peter Watts and Darryl Murphy in "Mayfly," and Doug Dluzen's non-fiction science article "How and Why CRISPR Will Change the World."

I just listened to "The Mighty Slinger, by Karen Lord and Tobias S. Buckell" on the Clarkesworld Podcast, and it was excellent. Really fascinating world building of the type that gets the gears spinning in your brain. And the story is basically about the power of music to change the world (er, universe), bring people together, and rally a cause. Absolutely worth your time to read/listen to this short story.

I just listened to "The Mighty Slinger, by Karen Lord and Tobias S. Buckell" on the Clarkesworld Podcast, and it was excellent. Really fascinating world building of the type that gets the gears spinning in your brain. And the story is basically about the power of music to change the world (er, universe), bring people together, and rally a cause. Absolutely worth your time to read/listen to this short story.

Place holder for A Study in Oils by Kelly Robson

Updated: A couple of interesting stories in this free online SF/Fantasy magazine issue, featuring Chinese characters:3.5 stars for “Waves of Influence” by D.A. Xiaolin Spires: Chenghui, a clever young Chinese woman, has committed fraud to win a contest to be trained by Meixiu, an internet sensation and social influencer. Chenghui’s sister, Yixuan, is a devoted fan of Meixiu, and is also slowly dying of a heart ailment. Chenghui reasons that if she can work her way into Meixiu’s inner circle, she...

Updated: A couple of interesting stories in this free online SF/Fantasy magazine issue, featuring Chinese characters:3.5 stars for “Waves of Influence” by D.A. Xiaolin Spires: Chenghui, a clever young Chinese woman, has committed fraud to win a contest to be trained by Meixiu, an internet sensation and social influencer. Chenghui’s sister, Yixuan, is a devoted fan of Meixiu, and is also slowly dying of a heart ailment. Chenghui reasons that if she can work her way into Meixiu’s inner circle, she...

Updated: A couple of interesting stories in this free online SF/Fantasy magazine issue, featuring Chinese characters:3.5 stars for “Waves of Influence” by D.A. Xiaolin Spires: Chenghui, a clever young Chinese woman, has committed fraud to win a contest to be trained by Meixiu, an internet sensation and social influencer. Chenghui’s sister, Yixuan, is a devoted fan of Meixiu, and is also slowly dying of a heart ailment. Chenghui reasons that if she can work her way into Meixiu’s inner circle, she...

3.5A Study in Oils by Kelly Robson 4.5/5 Set in a future where criminals are labeled and targeted by everyone, a young man who accidently killed someone has to survive grief with the aid of the inhabitants of a small village and his paintings. Very interesting world and writing.Waves of Influence by D.A. Xiaolin Spires 3/5A young girl wants to become an idol in the eyes of her younger sister. At first, she's disgusted by social medias gurus but you can definitely imagine how everything is going

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I can't say this enough, if you support Clarkesworld's Patreon, they send you an e-magazine of original science fiction every month. It is well worth doing. You ought to do it...