Z Years Best
A short novel of two strands Birth of an Artist and The Present All of which leads Henry to a confrontation with a monster below. 3 out of 5
Continue reading about The Painted Darkness – Brian James Freeman
Horse war. 3 out of 5
Tasty pellet. 3 out of 5
Dummy eaten. 3.5 out of 5
Continue reading about Oh I Do Like To Be Beside The Seaside – Christopher Fowler
Madwoman bomb. 2.5 out of 5
Guard action figure death. 2.5 out of 5
Jamison say. 2.5 out of 5
Continue reading about Till The Morning Comes – Stephen Graham Jones
Old Roe horror movie. 3.5 out of 5
Sheilah play. 3 out of 5
Continue reading about Was She Wicked? Was She Good? – M. Rickert
Generic Sampling device. 3.5 out of 5
Continue reading about The Spontaneous Knotting Of An Agitated String – Lavie Tidhar
Lamentation Kane, Guardian religious nut human weapon. 3.5 out of 5
Continue reading about And Ministers of Grace – Tad Williams
Melisa Adjustments conflict. 3.5 out of 5
Extinct, frozen, stewarded, revived, frolicing in casino rivers. 4.5 out of 5
Continue reading about Mammoths of the Great Plains – Eleanor Arnason
Extinct, frozen, stewarded, revived, frolicing in casino rivers. 4.5 out of 5
Continue reading about Mammoths of the Great Plains – Eleanor Arnason
Ghost mine. 3 out of 5
Dogged dad changeless. 3 out of 5 http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/cooper_06_10/
Continue reading about My Father’s Singularity – Brenda Cooper
Demon book bloodface aftermath. 4 out of 5
Drawn a boy. 3.5 out of 5
Continue reading about Just Outside Our Windows Deep Inside Our Walls – Brian Hodge
Not so groovy ghuly girl. 4 out of 5 http://a1018.g.akamai.net/f/1018/19025/1d/randomhouse1.download.akamai.com/19025…
Slug men. 3.5 out of 5
Hunt mystery school beast stable mistress rebellion. 3.5 out of 5
Continue reading about At the Riding School – Cody Goodfellow
Madog Glasog shape. 3 out of 5
Continue reading about Gwydion and the Dragon – C. J. Cherryh
Sacrifice snack. 3.5 out of 5
Library looting. 3 out of 5
Extra brain? 3 out of 5 http://martyhalpern.blogspot.com/2010/05/taste-of-night-by-pat-cadigan-part-3-of…
Animal Training. 3.5 out of 5
Mind birth. 3.5 out of 5 http://ttapress.com/downloads/the-shipmaker.pdf
An enhanced fantasy. 3.5 out of 5
Continue reading about Libertarian Russia – Michael Swanwick
Virtual Poole projection. 4.5 out of 5
Crinked. 2 out of 5
Continue reading about Again And Again And Again – Rachel Swirsky
Alien booknerd byebye. 2.5 out of 5 http://www.tor.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=story&id=58363
Continue reading about The Starship Mechanic – Jay Lake and Ken Scholes
Fabbro follow. 3 out of 5
Prefer planetary romance to reality. 3.5 out of 5 http://www.starshipsofa.com/blog/2010/12/21/aural-delights-no-168-allen-steele/
Continue reading about The Emperor of Mars – Allen M. Steele
Frozen space friend goodbye. 3.5 out of 5
Continue reading about Flying In the Face of God – Nina Allen
Getting a banner kid. http://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/amaryllis/ http://freesf.blogspot.com/2010/08/amaryllis-carrie-vaughn.html
Big black hole no death threat chop off. 3.5 out of 5 http://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/in-fall/ http://freesf.strandedinoz.com/wordpress/2011/01/in-fall-ted-kosmatka-2/
Bullets yet again. 2.5 out of 5 http://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/flower-mercy-needle-chain/
Continue reading about Flower Mercy Needle Chain – Yoon Ha Lee
Unfrozen for basal simulation AI Realm war peoplesicle platform robot repair back up, hopefully not to be eaten by inter-reality sea monsters. 4 out of 5 http://freesf.strandedinoz.com/wordpress/2011/01/sleepover-alastair-reynolds-2/
Dysprosium cornering memory fix. 3.5 out of 5
Zambian flying pig fusion warrior climb return. 4 out of 5
Booze, bears and quantum relatives plague. 4 out of 5 http://subterraneanpress.com/index.php/magazine/spring-2010/fiction-elegy-for-a-…
Continue reading about Elegy For A Young Elk – Hannu Rajaniemi
Dead minder trap. 3 out of 5 http://a1018.g.akamai.net/f/1018/19025/1d/randomhouse1.download.akamai.com/19025…
‘Massri’s dinosaur fantasy was off by a factor of at least 7.4.’ Sporky. 3 out of 5 http://subterraneanpress.com/index.php/magazine/spring-2010/fiction-under-the-mo…
Continue reading about Under The Moons Of Venus – Damien Broderick
Vat man numeracy virus fear. 4 out of 5 http://craphound.com/walh/e-book/browse-all-versions
Talking elephants and dragons. 4.5 out of 5
Communal network rejection assimilation Goes There, that’s Who. 4.5 out of 5 http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/watts_01_10/#
Venus terraform fall. 3 out of 5
Continue reading about The Sultan of the Clouds – Geoffrey A. Landis
No-name no girl chop choice. 3.5 out of 5 http://www.strangehorizons.com/2010/20100614/nighttrain-f.shtml
Atum future embarkation. 3.5 out of 5
Continue reading about A History of Terraforming – Robert Reed
Upload murder, coach. 3.5 out of 5
Ghost stop. 3 out of 5
Continue reading about Braiding the Ghosts – C. S. E. Cooney
Mum found my imaginary girlfriend. 3.5 out of 5
Continue reading about The Thing About Cassandra – Neil Gaiman
Audra-rora defense. 2.5 out of 5
Continue reading about The Magician And The Maid And Other Stories – Christie Yant
Charm knot. 3 out of 5 http://www.fantasy-magazine.com/fiction/holdfast/
As a sword and sorcery anthology this generally succeeds, and in general the writers understand what that actually means. Except for Gene Wolfe. Having read a lot of stuff by Wolfe, I see no evidence of him ever having the ability to produce a sword and sorcery story. And I still don’t. As a story [...]
Continue reading about Swords and Dark Magic – Jonathan Strahan and Lou Anders
Gamma ray burster moon shadow Asia no burn. 3.5 out of 5
Oversatch sanotica it 2.0/3.0 plutonium dispersal. 4 out of 5
Continue reading about To Hie From Far Cilenia – Karl Schroeder
Postapocalyptic inconsistency, goodbye old crush on to surfing and beer. 4 out of 5
Continue reading about All The Love In The World – Cat Sparks
Dysprosium cornering memory fix. 3.5 out of 5
Bigfoot umpire. 3 out of 5
Planets For Sale – all for us. 3.5 out of 5
Continue reading about A Preliminary Assessment Of The Drake Equation – Vernor Vinge
Nanoship landing. 3 out of 5 http://io9.com/5689271/can-a-story-about-mass-extinction-be-optimistic
Jelly kicking. 3 out of 5
Geeta business. 3 out of 5 http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/hoffman_06_10/
Continue reading about Futures In the Memory Market – Nina Kiriki Hoffman
They is tagging our stuff. 3 out of 5 http://martyhalpern.blogspot.com/2010/06/graffiti-in-library-of-babel-by-david.h…
Continue reading about Graffiti In the Library of Babel – David Langford
Dead poet’s society. 2.5 out of 5 http://www.strangehorizons.com/2010/20100329/somadeva-f.shtml
Continue reading about Somadeva: A Sky River Sutra – Vandana Singh
‘Massri’s dinosaur fantasy was off by a factor of at least 7.4.’ Sporky. 3 out of 5
Continue reading about Under The Moons Of Venus – Damien Broderick
Dinosaurs rock more than zombies or robots. 4.5 out of 5
They is tagging our stuff. 3 out of 5
Continue reading about Graffiti In the Library of Babel – David Langford
House love cop torching. 3.5 out of 5
One morning you will wake up and ask Y. 2 out of 5 http://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/how-to-become-a-mars-overlord/
Continue reading about How To Become A Mars Overlord – Catherynne M. Valente
Predator prey colonist diplomacy. 3.5 out of 5 http://futurismic.com/2011/02/28/the-hebras-and-the-demons-and-the-damned/
Continue reading about The Hebras and the Demons and the Damned – Brenda Cooper
French nuking resistance. 3.5 out of 5
Alien bad news hid. 3 out of 5 http://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/the-cassandra-project/
Continue reading about The Cassandra Project – Jack McDevitt
Talking elephants and dragons. 4.5 out of 5
Angelica lives advances. 3 out of 5
A trial. 1.5 out of 5
Continue reading about Ghosts Doing the Orange Dance – Paul Park
Posthuman Arsene Lupin on Mars. So here you have a Finnish bloke doing his own homage to a famous French character while writing in English with greater skill than most native speaking writers can manage. Not to mention his own spin on the planetary romance. Here’s a habitable Mars, populated by weird beings and ancient [...]
A novel with a short timeframe, following the events of a week in Istanbul. The story follows several characters. A dodgy finance trader and his dodgy art dealer wife. A young boy with a heart condition and a nanotech shapeshifting pet toy. A Greek retired professor of economics. A youth with a trouble violent past. [...]
‘Massri’s dinosaur fantasy was off by a factor of at least 7.4.’ Sporky. 3 out of 5 http://subterraneanpress.com/index.php/magazine/spring-2010/fiction-under-the-moons-of-venus-by-damien-broderick/
Continue reading about Under The Moons Of Venus – Damien Broderick
Cryptoaviation discovery. 3.5 out of 5
Continue reading about The Maiden Flight Of Mcauley’s Bellerophon – Elizabeth Hand
Venus terraform fall. 3 out of 5
Continue reading about The Sultan of the Clouds – Geoffrey A. Landis
Bullets yet again. 2.5 out of 5 http://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/flower-mercy-needle-chain/
Continue reading about Flower Mercy Needle Chain – Yoon Ha Lee
A trial. 1.5 out of 5
Continue reading about Ghosts Doing the Orange Dance – Paul Park
Upload murder, coach. 3.5 out of 5
Future message machine shell game madness infectious with music box. 4.5 out of 5
Nils diary. 3 out of 5
Continue reading about A Letter From The Emperor – Steve Rasnic Tem
No-name no girl chop choice. 3.5 out of 5 http://www.strangehorizons.com/2010/20100614/nighttrain-f.shtml
Communal network rejection assimilation Goes There, that’s Who. 4.5 out of 5 http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/watts_01_10/#
AI wrangling. 3 out of 5 http://www.maryrobinettekowal.com/journal/for-want-of-a-nail-is-a-hugo-nominee/
Continue reading about For Want Of A Nail – Mary Robinette Kowal
Party unicorn slices. 3 out of 5 http://www.tor.com/stories/2010/11/ponies
Communal network rejection assimilation Goes There, that’s Who. 4.5 out of 5 http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/watts_01_10/#
AI wrangling. 3 out of 5
Continue reading about For Want of A Nail – Mary Robinette Kowal
Getting a banner kid. 3.5 out of 5 http://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/amaryllis/
First swale or anything, Neuter Kimball. 3.5 out of 5
Continue reading about That Leviathan Whom Thou Hast Made – Eric James Stone
Crewmonkeys, lacking oxygen. 3.5 out of 5
Knight future. 3.5 out of 5 http://aliettedebodard.com/bibliography/online-fiction/the-jaguar-house-in-shadow/
Continue reading about The Jaguar House In Shadow – Aliette de Bodard
Prefer planetary romance to reality. 3.5 out of 5 http://www.starshipsofa.com/blog/2010/12/21/aural-delights-no-168-allen-steele/
Continue reading about The Emperor of Mars – Allen M. Steele
Angelica lives advances. 3 out of 5
Future message machine shell game madness infectious with music box. 4.5 out of 5
