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Kevin

Kevin@ramblingreaders.org

Joined 1 year, 12 months ago

Avid reader (when I get the time) of fantasy and technology fiction and non-fiction. Recently rediscovering classic Sci-Fi. Prefer paper to electronics and am a big fan of libraries and bookshops everywhere.

Note: I'm only listing my fiction reading here at present, and I've only gone back to 2019 so far...

Any recommendations related to the books I've read very welcome :)

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Neil Clarke: Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 208 (2024, Wyrm Publishing) 4 stars

Fiction: - "Nothing of Value" by Aimee Ogden - "Down the Waterfall" by Cécile Cristofari …

I really enjoyed every story in this issue this time (so not quite sure why it took me so long to keep going back to it!): * Nothing of Value - Aimee Ogden * Down the Waterfall - Cecile Cristofari * Binomial Nomenclature and the Mother of Happiness - Alexandra Munck * Stars Don't Dream - Chi Hui * Just Another Cat in a Box - E.N.Ausslender * Rail Meat - Marie Vibbert * You Dream of the Hive - C.M.Fields * You Cannot Grow in Salted Earth - Priya Chand

finished reading Lightspeed Magazine 159 by John Joseph Adams (Lightspeed Magazine, #159)

John Joseph Adams: Lightspeed Magazine 159 (EBook, 2023, Adamant Press) No rating

We have original science fiction by Scott Edelman (“The Letters They Left Behind”) and Lowry …

The following stories I particularly enjoyed: * The Things you Can Maintain Yourself - Benjamin C. Kinney * The Letters they Left Behind - Scott Edelman * Monopticon - Dani Atkinson * The Boy Who Ran from his Faerie Heart - David Anaxagoras

finished reading Lightspeed Magazine 158 by John Joseph Adams (Lightspeed Magazine, #158)

John Joseph Adams: Lightspeed Magazine 158 (EBook, 2023, Adamant Press) No rating

We have original science fiction by JB Park (“Six Months After All Life on Titan …

Great as always. Some stories that appealed to me this time were: * Six Months After All Life on Titan Died - J.B.Park * Death Is Better - Oluwatomiwa Ajeigbe * The Bodhi Tree Asks Only For the Safe Return of Her Beloved - Ashok K. Banker * Starpoop - Sandra McDonald * Muna in Barish - Isha Karki

finished reading Lightspeed Magazine 157 by John Joseph Adams (Lightspeed Magazine, #157)

John Joseph Adams: Lightspeed Magazine 157 (EBook, 2023, Adamant Press) No rating

We have original science fiction by Dominique Dickey (“Spaceship Joyride”) and Ruth Joffre (“Queen of …

Interesting stories this time for me were: * Spaceship Joyride - Dominique Dickey * Jaywalk the Stars - Elad Haber * Queen of the Andes - Ruth Joffre * Bestiary Viventem - Kyle E. Miller

Neil Clarke: Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 207 (EBook, 2023, Wyrm Publishing) 3 stars

Fiction: - "Morag's Boy" by Fiona Moore - "Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Cyborg" …

Once again some great stories in this issue. These are the ones that stood out for me: * Morag's Boy - Fiona Moore * Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Cyborg - Samara Auman * In Memories We Drown - Kelsea Yu * Kill That Groundhog - Fu Qiang (translated by Andy Dudak)

finished reading Lightspeed Magazine 156 by John Joseph Adams (Lightspeed Magazine, #156)

John Joseph Adams: Lightspeed Magazine 156 (EBook, 2023, Adamant Press) No rating

We have original science fiction by Izzy Wasserstein (“She Blooms and the World is Changed”) …

I really enjoyed most of these stories this time: * She Blooms and the World is Changed - Izzy Wasserstein * When Shiva Shattered the Time Stream - Sharang Biswas * Blood for a Stranger - Timothy Mudie * One Heart, Lost and Found - Kat Howard * The Sword, The Butterfly, and the Pearl - Deborah L. Davitt * Saturday's Song - Wole Talabi * The Belfry Keeper - S. L. Harris

finished reading Shoreline of Infinity 34 by Noel Chidwick (Shoreline of Infinity, #34)

Noel Chidwick: Shoreline of Infinity 34 (Paperback, 2023, Shoreline of Infinity Publications) No rating

Stories and poems from: Robert Bagnall, Lyndsey Croal, Louis Evans, Vaughan Stanger, E. B. Siu, …

Interesting stories this time for me: * Little Sprout - E. B. Siu * The King of China's Mirror - Robert Bagnall * The Quality of Life - Louis Evans * The Tragedy of Concrete - Emma Levin

finished reading Lightspeed Magazine 153 by John Joseph Adams (Lightspeed Magazine, #153)

John Joseph Adams: Lightspeed Magazine 153 (EBook, 2023, Adamant Press) No rating

We have original science fiction by Carrie Vaughn (“Learning Letters”) and Adam-Troy Castro (“The Day …

As always, here are a few of the stories that I particularly enjoyed: * Learning Letters - Carrie Vaughn * The Day the Earthman Didn't Show - Adam-Troy Castro * Real Magic - Sharang Biswas

finished reading Lightspeed Magazine 152 by John Joseph Adams (Lightspeed Magazine, #152)

John Joseph Adams: Lightspeed Magazine 152 (EBook, 2023, Adamant Press) No rating

We have original science fiction by Isabel J. Kim (“The Narrative Implications of Your Untimely …

Quite a few thought-provoking tales this time. Here are the ones I found most interesting (or disturbing): * The Last Serving - Lincoln Michel * The Narrative Implications of Your Untimely Death - Isabel J. Kim * From the Largest Crater - Jendayi Brooks-Flemister * A Man Walks Into a Bar; or, In Which More Than Four Decades After My Father's Reluctant Night of Darts on West 54th Street, I Finally Understand What Needs To Be Done - Scott Edelman * Braid Me a Howling Tongue - Maria Dong * In The Deep Woods: The Light Is Different There - Seanan McGuire