Author archives: author

Jumpnauts

by Hao Jingfang

He repeatedly disrespects boundaries—but she’s intrigued. He also happens to be an astronomer-hacker who is tall, handsome, wealthy, and an expert martial artist. The first 60% doesn’t stretch beyond that level of groundwork. Once they meet extraterrestrials, the interactions still ring petulant. Also I thought Ken Liu was … Read more

Multiverses: An Anthology of Alternate Realities

by Preston Grassmann (Editor)
  • “Banish” Alastair Reynolds DNF
  • “Cracks” Chana Porter ★★★★
  • “A Threshold Hypothesis” Jayaprakash Satyamurthy DNF
  • “Crunchables” Ian Mcdonald ★★★½
  • “Quorum’s Eye” Alvaro Zinos-Amaro ★★★¼
  • “Nine Hundred Grandmothers” Paul Di Filippo ★★★
  • “Days of Magic, Nights of War” Clive Barker ★★
  • “A Brief History of the Trans-Pacific Tunnel” Ken
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Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology

Shane Hawk, Theodore C. Van Alst Jr. (Editors)
  • “Kushtuka” Mathilda Zeller ★★★½
  • “White Hills” Rebecca Roanhorse ★★★½
  • “Navajos Don’t Wear Elk Teeth” Conley Lyons ★★★½
  • “Wingless” Marcie R. Rendon ★★★
  • “Quantum” Nick Medina ★★★
  • “Hunger” Phoenix Boudreau ★★★½
  • “Tick Talk” Cherie Dimaline ★★★
  • “The Ones Who Killed Us” Brandon Hobson DNF
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