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Originally Posted by pdurrant
Next up: Analog SF, July/August 2017, edited by Trevor Quachri.
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Which was much better than this month's Asimov's
The Novella, "Not Far Enough" was a look at Mars colonisation with some characters that have appeared in older stories. I think
The Martian's unrealistic wind sequence my have influenced this one. I'm not convinced that Mars has a thick enough atmosphere to cause the problems shown. But it was fun. The novelettes: "For All Mankind" was a brilliant possible history story set in the days of the Apollo programme. "Belly Up" was an interesting story about far future criminal punishments, and interstellar relations. "Galleon" was a good look at an AI spaceship. "Across the Steaming Sea" was a fun adventure story set on a far-future Earth. The short stories: "The Fool's Stone" was a very good story set in alternate/possible history. "Teamwork" was a nice take on Mars colonisation. "Often and Silently We Come" was a strange but good tale of non-corporeal life forms. "The First Rule Is, You Don't Eat Your Friends" was a nice story about animal intelligence. "Alouette, Gentille Alouette" was a good story about near-future obital operations. "Fat Bubble" was a humorous look at relationships and investments. "Perspective" was a good near-future technological consequences story. "Clarity of Signal" was a refreshing story of the non-discovery of alien intelligence. "Pitch" was a bit odd. I'm not sure what it was. "Phuquiang: A History" was a pseudo-history of the far future, which was only OK. "Blinking Noon and Midnight" was a rather funny story of generational problems with technology. The Probability Zero "A Little Spooky Action" was a brilliant story involving an appearance of Einstein's spirit.
Reviewing, I can't give less than 5/5 for this issue.
Next up: GrantVille Gazette #72 (& I'm still reading Odd Hours.)