May 2012
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Isometrics - Enrique Badia Romero
4 out of 5
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Geeking Out About Swords With His Mongoliad...
“At some point, perhaps after a rousing round of bashing each other with canes, the group started tossing around a concept for a movie — one that, as Stephenson puts it, “would essentially take the tropes of martial arts movies and move them over whole to medieval Europe. If you see a movie set in the East and you see a couple of guys fighting, there’s a huge foundation of...
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Be Mine - Nona Wesley
Weather stuck present.
3 out of 5
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Interview With - Madeline Ashby
“L.R.R. vN opens with a beautiful family scene between Amy and her parents; her vN mother Charlotte, and her human father Jack. They have a healthy normal family life. I realize this is a loaded question, but do you think this is a possible future for humanity – mixed couples of one human partner and one synthetic/humanoid partner?
M.A. David Levy, the author of Love and Sex with Robots,...
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After Sunset - Amanda Young
Extra exhibition surprise.
3 out of 5
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Osiris 1-11 - E. J. Swift
“Two weeks later and here she was. From the alcove, she watched the guests circulate, half eavesdropping on their conversations. The whispers made her angry. Axel had been whispered about for too long.
Adelaide’s mother had chosen her candles and arranged them in small clusters on every table. Even grouped together like that, the flames they emitted seemed frail. Viviana sat at the head of...
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The Soldier and the Siren - Cat Johnson
Dream t-shirt surprise.
2.5 out of 5
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Alexander Outland: Space Pirate 1-23 - G. J. Koch
“
ur jump cleared and the pressure against our bodies let up.
“You can let go of me any time,” Slinkie snarled. Her mouth was against my skin.
“Mmmmm.” I wondered if I could hit the reverse coordinates with my foot. Another seven minutes like this and I could die a happy man.
“Nap. No joke. Let me go or I’ll bite you.”
“I knew you’d finally come around.”
“I’ll bite you at the point...
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Alexander Outland: Space Pirate 1-23 - G. J. Koch
“
ur jump cleared and the pressure against our bodies let up.
“You can let go of me any time,” Slinkie snarled. Her mouth was against my skin.
“Mmmmm.” I wondered if I could hit the reverse coordinates with my foot. Another seven minutes like this and I could die a happy man.
“Nap. No joke. Let me go or I’ll bite you.”
“I knew you’d finally come around.”
“I’ll bite you at the point...
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To Tame A Shrew - Tianna Xander
Triple monster hunt.
2.5 out of 5
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If at Faust You Don't Succeed - Roger Zelazny and...
Good vs Evil farce round 2, demonically.
3 out of 5
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A Safe Heart - Brenna Lyons
Meal extra.
2.5 out of 5
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The Wizardry Cursed - Rick Cook
Wiz’s world bad guys learn of the fantasy land and see some criminal opportunity. Which again involves preferably no Wiz.
3.5 out of 5
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Catering - Jessica Freely
Honeycomb action.
2.5 out of 5
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The Dark Country - Dennis Etchison
Holiday deaders, like bats.
3.5 out of 5
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The Dark Country - Dennis Etchison
Holiday deaders, like bats.
3.5 out of 5
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The Dark Country - Dennis Etchison
Holiday deaders, like bats.
3.5 out of 5
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Interzone 237 - Andy Cox
Just ok this one, with the Hawkins story the strongest.
Interzone 237 : The Last Osama By Lavie Tidhar
Interzone 237 : Erasing The Concept Of Sex From A Photobooth By Douglas Lain
Interzone 237 : Insect Joy By Caspian Gray
Interzone 237 : Digital Rites By Jim Hawkins
Spores unchanged.
3 out of 5
Art bits.
3 out of 5
Cricket - now bits work.
3 out of 5
Dead bad...
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One Wild Wish - Devon Rhodes
Nature Boy view.
2.5 out of 5
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Digital Rites - Jim Hawkins
Dead bad actress attack blue brain discovery movie finish.
3.5 out of 5
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Daring Hearts - Leigh Ellwood
Chocolates with instructions.
3.5 out of 5
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Insect Joy - Caspian Gray
Cricket - now bits work.
3 out of 5
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Midnight Encounter - Addison Albright
Park twin.
2.5 out of 5
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Erasing The Concept Of Sex From A Photobooth -...
Art bits.
3 out of 5
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Bottoms Up! - Nona Wesley
Yes, I do like you that much.
3 out of 5
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The Last Osama - Lavie Tidhar
Spores unchanged.
3 out of 5
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Gift Wrapped - Kim Dare
Work master.
3 out of 5
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Asimov's 435 436 - Sheila Williams
A very consistently decent issue at 3.39 with no particular highlights.
Asimov’s 435 436 : The Last Judgment - James Patrick Kelly
Asimov’s 435 436 : Bonding With Morry - Tom Purdom
Asimov’s 435 436 : Sexy Robot Mom - Sandra Mcdonald
Asimov’s 435 436 : Sensitive Compartmented - Gray Rinehart
Asimov’s 435 436 :...
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Jumping Bones - Lizzie Lynn Lee
Client attraction, fast.
3 out of 5
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Living In the Eighties - David Ira Cleary
Time travel website music, girlfriend.
3.5 out of 5
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Pleasurable Punishment - Kate Hill
Smacks of mead, it does.
2.5 out of 5
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Riding Red Ted And Breathing Fire - Carol...
Dewclaw flying.
3 out of 5
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Cyber Lover - Lizzie Lynn Lee
What’s with the showing up for real?
3 out of 5
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Greener - Josh Roseman
Non-renewal non-clean dependence.
3.5 out of 5
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Anniversary Gift - Jude Mason
One day deal.
2 out of 5
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Something Real - Rick Wilber
Baseball spy killing Heisenberg super bomb uncertainty.
3.5 out of 5
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Souvenirs - Ian Creasey
Snark scale counterfeit payment.
3.5 out of 5
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The Wolf She Married - Lizzie Lynn Lee
Scratches and bites.
3 out of 5
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Sensitive Compartmented - Gray Rinehart
Implant pilot capture witch duel escape.
3.5 out of 5
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A Valentine's Proposal - Christine London
Use of chopsticks.
2 out of 5
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Sexy Robot Mom - Sandra McDonald
Handy for babies and heat.
3.5 out of 5
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Wicked Game - Lizzie Lynn Lee
Key to what you missed.
3.5 out of 5
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Bonding With Morry - Tom Purdom
Clank relationship Clark.
3.5 out of 5
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Sexopalooza - Lizzie Lynn Lee
Dark fae bond.
2.5 out of 5
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The Last Judgment - James Patrick Kelly
Devil investigation screwup.
3.5 out of 5
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New Wine - Lisabet Sarai
Finishing the Professor.
2.5 out of 5
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Analog 969 - Stanley Schmidt
A couple of decent stories and two excellent articles on space weather and dragging wormholes around for travel.
Analog 969 : Analog 969 - Stanley Schmidt
Analog 969 : The End Of Ordinary Life… - Daniel Hatch
Analog 969 : But It Won’t Set You Free - Tracy Canfield
Analog 969 : Lobstersaurus - Eric James Stone
Analog 969 : Triggers: Part Iv Of Iv - Robert...
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Love Is In the Air - Sommer Marsden
From a jar.
3 out of 5
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Triggers 4 - Robert J. Sawyer
“And yet the predicted surge had come: the vast, all-encompassing, world-changing whooosh of accelerating power. It was a chain reaction, an unstoppable cascade. But rather than machines, it was human beings amplifying each other, the wisdom of crowds writ large, the society of minds spreading far and wide.
To know everything, to understand all, to appreciate the totality of nature, of...
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Long Distance - Stevie Woods
Needs a phone.
2.5 out of 5
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