Once a month, on the 15th, this blog posts groups of rated stories.
Nisi Shawl Info: Interviews, Websites, ISFDB Follow RSR on Twitter, Facebook, RSS, or E-mail. In “ The Robots of Eden,” Anil Menon shows us how a brain implant that gives people greater control over their emotions makes their lives easier and yet much more alien. “ Burn the Ships,” by Alberto Yáñez, is set in a Meso-American fantasy which is being invaded by people from a Euro-centric diesel punk fantasy. “ The Fine Print,” by Chinelo Onwualu, features a world when although the Djinn have commercialized their wish-making services, there are still people who try to get out of a bad wish by trying to make another one. Buckell takes us to a future Earth where fabulously rich intergalactic tourists wreak havoc on our cities and culture in their attempts to have an authentic experience. Recommended“ The Galactic Tourist Industrial Complex,” by Tobias S. However, three quarters of the stories are very dark: horror, dystopia, or dark fantasy, two-thirds are fantasy, and all but one are set no later than the very near future. Since these stories were selected based on the authors, there’s quite a variety of content here. One story I decided was mainstream, not SF/F. I recommended against 4, which is about as expected (4.25). Review: 2019.261 ( A Word for Authors) Delightful VarietyI recommended 4 of the 17 stories I counted as genre, which is better than the 2.8 expected for a work of this size.
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