Tangent Online 2022 Recommended Reading List

Tangent Online 2022 Recommended Reading List

As with previous years, this list is not meant as comprehensive, there being a number of items we didn’t see, especially at the novella length. As was the case with the last several years, we narrowed our focus (with some exceptions) to those stories published in professionally paying markets.

There are 264 stories on this year’s list (down 36 from last year’s 300): 201 short stories (down 35 from last year’s 236), 52 novelettes (the same as last year), and 11 novellas (down 1 from last year’s 12). As with any such list—especially ours with its ever-changing review staff—different reviewers bring different perspectives on how to approach stories, how they are thus measured, and of course the stories themselves are of different “quality” (up or down) if such a thing as quality can be measured by any objective standard. However, it does seem as if each year has its own nebulous, general level of quality, with some years being commented upon in retrospect as great years for quality fiction and others not so much. There are just too many variables to nail down as to why any given year—or recommended reading list—has more or fewer stories placed on it by a different cast of reviewers, each of whom brings their own individual set of standards to the fiction they read. Continue reading “Tangent Online 2022 Recommended Reading List”


Wondrous Portals: Speculative Style in Science Fiction by Robert McGill & David F. Shultz
Wondrous Portals: Speculative Style in Science FictionbyRobert McGill & David F. Shultz ∞       ∞       ∞         Teleporters… Read more...
"Call Me Dumbo" by Bob Shaw
“Call Me Dumbo”by Bob Shaw(1931-1996)(novelette, originally in IF, December 1966)by Dave Truesdale July of 2017 saw the publication of Go Fo… Read more...
Box 13 -- "Design for Danger"
Box 13 (1948-1949) aired “Design for Danger” on June 5, 1949 as the 42nd of its 52 episodes. This is but the 9th episode of Box 13 we have showcased, and onl… Read more...
Flying Saucers & the Stymie Factor by Raymond A. Palmer
"Flying Saucers & the Stymie Factor"   by   Ray Palmer   (From Science Fiction Review, May 1978, edited by Richard E. Geis) New… Read more...
Classic Ben Bova Interview
Tangent Online Presents: An Interview with Ben Bova(November 8, 1932 -- November 29, 2020} (Ben Bova photo © 1976, 2020 Dave Truesdale} Locations: Stevens… Read more...
Monthly print magazine notice
Since Dec. 2016 there have been no professionally paying monthly SF/F genre print magazines.… Read more...
Analog, May/June 2023
Analog, May/June 2023 “Poison” by Frank Wu & Jay Werkheiser “Aleyara’s Descent” by Christopher L. Bennett “The Last Romantic on Belliponte” by… Read more...
Cirsova #14, Spring 2023
Cirsova #14, Spring 2023 "The Unshrouded Stars" by David Skinner "Hunger in the Void" by Andrew Gallant "The Gold Exigency" by Michael Tierney (serial, not review… Read more...
Unfit, Vol. 7, Summer 2021
Unfit, Volume 7, Summer 2021 "Wind" by Margaret Randall "Kissing Strange Girls" by Tais Teng "A Song Before Sunset" by David Grigg (reprint, not reviewed) "Thoug… Read more...
The Ross 248 Project, ed. Les Johnson & Ken Roy
The Ross 248 Projectedited byLes Johnson and Ken Roy(Baen, May 2023, pb, 400 pp.) "Garden of Serpents" by Patrick Chiles "And a Child Shall Lead… Read more...
Strange Horizons, May 29, 2023
[On May 10, 2021 Strange Horizons officially expressed its political support for Palestinian solidarity. The views of Tangent Online reviewers are not necessarily th… Read more...
Beneath Ceaseless Skies #383, June 1, 2023
Beneath Ceaseless Skies #383, June 1, 2023 “Eleanora of the Bones” by Kat Howard “Fruit of the Memory Tree” by J.A. Prentice Reviewed by Kevin P Hallett … Read more...
Lightspeed #156, May 2023
Lightspeed #156, May 2023 “Moons We Can Circumnavigate in One Day, or the Space Probe Love Story” by Natalia Theodoridou “One Heart, Lost and Found” by Ka… Read more...
Galaxy's Edge #62, May/June 2023
Galaxy's Edge #62, May/June 2023 "Moon and Sky, Feather and Stone" by Rebecca E. Treasure "That Sunday on the Trail With the Merest Breath of Sea" by Beth Cato "T… Read more...
Heroic Fantasy Quarterly #56, May 2023
Heroic Fantasy Quarterly #56, May 2023 “Red-Autumn Seeks His Father” by Jonathan Olfert “Pagan Fires” by Rev. Joe Kelly “The Blade’s Bargain” by Rob… Read more...
Tor.com, May 2023
Tor.com, May 2023 “The Puppetmaster” by Kemi Ashing-Giwa “Pretty Good Neighbor” by Jeffrey Ford Reviewed by Mike Bickerdike“The Puppetmaster” b… Read more...
Tangent Photo Gallery #11
Photos from Libertycon 32 Chattanooga, TN, June 28-30, 2019Guest of Honor: Sarah A. HoytArtist Guest of Honor: Mitch FoustScience Guest of Honor: Arla… Read more...