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2011 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award Finalists

Friday, 10 June 2011 4:11 pmJune 10, 2011 Dave Truesdale

2011 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award Finalists for Best Short Fiction of the Year

This year’s Sturgeon finalists were posted Thursday, June 9, 2011. The eleven finalists are listed below in alphabetical order by author.

“Mammoths of the Great Plains” by Eleanor Arnason (Mammoths of the Great Plains)
“Under the Moons of Venus” by Damien Broderick (Subterranean, Spring 2010)
“The Maiden Flight of McAuley’s “ by Elizabeth Hand (Stories)
“The Sultan of the Clouds” by Geoffrey A. Landis (Asimov’s, 9/10)
“Flower, Mercy, Needle, Chain” by Yoon Ha Lee (Lightspeed, 9/10)
“Ghosts Doing the Orange Dance” by Paul Park (F&SF, 1-2/10)
“Dead Man’s Run” by Robert Reed (F&SF, 11-12/10)
“Troika” by Alastair Reynolds (Godlike Machines)
“A Letter from the Emperor” by Steve Rasnic Tem (Asimov’s, 1/10)
“The Night Train” by Lavie Tidhar, (Strange Horizons, 6/14/10)
“The Things” by Peter Watts (Clarkesworld, 1/10)

Asimov’s — April/May 2011

Thursday, 9 June 2011 2:04 pmJune 9, 2011 Indrapramit Das

Asimov’s, April/May 2011

“The Day the Wires Came Down” by Alexander Jablokov
“Clockworks” by William Preston
“A Response From EST17” by Tom Purdom
“Becalmed” by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
“An Empty House with Many Doors” by Michael Swanwick
“The Homecoming” by Mike Resnick
“North Shore Friday” by Nick Mamatas
“The Fnoor Hen” by Rudy Rucker
“Smoke City” by Christopher Barzak
“The One That Got Away” by Esther M Friesner
“The Flow and Dream” by Jack Skillingstead

Beneath Ceaseless Skies #67, April 21, 2011

Tuesday, 7 June 2011 3:10 pmJune 7, 2011 Jo-Anne Odell

Beneath Ceaseless Skies Issue 67, April 21, 2011

“Dancing the Warrior, Pt. 2” by Marie Brennan
“Memories of Her” by Greg Linklater

Reviewed by Jo-Anne Odell

Brave New Worlds: Dystopian Stories

Monday, 6 June 2011 6:38 pmJune 7, 2011 Rena Hawkins

Brave New Worlds: Dystopian Stories Edited by John Joseph Adams “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson“Red Card” by S.L. Gilbow“Ten With a Flag” by Joseph Paul Haines“The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas” by Ursula K, Le Guin“Evidence of Love in a Case of Abandonment” by M. Rickert“The Funeral” by Kate Wilhelm“O Happy Day!” by Geoff …

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Lights Out — The Little People

Sunday, 5 June 2011 2:00 amJune 5, 2011 Dave Truesdale

Lights Out (1934-1947) was perhaps the premiere horror show of the 1930s and 40s. It was created by Willis Cooper who in 1939 would write the screenplay for the Boris Karloff vehicle Son of Frankenstein. Following Willis’ departure as script writer for the series, famed genius Arch Oboler (photo at right) would take over, enhancing …

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Collecting Fantasy Art #6: An Art Potpourri

Saturday, 4 June 2011 3:43 pmJune 4, 2011 Robert Weinberg

Collecting Fantasy Art #6:

An Art Potpourri

By Robert Weinberg

Fantasy & Science Fiction — May/June 2011

Saturday, 4 June 2011 12:52 pmJune 4, 2011 Caroline E. Willis & Rhonda Porrett

Fantasy & Science Fiction – May/June 2011

For this issue we asked Caroline E. Willis to handle the short stories and Rhonda Porrett to tackle the novelettes and novella.

From Caroline E. Willis–

“Starship” by Scott Bradfield
“The Old Terrologist’s Tale” by S. L. Gilbow”
”Altogether Elsewhere, Vast Herds of Reindeer” by Ken Liu
“Building a Readership” by Paul di Filippo
“Agent of Change” by Steven Popkes
“Stock Photos” by Robert Reed
“The Road Ahead” by Robert Reed
“Signs of Life” by Carter Scholz
“Fine Green Dust” by Don Webb

From Rhonda Porrett–

“The Black Mountain” by Albert E. Cowdrey
“Rampion” by Alexandra Duncan
“Music Makers” by Kate Wilhelm

Asimov’s — March 2011

Saturday, 4 June 2011 7:32 amJune 4, 2011 Robert E. Waters

Asimov’s, March 2011

“Clean” by John Kessel
“Where” by Neal Barrett, Jr.
“I Was Nearly Your Mother” by Ian Creasey
“God in the Sky” by An Owomoyela
“Movement” by Nancy Fulda
“The Most Important Thing in the World” by Steve Bein
“Lost in the Memory Palace, I Found You” by Nick Wolven
“Purple” by Robert Reed

Reviewed by Robert E. Waters

Welcome to the Greenhouse

Saturday, 4 June 2011 5:56 amJune 4, 2011 Nader Elhefnawy

Welcome to the Greenhouse: New Science Fiction on Climate Change
Edited by Gordon Van Gelder
(OR Books, February 2011)

“Benkoelen” by Brian W. Aldiss
“Damned When You Do” by Jeff Carlson
“The Middle of Somewhere” by Judith Moffett
“Not a Problem” by Matthew Hughes
“Eagle” by Gregory Benford
“Come Again Some Other Day” by Michael Alexander
“The Master of the Aviary” by Bruce Sterling
“Turtle Love” by Joseph Green
“The California Queen Comes A-Calling” by Pat MacEwen
“That Creeping Sensation” by Alan Dean Foster
“The Men of Summer” by David Prill
“The Bridge” by George Guthridge
“FarmEarth” by Paul Di Filippo
“Sundown” by Chris Lawson
“Fish Cakes” by Ray Vukcevich
“True North” by M. J. Locke

Reviewed by Nader Elhefnawy

The Green Hornet — Invasion Plans for Victory

Sunday, 29 May 2011 6:31 amMay 29, 2011 Dave Truesdale

The Green Hornet was created specifically for radio by producer George Trendle and director James Jewell. The first episode aired January 31, 1936. The series proved so popular its run lasted sixteen years, with its final episode airing in 1952. The 1940s saw two movie serials featuring the Green Hornet and his staunch ally Kato …

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