Galaxy's Edge Magazine Issue 18, January 2016: Leigh Bracket Special

by Mike Resnick (Editor), Robert J. Sawyer, Leigh Brackett

A Magazine of Science Fiction and Fantasy ISSUE 18: January 2016

Mike Resnick, Editor

Jean Rabe, Assistant Editor

Shahid Mahmud, Publisher

Stories by: Jennifer Campbell-Hicks, Robert J. Sawyer, Lou J Berger, Rene Sears, Janis Ian, Robert T. Jeschonek, Jack Skillingstead, Dantzel Cherry, Effie Seiberg, Todd McCaffrey, Laurie Tom

Serialization: The Long Tomorrow by Leigh Brackett

Columns by: Barry Malzberg, Gregory Benford

Book Reviews: Jody Lynn Nye and Bill Fawcett

Interview: Joy Ward interviews Joe Haldeman

Galaxy's Edge is a Hugo-nominated bi-monthly magazine published by Phoenix Pick, the science fiction and fantasy imprint of Arc Manor, an award winning independent press based in Maryland. Each issue of the magazine has a mix of new and old stories, a serialization of a novel, columns by Barry Malzberg and Gregory Benford, book reviews by Jody Lynn Nye and Bill Fawcett and an interview conducted by Joy Ward.

108 pages, Paperback

First published December 23, 2015

About the author

Michael "Mike" Diamond Resnick, better known by his published name Mike Resnick, was a popular and prolific American science fiction author. He is, according to Locus, the all-time leading award winner, living or dead, for short science fiction. He was the winner of five Hugos, a Nebula, and other major awards in the United States, France, Spain, Japan, Croatia and Poland. and has been short-listed for major awards in England, Italy and Australia. He was the author of 68 novels, over 250 stories, and 2 screenplays, and was the editor of 41 anthologies. His work has been translated into 25 languages. He was the Guest of Honor at the 2012 Worldcon and can be found online as @ResnickMike on Twitter or at www.mikeresnick.com.

Reviews

[BookmarkedOne · Rating 1 out of 5]

DNF at 52%.

Rape, prostitution, forced surgery, slavery, religious appropriation, and slurs—I really shouldn’t be shocked publishers are willing to accept this type of sensationalist pulp fiction, but somehow, I still am.

I still believe in SF&F as the genres of hope, imagination, and wonder. They are limitless in potential.

Which begs the question, if you could dream anything into reality, why would you choose a world like this? What good is there? What purpose?

For me, reading is about trust. I give the writer control of my time and my mind, to open my eyes to things I have never seen. Reading for me is very close to living. I can become immersed, so everything feels real.

Why would you take me there, to that place? What did I ever do to you?

When that trust is broken, when the reader is traumatized instead of thrilled and inspired, some of the light and joy goes out of all reading, all books. It takes a while to get it back.

There are some decent stories at the start, but I don’t care to read anything more from Galaxy’s Edge after this.

[Shawn · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really couldn't find anything wrong with this issue. Each story was really interesting and then in the end you get the start of The Long Tomorrow which this installment already has me hooked.

[Bill · Rating 4 out of 5]

Rating a SF magazine on a somewhat more relaxed scale than a novel, after all nobody makes a living from short stoies and many are dashed off in hours.

That people still launch printed periodicals is the source of some amazement, but somehow it so fits the nature of SF. The book reviews were especially welcome and the strong representation of women authors.

[Bill · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good fiction and non-fiction.