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"Quicken" Damien Broderick. Started out as a good pseudo zombie after life story then traipsed into pop psych at the end and became too introspective.

— Jan 06, 2016 02:22PM Add a comment

Matthew Cannon is on page 633 of 752 of The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-First Annual Collection

"The Promise of Space" James Patrick Kelly. An astronaut is exposed to radiation and tries something new to continue living. But at a cost.

— Jan 06, 2016 08:58AM Add a comment

Matthew Cannon is on page 625 of 752 of The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-First Annual Collection

"Hard Stars" Brendan DuBois. A great piece of if the US was attacked by drones.

— Jan 05, 2016 01:35PM Add a comment

Matthew Cannon is on page 610 of 752 of The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-First Annual Collection

"Queen of Night's Aria" Ian McDonald. A nice Mars piece with war and music

— Jan 05, 2016 12:20PM Add a comment

Matthew Cannon is on page 588 of 752 of The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-First Annual Collection

"Finders" Melissa Scott. A salvage mission with a great payout.

— Jan 05, 2016 08:57AM Add a comment

Matthew Cannon is on page 566 of 752 of The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-First Annual Collection

"Technarion" Sean McMullen. Started out a bit like a steam punk then turned into a cultural critique almost like a bitter old man reminiscing. Story had much potential.

— Jan 04, 2016 02:14PM Add a comment

Matthew Cannon is on page 540 of 752 of The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-First Annual Collection

"Earth I" Stephen Baxter. Usually a fan of his work. But this piece of a far future, where mankind searches for their lost origin seems culturally introspective, yet empty at the end.

— Jan 04, 2016 09:21AM Add a comment

Matthew Cannon is on page 511 of 752 of The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-First Annual Collection

"Entangled" Ian MacLeod. Odd tale of flashbacks and growing up in a special class but rejecting it violently. Coming to grips with that cost of rejection later.

— Jan 01, 2016 06:17PM Add a comment

Matthew Cannon is on page 492 of 752 of The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-First Annual Collection

"Only Human" Lavie Tidhar. An interesting piece of alternative culture in human shared experience through tech and how it affects personal relationships

— Jan 01, 2016 02:57PM Add a comment

Matthew Cannon is on page 481 of 752 of The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-First Annual Collection

"The Other Gun" Neal Asher. A strange flash forward/back story with a twist at the end

— Jan 01, 2016 10:52AM Add a comment

Matthew Cannon is on page 446 of 752 of The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-First Annual Collection

"The Irish Astronaut" Val Nolan. How a back up pilot deals with the emotions of watching a returning crew burn up on re-entry and taking his friend's ashes to their final resting place.

— Dec 30, 2015 02:29PM Add a comment

Matthew Cannon is on page 428 of 752 of The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-First Annual Collection

"Bad Day on Boscobel" Akexander Jablokov. A political intrigue spy mystery.

— Dec 30, 2015 01:32PM Add a comment

Matthew Cannon is on page 408 of 752 of The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-First Annual Collection

"The She-Wolf's Hidden Grin" Michael Swanwick. An interesting twist to the coming of age genre.

— Dec 30, 2015 09:24AM Add a comment

Matthew Cannon is on page 397 of 752 of The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-First Annual Collection

"Fleet" Sandra McDonald. A brief glimpse into what could happen to a small island in the pacific after a solar megastorm wipes out technology world wide.

— Dec 30, 2015 07:48AM Add a comment

Matthew Cannon is on page 384 of 752 of The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-First Annual Collection

"The Plague" Ken Liu. A brief piece insightful to two people from different environments but each wanting to teach the other.

— Dec 30, 2015 07:11AM Add a comment

Matthew Cannon is on page 382 of 752 of The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-First Annual Collection

"Biographical Fragments of the Life of Julian Prince" Jake Kerr. Interesting piece discussing an journalist's life after a meteor hits North America and its affect on his writing.

— Dec 29, 2015 09:48PM Add a comment

Matthew Cannon is on page 372 of 752 of The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-First Annual Collection

"Murder on the 'Aldrin' Express" Martin L Shoemaker. Classic whodunit with a slight twist.

— Dec 29, 2015 01:40PM Add a comment

Matthew Cannon is on page 336 of 752 of The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-First Annual Collection

"One" Nancy Kress. Not sure what to make of this one. Reads like a coming to Jesus moment plot. But seems empty at the end.

— Dec 29, 2015 11:31AM Add a comment

Matthew Cannon is on page 290 of 752 of The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-First Annual Collection

"Map of Mercury" Alastair Reynolds. Interesting piece on man becoming machine

— Dec 27, 2015 08:10PM Add a comment

Matthew Cannon is on page 276 of 752 of The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-First Annual Collection

"The Waiting Stars" Aliette de Bodard. Another short in her mind ship series. Surprise at end.

— Dec 26, 2015 06:09PM Add a comment

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