Matthew Cannon’s Reviews > The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Fourth Annual Collection > Status Update

“Women’s Christmas”, Ian McDonald. Not sure what this one was really about. 5 sisters getting together once a year for a spa day. Living off the money their aunt made and sent back from the moon.

“Firstborn, Lastborn”, Melissa Scott. And interesting look at AI. Would they want revenge for a past crime?

“A Tower For The Coming World”, Maggie Clark. An interesting look at space bridge politics and its societal cost.

“Those Brighter Stars”, Mercurio D Rivera. A nice different look at first contact.

“The One Who Isn’t”, Ted Kosmatka. A different perspective in AI

“Because Change Was The Ocean and We Lived By Her Mercy”, Charlie Jane Anders. Difficult to read with the use of non-gender specific nouns. Even the names were difficult to decipher. Loved the world the author created, but lost its shine with the politically correct verbiage.

“Because Change Was The Ocean and We Lived By Her Mercy”, Charlie Jane Anders. Difficult to read with the use of non-gender specific nouns. Even the names were difficult to decipher. Loved the world the author created, but lost its shine with the politically correct verbiage.

“That Game We Played During The War”, Carrie Vaughn. An good analogy of the US-Russian chess matches.

“Mika Model”, Paola Bacigalupi. Is it murder or product defect when a sex bot defends itself?

“They All Have One Breath”, Karl Bunker. An interesting take on “benevolent” AIs running the world.