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scamp1234's review
4.0
Solid reading throughout. Ken Liu gives us a glimpse of the world he's building for his new novel, a new Harry and Marlowe tale, a great reprint in Hellhound, and Ramez Naam provides a great tale of corporate advertising in the future.
serena_dawn's review
4.0
Harry (Princess Maud to us known as Maud of Wales and Marlowe find a spy among her would be fiancee's companions as her two lives intersect briefly and disturbingly, yet George and her grandmother know she must carry on her Aetherian exploration of technology.
nancyotoole's review
4.0
As part of supporting Lightspeed Magazine's Women Destroy Science Fiction special issue, I was given three free issues of the magazine. This was the first issue I decided to read.
As someone pretty new to the magazine, the Feb 2014 issue of Lightspeed Magazine pleasantly surprised me. I enjoyed all of the stories on one level or another, and really appreciated the author spotlights included with each story. Our of the stories (which includes eight shorts, and one novella) I ended up with a few favorites. The first would be Come Kings by Jessica Barber, which takes a disturbing look at the future of gaming. The technology presented here was really interesting, but what really sold me was the central story of two sisters. I also really enjoyed Fireborn by Robert Charles Wilson, which is a reprint. I found the story to be beautifully written and hope to check out more of the authors work. On the fantasy section, I really enjoyed "None Owns the Air" by Ken Liu, which had a really interesting setting. The novella "Hellhound" by Robin McKinley had a great heroine and should appeal to animal lovers.
This may be my first issue of Lightspeed but it's certainly not my last. I look forward to checking out future issues.
As someone pretty new to the magazine, the Feb 2014 issue of Lightspeed Magazine pleasantly surprised me. I enjoyed all of the stories on one level or another, and really appreciated the author spotlights included with each story. Our of the stories (which includes eight shorts, and one novella) I ended up with a few favorites. The first would be Come Kings by Jessica Barber, which takes a disturbing look at the future of gaming. The technology presented here was really interesting, but what really sold me was the central story of two sisters. I also really enjoyed Fireborn by Robert Charles Wilson, which is a reprint. I found the story to be beautifully written and hope to check out more of the authors work. On the fantasy section, I really enjoyed "None Owns the Air" by Ken Liu, which had a really interesting setting. The novella "Hellhound" by Robin McKinley had a great heroine and should appeal to animal lovers.
This may be my first issue of Lightspeed but it's certainly not my last. I look forward to checking out future issues.
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