A review by nancyotoole
Lightspeed Magazine, April 2014 by John Joseph Adams

3.0

April's issue of Lightspeed Magazine (yes, I'm behind), while not one of my favorites, still has some worthwhile fiction inside. My favorites from the science fiction side were Codename: Delphi by Linda Nagata, a exciting military sci-fi story about a woman who's job is to control troops remotely (a profession I would never want), and Complex God by Scott Sigler. Complex God is from the recently released Robot Uprising anthology, so you can tell where the story is going, but the author brings the story to its inevitable conclusion in a very creative way. My favorite on the fantasy side was The Only Death in the City by CJ Cherryh, which I found to be lushly written and filled with great worldbuilding. The story focuses on a society where people are constantly reincarnated with full knowledge of all of their previous lives, and the consequences that result. There's also Alsiso by KJ Bishop, an entertaining study of how legends develop over time.

April's issue of Lightspeed is not a must read, but I still considered it to be a worthwhile use of my time.