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A review by omantienlukija
Uncanny Magazine Issue 38: January/February 2021 by Chimedum Ohaegbu, Elsa Sjunneson, Michael Damian Thomas, Lynne M. Thomas
4.0
FICTION
Tyrannosaurus Hex by Sam J. Miller
Short, scary, yet realistic and believable. A harsh look of things that can happen in intersections of technology and not great parenting. 4,5/5
A House Full Of Voices Is Never Empty by Miyuki Jane Pinckard
An intimate feeling look into immigrant family, trauma and memories, and how differently people can react to same experiences. 4/5
Pathfinding! by Nicole Kornher-Stace
Pretty depressing and bleak glimpse into future. Found it hard to connect with any of the characters. 3/5
Distribution by Paul Cornell
Weird and scary. Left me with a lot of questions but not in the good way. 3/5
Femme And Sundance by Christopher Caldwell
I liked the voice of the narrator but didn't really care of the crime story aspect. Would love read stories about the ASA. 3,5/5
Beyond The Doll Forest by Marissa Lingen
Mystical and enchanting. Really liked the twins in the end. 4/5
In That Place She Grows a Garden by Del Sander
Fantastic, definitely my favorite story in this issue. Real life injustices with a lovely magical twist. A pitty it's a reprint from 2019 and can't be nominated for Hugos this year. 5/5
ESSEYS
I really liked Weird Plagues: How Fear Of Disease Mutated Into a Subgenre by John Wiswell as an great introduction to a new subgenre. Also Hayao Miyazaki's Lost Magic of Parenthood by Aidan Moher was interesting but would probably have been more so had I seen all the movies discussed. The other esseys didn't really move the needle one way or the other.
POETRY
My favorites were Medusa Gets a Haircut by Theodora Goss, Kalevala, An Untelling by Lizzy Simonen, and What The Time Travellers Stole by L.X. Beckett, which all took something well known, twisted the point of view, and delighted while doing so.
Tyrannosaurus Hex by Sam J. Miller
Short, scary, yet realistic and believable. A harsh look of things that can happen in intersections of technology and not great parenting. 4,5/5
A House Full Of Voices Is Never Empty by Miyuki Jane Pinckard
An intimate feeling look into immigrant family, trauma and memories, and how differently people can react to same experiences. 4/5
Pathfinding! by Nicole Kornher-Stace
Pretty depressing and bleak glimpse into future. Found it hard to connect with any of the characters. 3/5
Distribution by Paul Cornell
Weird and scary. Left me with a lot of questions but not in the good way. 3/5
Femme And Sundance by Christopher Caldwell
I liked the voice of the narrator but didn't really care of the crime story aspect. Would love read stories about the ASA. 3,5/5
Beyond The Doll Forest by Marissa Lingen
Mystical and enchanting. Really liked the twins in the end. 4/5
In That Place She Grows a Garden by Del Sander
Fantastic, definitely my favorite story in this issue. Real life injustices with a lovely magical twist. A pitty it's a reprint from 2019 and can't be nominated for Hugos this year. 5/5
ESSEYS
I really liked Weird Plagues: How Fear Of Disease Mutated Into a Subgenre by John Wiswell as an great introduction to a new subgenre. Also Hayao Miyazaki's Lost Magic of Parenthood by Aidan Moher was interesting but would probably have been more so had I seen all the movies discussed. The other esseys didn't really move the needle one way or the other.
POETRY
My favorites were Medusa Gets a Haircut by Theodora Goss, Kalevala, An Untelling by Lizzy Simonen, and What The Time Travellers Stole by L.X. Beckett, which all took something well known, twisted the point of view, and delighted while doing so.