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A review by mikewhiteman
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, November/December 2017 by C.C. Finlay
2.0
Attachments - Kate Wilhelm ***
Carbo - Nick Wolven **
Big Girl - Meg Elison **
Stillborne - Marc Laidlaw ***
Solid fantasy with a strong hook of the human and gargoyle linked by their magically swapped hands. The jumps in time confuse things, without any signifiers of which period the story is in, but a fun read nonetheless.
By The Red Giant's Light - Larry Niven **
Marley And Marley - JR Dawson ***
Water God's Dog - RS Benedict **
A servant of the titular water god who must obey its whims or suffer pain finds a number of offerings, including a young boy. The drought-stricken environment allows some jabs at general inequity and religion and the journey beneath the mountain has some suitable tomb raider-ish imagery, but the story didn't capture the imagination and the main character's grumbles wore thin quickly.
Racing The Rings Of Saturn - Ingrid Garcia *
The central idea of the race around and through the rings of Saturn is fun, but the writing and the rebels' story feels hurriedly slapped together and clunky.
Whatever Comes After Calcutta - David Erik Nelson *
A lawyer, vaguely chasing down his wife and her partner in an affair, comes across a woman being hanged as a witch. Plods along to an inevitable ending, the writing never lifting it above the lacklustre plot.
Carbo - Nick Wolven **
Big Girl - Meg Elison **
Stillborne - Marc Laidlaw ***
Solid fantasy with a strong hook of the human and gargoyle linked by their magically swapped hands. The jumps in time confuse things, without any signifiers of which period the story is in, but a fun read nonetheless.
By The Red Giant's Light - Larry Niven **
Marley And Marley - JR Dawson ***
Water God's Dog - RS Benedict **
A servant of the titular water god who must obey its whims or suffer pain finds a number of offerings, including a young boy. The drought-stricken environment allows some jabs at general inequity and religion and the journey beneath the mountain has some suitable tomb raider-ish imagery, but the story didn't capture the imagination and the main character's grumbles wore thin quickly.
Racing The Rings Of Saturn - Ingrid Garcia *
The central idea of the race around and through the rings of Saturn is fun, but the writing and the rebels' story feels hurriedly slapped together and clunky.
Whatever Comes After Calcutta - David Erik Nelson *
A lawyer, vaguely chasing down his wife and her partner in an affair, comes across a woman being hanged as a witch. Plods along to an inevitable ending, the writing never lifting it above the lacklustre plot.