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<blockquote data-quote="Gizzard" data-source="post: 813476" data-attributes="member: 527">Good choice.&nbsp; I'm constantly amazed by his ability to generate ...um.... vivid&nbsp; ...um... images.&nbsp; The Scar is on my shelf waiting to be read.&nbsp; I just gulped down a bunch of short stories for the Hugo nominations.&nbsp; Usually I do a pretty good job of covering the material, but this year I really slacked off.&nbsp; Anyway, some hightlights from my reading:Robert Reed: She Sees My Monsters Now.&nbsp; (June Asimovs) Reed sure can draw a character.&nbsp; The SF world is really just a set for his sociopath to play with.&nbsp; Creepy.Paul McAuley: The Passenger. (March Asimovs) I've really enjoyed McAuley's short stories set in grim post-X futures.&nbsp; Like Interstitial from a few years ago, this one also features an isolated team stuck between the proverbial rock-and-hard-place.&nbsp; (Or between a rock-and-a-stone, as one big-breasted Survivor contestant supposedly said on camera.&nbsp; But I digress.)Michael Swanwick:The Little Cat... (Oct Asimovs) Swanwick has done some of my favorite short stories over the last few years.&nbsp; This is a sequel and the genre is post-Apocalyptic Steampunk Victorian Comedy.&nbsp; Really.&nbsp; If you've never thought of a world where a genetically-enhanced dog can run a confidence scam in Paris then this story is guaranteed to surprise you even further.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Gizzard, post: 813476, member: 527"] Good choice. I'm constantly amazed by his ability to generate ...um.... vivid ...um... images. The Scar is on my shelf waiting to be read. I just gulped down a bunch of short stories for the Hugo nominations. Usually I do a pretty good job of covering the material, but this year I really slacked off. Anyway, some hightlights from my reading: [B]Robert Reed: She Sees My Monsters Now. (June Asimovs)[/B] Reed sure can draw a character. The SF world is really just a set for his sociopath to play with. Creepy. [B]Paul McAuley: The Passenger. (March Asimovs)[/B] I've really enjoyed McAuley's short stories set in grim post-X futures. Like [I]Interstitial[/I] from a few years ago, this one also features an isolated team stuck between the proverbial rock-and-hard-place. (Or between a rock-and-a-stone, as one big-breasted Survivor contestant supposedly said on camera. But I digress.) [B]Michael Swanwick:The Little Cat... (Oct Asimovs)[/B] Swanwick has done some of my favorite short stories over the last few years. This is a sequel and the genre is post-Apocalyptic Steampunk Victorian Comedy. Really. If you've never thought of a world where a genetically-enhanced dog can run a confidence scam in Paris then this story is guaranteed to surprise you even further. [/QUOTE]

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