1) Bluebeard’s Womb by M. G. Wiliis: scientists create different artificial approaches to having babies and deal with the technical, societal, legal and personal problems that ensue. Highly satisfying complexity
1) Bluebeard’s Womb by M. G. Wiliis: scientists create different artificial approaches to having babies and deal with the technical, societal, legal and personal problems that ensue. Highly satisfying complexity
1) The Seed by @sherisingerling.bsky.social : Jana learns to master the power of an extraterrestrial seed-shaped intelligent being brought home by her fisherman husband. Delightful ambiguous agency along with strong mental debating and searching of self.
1) The Seed by @sherisingerling.bsky.social : Jana learns to master the power of an extraterrestrial seed-shaped intelligent being brought home by her fisherman husband. Delightful ambiguous agency along with strong mental debating and searching of self.
1) Querulous Times by @rickandwrite.bsky.social : hungover captain on ore transport ship goes in stasis and awakens 60 years later only to realize that bots and mutant lobster/rats have taken over.Fights back to take control. Witty,funny,spot on
1) Querulous Times by @rickandwrite.bsky.social : hungover captain on ore transport ship goes in stasis and awakens 60 years later only to realize that bots and mutant lobster/rats have taken over.Fights back to take control. Witty,funny,spot on
1) It Eats Metal by Mark Ferguson: runaway subterranean entity eats metal and kills people in distant northern Canadian town. Feisty retirees take it down. Edgy, aggressive, very tight. Love it.
1) It Eats Metal by Mark Ferguson: runaway subterranean entity eats metal and kills people in distant northern Canadian town. Feisty retirees take it down. Edgy, aggressive, very tight. Love it.
1) From Enceladus, with Love by Ryan Cole: rebel teen, stowaway on vessel carrying refugees to Enceladus after sentient Earth computers go rogue, befriends rogue child ship’s computer. Charming
1) From Enceladus, with Love by Ryan Cole: rebel teen, stowaway on vessel carrying refugees to Enceladus after sentient Earth computers go rogue, befriends rogue child ship’s computer. Charming
1) The Hanging Tower of Babel by Wang Zhenzhen trans Carmen Yiling Yang: space elevator does not live up commercially to its initial premise, leading to insolvency. Builders and their families pay for shattered dreams. Bittersweet edge just lovely.
1) The Hanging Tower of Babel by Wang Zhenzhen trans Carmen Yiling Yang: space elevator does not live up commercially to its initial premise, leading to insolvency. Builders and their families pay for shattered dreams. Bittersweet edge just lovely.
1) La Fiera di Mezzanote by Hava Steinmetz-Cumbo; sister goes to enchanted market fair, accessible only via fountain in Sicily on rare days, to rescue her brother. Delightful
1) La Fiera di Mezzanote by Hava Steinmetz-Cumbo; sister goes to enchanted market fair, accessible only via fountain in Sicily on rare days, to rescue her brother. Delightful
1) Retirement Plan by Paul Starkey: crew member on quasi-FTL vessel concocts plan exploiting time dilation to self-deify as method to fund retirement. Delightful.
1) Retirement Plan by Paul Starkey: crew member on quasi-FTL vessel concocts plan exploiting time dilation to self-deify as method to fund retirement. Delightful.