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Contents20 May 2013![[Reviews ]](/2013/20130520/weekly.jpg)
(Reviews) FICTION: Hiding on the Red Sands of Mars (Part 2 of 2), by Anaea LayTyson was suddenly very absorbed in the deer carcass he was dressing. "You were fathered by the revolution. I'd have stepped in anyway, but Harry... your mother knew better." FICTION: Podcast: Hiding on the Red Sands of Mars (Part 2 of 2), by Anaea Lay read by Anaea LayIn this episode of the Strange Horizons podcast, editor Julia Rios presents part two of Anaea Lay's "Hiding on the Red Sands of Mars." POETRY: Ophelia, by QynFrom here she thinks she sees / the ghost of her mother, / mouthing silence like / some great and beautiful fish. COLUMN: Scores, by John CluteIt is not easy—it should really no longer be feasible—to write a tale set in the twentieth century that is not a tale about the twentieth century. REVIEW: This Week's ReviewsMonday: Deprivation by Alex Jeffers, reviewed by Erin Horáková 13 May 2013![[Reviews ]](/2013/20130513/weekly.jpg)
(Reviews) FICTION: Hiding on the Red Sands of Mars (Part 1 of 2), by Anaea Lay"While we were on our way, when Mars was still a tiny ball in the distance, I plucked it out of the sky and rolled it between my hands to warm it up for us. Just like I do for you when you get cold." FICTION: Podcast: Hiding on the Red Sands of Mars, by Anaea Lay read by Anaea LayIn this episode of the Strange Horizons podcast, editor Julia Rios presents Anaea Lay's "Hiding on the Red Sands of Mars." POETRY: the houses of girl-ghosts, by Cassandra de Albaaltars everywhere: pyrite, half-melted candles, music boxes / missingteeth. REVIEW: This Week's ReviewsMonday: Utopia, Season 1, reviewed by Matthew Jones 6 May 2013![[Reviews ]](/2013/20130506/weekly.jpg)
(Reviews) FICTION: Hear the Enemy, My Daughter, by Kenneth SchneyerNow Kesi is four and does not mention him at all. She remembers him; when I point to his picture, she tells me who Jabari is. But she does not begin conversation about him. She does not ask when he will return. She does not ask what it means to die. FICTION: Podcast: Hear the Enemy, My Daughter, by Kenneth Schneyer read by Anaea LayIn this episode of the Strange Horizons podcast, editor Anaea Lay presents Kenneth Schneyer's "Hear the Enemy, My Daughter." POETRY: Book of Vole (Excerpts), by Jane Tolmie and Perry RathLiterature is open to everybody, / even pests. COLUMN: Movements: So what do you think of my story where I made use of another person’s culture?, by Rochita Loenen-RuizI’ve recently spent a lot of time listening to conversations and engaging in discussions about, among other things, non-western SF and how SF is so white. REVIEW: This Week's ReviewsMonday: Adam Robots by Adam Roberts, reviewed by Andy Sawyer 29 April 2013![[Reviews ]](/2013/20130429/weekly.jpg)
(Reviews) FICTION: Lucy Sussex and "My Lady Tongue", by Tansy Rayner RobertsFirst, I discovered the genres of science fiction and fantasy. Then, maybe a year or two later, I discovered that Australians wrote it too. FICTION: My Lady Tongue, by Lucy SussexI was minding my own business, thinking of Honey, but cat curious I followed the groups of womyn drifting towards the clamour. It was only when I was in the main square that I realised the offence was mine. Ah well, I’d brazen it out—I’m nothing if not brazen. FICTION: Podcast: My Lady Tongue, by Lucy Sussex, read by Anaea LayIn this episode of the Strange Horizons podcast, editor Anaea Lay presents Lucy Sussex's "My Lady Tongue." POETRY: That Sonnet Is a Fragment (Anagrammatic) of Constellation, by Sophie Mayerwalls fall, nightmare / papier maché melts to let in something stranger REVIEW: This Week's ReviewsMonday: The 2013 Arthur C. Clarke Award Shortlist, Part 1, reviewed by Abigail Nussbaum Strange Horizons is a weekly online magazine of science fiction, fantasy, science fact, opinion, art, and reviews. All material in Strange Horizons is copyrighted to the original authors and may not be reproduced without permission. Violators will be prosecuted. Updated every Monday Graphic design by Elaine Chen. |
