Charles C. Ryan

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A 1979 collection which I picked up at Boskone thirty years later. Galileo lasted only another year after this was published. These are generally good pieces, and I was a bit surprised that only one story published in Galileo ever became a Hugo or Nebula finalists (and that was in 1980, Connie Willis's first ever nomination). The contents list begins with Ellison, Aldiss and Willis, and then goes on to authors who I haven't heard of like D.C. Poyer and John Alfred Taylor. The standout pieces for me were "Where the Lines Converge" by Brian Aldiss, which has not appeared in any of his subsequent collections, and "The Best Is Yet To Be" by M. Lucie Chin, her first story in a writing career that appears to have ended in 1988.… (mehr)

Mostly enjoyable, with the Schroeder being the most interesting

"The Engine of Recall" - Karl Schroeder 4/5
Mission to find an alien artifact orbiting a neutron star. Good SF adventure
"Cat Got Your Tongue" - Joshua Mertz 3/5
Talking cat can do math.
"Loop" - Kristine Kathryn Rusch 3/5
Fixing past mistakes through time travel.
"Lasuta" - Nigel Brown 2/5
British colonialism on an alien world.
"Alone Again in Dweebland" - Patricia Anthony 3.5/5
A small town is fenced off by aliens. Nice philosophical idea.
"White Christmas" - Sean Williams 4/5
Alien nanotech snow starts falling. Interesting invasion idea.… (mehr)