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2018 books
61) Asimov's Science Fiction, July/August 2018
I had incorrectly thought that I had finished this, but when I picked it up again realized I'd stopped partway through a story and forgotten about it. It was actually a very good issue, all in all. This was the one which redeemed Kristine Kathryn Rusch and Allen M. Steele in my eyes. I have never before liked a story by either of them, but this issue saw breakthroughs on that front in "Lieutenant Tightass" (Rusch) and "Starship Mountain" (Steele). Steele's unemotional and stilted style works well with noir.
I had incorrectly thought that I had finished this, but when I picked it up again realized I'd stopped partway through a story and forgotten about it. It was actually a very good issue, all in all. This was the one which redeemed Kristine Kathryn Rusch and Allen M. Steele in my eyes. I have never before liked a story by either of them, but this issue saw breakthroughs on that front in "Lieutenant Tightass" (Rusch) and "Starship Mountain" (Steele). Steele's unemotional and stilted style works well with noir.