Last Contact by Stephen Baxter

My review of "Last Contact" by Stephen Baxter is up! A short story that postulates that the sublimation of nihilism is... gardening. As the Universe is tearing itself apart, we follow the last encounters between a mother and her daughter, as the flame of existence is about to gutter out. Surprisingly humane and tinged with …

Bioship by Neal Asher

I have put up a small review of the short story "Bioship" by Neal Asher. A love triangle aboard a living ship in the middle of an ocean is but the stage for what is in truth a brief but intense look at a small alien landscape. Asher skillfully uses a language rife with adjectives …