Monthly Archives: June 2016

Bookshelf: The Year’s Best Military SF & Space Opera (2014)

The Year’s Best has a longish title, so I will abbreviate it. The title is also pretty direct and thorough; some of these stories are crunchy and technical military science fiction (e.g., Linda Nagata’s “Codename: Delphi”, which follows a “handler” through a … Continue reading

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Bookshelf: The Finger Trap

Tony Flaner can’t get his act together. He bumps from job to job, propelled by ennui and sarcasm. Despite having planned the date of his divorce years in advance (his son’s fourteenth birthday, plus four months), when the day comes … Continue reading

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