Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine 26 - Andrew Finch

http://www.andromedaspaceways.com/issue26.htm

Stories

Marie and the Mathematicians . . . Matthew Kressel
Chicken . . . Steve Wylie
Wildstyle . . . John Bowker
Lucky Tart . . . Tansy Rayner Roberts
'Dants . . . Paul Hosek
Aspies and Auties and Long-leggedy Beasties . . . Alison Venugoban
The Answer . . . Michael Simon
Obituary Boy . . . Adam Browne and John Dixon
And a Song in Her Hair . . . Michael Merriam

Special Features

Article: Old Weird, New Angles . . . Elizabeth Bear

An interesting look at the usage of ideas in SF type work.

Review: Troy . . . Tansy Rayner Roberts

This is really long and detailed.

Marie and the Mathematicians . . . Matthew Kressel

A waitress works at a place a bunch of mathematics professors eat at. Over time, she realises she has skills in that area.

3.5 out of 5


Chicken . . . Steve Wylie

The world seen through the eyes of a different lifeform.

2.5 out of 5


Wildstyle . . . John Bowker

A schoolgirl tagger gets involved in the magic and geometry and geography of the thing around the city.

3.5


Lucky Tart . . . Tansy Rayner Roberts

Vampires make mermaid pie.

3 out of 5


'Dants . . . Paul Hosek

In a combination of the Transing Syndrome, Stand on Zanzibar and a hint of Blade Runner, mankind's immense population pressure forces interstellar emigration by a teleportation style technology.

3.5 out of 5


Aspies and Auties and Long-leggedy Beasties . . . Alison Venugoban

Life seen through the eyes of one of the last non-autistic men to live on the planet.

3.5 out of 5


The Answer . . . Michael Simon

A researcher has made it his life's work to look into life after death experiences, and suddenly gives it up. A reporter asks why.

4 out of 5


Obituary Boy . . . Adam Browne and John Dixon

A boy's research lets him predict times of death.

3.5 out of 5


And a Song in Her Hair . . . Michael Merriam

A dryad and a young musician strike a bargain.

3 out of 5




4 out of 5