Friday, January 13, 2012

New Ceres Nights - Alisa Krasnostein

An excellent original anthology of tightly put together stories in this shared world of deliberately reduced technology level. Which of course leads to lots of skullduggery.

New Ceres Nights : Smuggler's Moon - Lee Battersby
New Ceres Nights : Murder in Laochan - Aliette de Bodard
New Ceres Nights : Fair Trade - Stephen Dedman
New Ceres Nights : The Widow's Seven Candles - Thoraiya Dyer
New Ceres Nights : A Troublesome Day for Jacky Midnight - Matthew Farrer
New Ceres Nights : Debutante - Dirk Flinthart
New Ceres Nights : Code Duello - J C Hay
New Ceres Nights : Dynamics of New Ceres - Sue Isle
New Ceres Nights : The Sharp Shooter - Sylvia Kelso
New Ceres Nights : Suffer the Children - Martin Livings
New Ceres Nights : Prosperine When It Sizzles - Tansy Rayner Roberts
New Ceres Nights : The Piece of Ice in Miss Windermere's Heart - Angela Slatter
New Ceres Nights : Tontine Mary - Kaaron Warren

Reverend shooting and smuggling.

3.5 out of 5

New Dragon poison.

3.5 out of 5

In space coffee.

3.5 out of 5

Naked man candles and stolen Caesium.

3.5 out of 5

The old wife trade, with hug-juice, captain.

3.5 out of 5

A daughter's arrival is in the middle of an attempted coup by dropship.

3.5 out of 5

Romance tourism Proctor setup.

3.5 out of 5

Mary Benet story.

3 out of 5

Dead bull. Really big marsupial.

3.5 out of 5

The cop and the Feminoid.

3.5 out of 5

Doing something about the reactionaries, in whichever body.

3.5 out of 5

Longevity and datacrystal blackmail.

3.5 out of 5

Surviving the Dead Pool gets the lot if you can do it.

3.5 out of 5



4.5 out of 5

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