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THE BSFA
REVIEW
EDITED BY SUSAN OKE
ISSUE 3
SPRING 2018
THE BSFA
REVIEW
ISSUE 3
SPRING 2018
REVIEWED IN THIS ISSUE...
Aurora Rising by Alastair Reynolds
Reviewed by Martin McGrath ... 4
Raven Strategem by Yoon Ha Lee
Reviewed by Stuart Carter ... 6
Binti: The Night Masquerade
by Nnedi Okorafor
Reviewed by Kerry Dodd ... 7
by Martha Wells
Reviewed by Anne F Wilson ... 8
by Andrew Ravensdale
Reviewed by Duncan Lawie ... 9
Iain M. Banks by Paul Kincaid
Reviewed by Sandra Unerman ... 10
by Greg Garrett
Reviewed by Stuart Carter ... 11
by Brooke Bolander
Reviewed by Arike Oke ... 12
by Justina Robson
Reviewed by Matt Colborn ... 13
by Chris Beckett
Reviewed by Dave M. Roberts ... 14
edited by Donna Scott
Review by Gary Dalkin ... 15
edited by Conrad Williams
Gary Dalkin ... 16
edited by George Sandison
Reviewed by L J Hurst ... 18
by Al Robertson
Reviewed by Nick Hubble ... 19
by Helen Keen
Reviewed by Andy Sawyer ... 20
edited by George R R Martin
and Gardner Dozois
Reviewed by Duncan Lawie ... 21
by Jamie Wyman,
Gini Koch, and Glen Mehn
Reviewed by Graham Andrews ... 22
by Kristen Ciccarelli
Reviewed by Ben Jeapes ... 24
by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Reviewed by Alex Bardy ... 25
by Susan Boulton
Reviewed by Kate Onyett ... 26
by Patricia A. McKillip
Reviewed by Sandra Unerman ... 27
Orsinia by Ursula K. Le Guin
Reviewed by Anthony Nanson ... 28
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VIEW FROM
THE CHAIR
Welcome to the third edition of The
BSFA Review
th
Vector
Vector
BSFA Review
my
Susan Oke
(
Donna Bond (aka Donna Scott)
Chair of BSFA
ISSUE 3
SPRING 2018
Are you interested in
helping us celebrate the
BSFA’s 60th Birthday in 2018?
If so, we’d love to hear from you!
We’re after your memories of the
BSFA, be they good or bad — and if
there is anything you specically
remember from those early Vector
magazines, we’d be especially keen
to hear from you!
Did an editor, article, interview, or
maybe a certain review stick in your
mind or leave an impression?
Did something you read in a BSFA
publication have a lasting or
profound effect on your SF reading?
Please, if you can help, get in
touch and let us know:
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Aurora Rising by Alastair Reynolds
(Gollancz SF, 2017)
Reviewed by Martin McGrath
I
Aurora Rising
Aurora Rising
The Prefect
Elysium Fire
The Prefect
Revelation Space
Absolution Gap
(Pushing Ice and Century Rain
Aurora Rising/
The Prefect
Aurora Rising/
The Prefect
Chasm City
Aurora Rising
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Aurora Rising
Revenger
Elysium Fire,
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Raven Strategem by Yoon Ha Lee
(Solaris, 2017)
Reviewed by Stuart Carter
I Ninefox Gambit
is
from
opera
Ninefox
Gambit
was
Ninefox Gambit
Raven Stratagem
are
do
Hierarchy of
Feasts’
Raven Stratagem
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Binti: The Night Masquerade
by Nnedi Okorafor
(Tor, 2018)
Reviewed by Kerry Dodd
N
Who Fears Death
Binti
Binti: The Night Masquerade
, Binti
Binti: Home
Binti: The Night Masquerade
becoming
Binti: Home
Binti
The
Night Masquerade
The Night Masquerade
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by Martha Wells
(Tor, 2018)
Reviewed by Anne F Wilson
T
Sanctuary
Moon
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by
Andrew Ravensdale
(Ravensdale & Co., 2007)
Reviewed by Duncan Lawie
Flame Deluge
Flame Deluge A Canticle for
Leibowitz
Canticle.
Can-
ticle
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Iain M. Banks by Paul Kincaid
(University of Illinois Press, 2017)
Reviewed by Sandra Unerman
I
The Wasp Factory and Walking on Glass
Consider Phlebas
Lanark
Whit
The Wasp Factory
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by Greg Garrett
(Oxford University Press, 2017)
Reviewed by Stuart Carter
T
Living with the Living Dead
…[t]he zombie apocalypse
[…] has become an archetypal narrative for the contem-
porary world.
of work!
Living with the
Living Dead
idea of
where
now
Dawn of the
Dead
Zombies are popular villains
all testify to
the troubled times in which we live, and to our desire to
make some sense of our experience by consuming narra-
tives about times even more troubled than ours
Living with the
Living Dead
Living
with the Living Dead
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by Brooke
Bolander
(St. Martins Press, 2018)
Reviewed by Arike Oke
A
The Only Harmless Great Thing
To
The Lighthouse
The Only Harmless Great
Thing
The Only Harmless Great Thing
The Only Harmless Great Thing
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by Justina Robson
(Gollancz, 2017)
Reviewed by Matt Colborn
J The Switch
in medias res
The Switch
The Switch
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by Chris Beckett
(Gollancz, 2017)
Reviewed by Dave M. Roberts
A
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edited by
Donna Scott
(NewCon Press, 2017)
Review by Gary Dalkin
T
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Gnaw and The Murders
of Molly Southbourne
edited by Conrad Williams
(Titan Books, 2016)
Gary Dalkin
I
Dead Letters
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Dream Archipelago
Dead
Letters
Dead Letters
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edited by George Sandison
(Unsung Stories, 2017)
Reviewed by L J Hurst
F
I, Robot
Existenz
2084
2084: The End of the World
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by Al Robertson
(Gollancz, 2016)
Reviewed by Nick Hubble
O Waking
HellCrashing Heaven,
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by Helen Keen
(Coronet, 2017)
Reviewed by Andy Sawyer
T
should
Science of the Games of Thrones
th
un-yew-sual
awful lotGame of Thrones
true
still
Game of Thrones
Doctor Who,
let alone Star Trek
Game of Thrones
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edited by George R R Martin and
Gardner Dozois
(Titan Books, 2015)
Reviewed by Duncan Lawie
Old Venus
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, by Jamie Wyman, Gini
Koch, and Glen Mehn
(Abaddon Books, 2016)
Reviewed by Graham Andrews
I
Sherlock Holmes of Baker Street, In the Footsteps
of Sherlock Holmes, and The Sherlock Holmes File
The Sev-
en-Per-Cent Solution, The House of Silk,
An East Wind Coming
tled The Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine
A Taste for Honey A Slight Trick of the
Mind Mr. Holmes
Ms. Holmes of
Baker Street
Alt.sherlock.holmes Two Hundred and
Twenty-One Baker Streets
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Campus Queen
Miss
qua
alt.sherlock.
holmes
Concise Oxford Dic-
tionary
release.2.0.
Who Killed Sherlock Holmes?
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by Kristen Ciccarelli
(Gollancz, 2017)
Reviewed by Ben Jeapes
The Last Namsara
Der Sturm naht (The
Storm is Approaching
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by Adrian Tchaikovsky
(NewCon Press, 2016)
Reviewed by Alex Bardy
H
The Shadows of the Apt
“You can’t be reading that if you haven’t read the
whole series!” he cried, evidently dismayed that I’d
even considered the thought.
“I’m a professional”, I lied. “I can review anything
you throw at me.”
“But... but... it’s going to be full of spoilers!”
“Ummm.... I don’t know, but if I’m unlikely to get
around to reading the rest of ‘em anytime soon, it’s
not really gonna matter, is it?”
“They’re great books, y’know? Adrian’s awesome.”
it in the Apt
Apt
AptThe 12-Year
War
To Own the Sky
Vol 7:
Heirs of the BladeIronclads
den in
Spoils of
War
The Shadows of Their Lamps
The Dreams of Avaris
mentioned in Vol 7: Heirs of the Blade
Shadow Hunters and
Idle Hands
The Prince
Sword and Circle An Old Man in a
Harsh Season
Empire in Black and Gold
A
Time for Grief
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by Susan Boulton
(2015, Penmore Press)
Reviewed by Kate Onyett
U
rel-
evant
Hand of Glory
is
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by Patricia A.
McKillip
(Tachyon, 2016)
Reviewed by Sandra Unerman
H
threaten their love for each other and lead them into
The Riddle-Master of
Hed
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Orsinia by Ursula K. Le Guin
(Gollancz, 2017)
Reviewed by Anthony Nanson
U
Orsinia
Malafrena
Orsinian Tales
The Complete Orsinia
Orsinia
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Feel free to get in touch with a sample of your writing
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