Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 204

Clarkesworld Magazine

eBook

English language

Published Aug. 31, 2023 by Wyrm Publishing.

3 stars (1 review)

Fiction: - "Stones" by Nnedi Okorafor - "The Queen of Calligraphic Susurrations" by D.A. Xiaolin Spires - "A Guide to Matchmaking on Station 9" by Nika Murphy - "Axiom of Dreams" by Arula Ratnakar - "The People from the Dead Whale" by Djuna, translated by Jihyun Park and Gord Sellar - "The Five Remembrances, According to STE-319" by R. L. Meza - "Upgrade Day" by RJ Taylor

Non-fiction: - "Beyond the Godzilla Trope: Radiation Biology" by Julie Nováková - "Violent Revolutions: A Conversation with S.L. Huang" by Arley Sorg - "Global Discovery: A Conversation with Jared Shurin" by Arley Sorg - "Editor's Desk: A Farewell to Kindle Subscriptions" by Neil Clarke

Cover Art: - "Escape" by Ignacio Bazan-Lazcano

2 editions

An average issue of Clarkesworld

3 stars

A better than average issue with an interesting mathematical based story by Arula Ratnakar and a loving story of a different kind of robotic servant by RJ Taylor.

  • "Stones" by Nnedi Okorafor: a story about an alien made out of stones who makes contact with humans and comes to regret it. Unfortunately, the abilities of the alien to span time and space and sense humans are rather too fantastic to allow me to enjoy the story.

  • "The Queen of Calligraphic Susurrations" by D.A. Xiaolin Spires: a writer working with bees is desperate to write an award-winning story and uses an AI that virtually takes over her body to write one. The after effects would be dramatic.

  • "A Guide to Matchmaking on Station 9" by Nika Murphy: a matchmaker on a space station has to go out of her comfort zone to find a match for her customer, so that she …