{"id":23,"date":"2012-06-02T04:41:00","date_gmt":"2012-06-02T04:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adventuresfantastic.com\/futurespastandpresent\/clarkesworld-issue-69-is-now-available\/"},"modified":"2012-06-02T04:41:00","modified_gmt":"2012-06-02T04:41:00","slug":"clarkesworld-issue-69-is-now-available","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/adventuresfantastic.com\/futurespastandpresent\/clarkesworld-issue-69-is-now-available\/","title":{"rendered":"Clarkesworld Issue 69 is Now Available"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Clarkesworld Issue 69<\/i><\/a>
monthly
free online or available by subscription<\/a> in various ebook formats<\/p>\n

Clarkesworld<\/i> has gotten some high profile attention in the last few years, having won the Hugo for Best Semiprozine in 2010 and 2011.\u00a0 I’ve had subscription for the past six months or so.\u00a0 Time constraints have kept me from finishing all of the issues, but based on everything I’ve read so far, it’s been a good investment.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

This magazine provides a good balance of fiction and nonfiction, and the new issue is no exception.\u00a0 Here’s a closer look at the contents:
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“Immersion<\/a>” by Aliette de Bodard<\/a> is set on a space habitat in which the inhabitants are long lived.\u00a0 Tourism is a large part of the economy.\u00a0 The culture on the station is so different from that of Galactic society that people wear immersers, which help them navigate the customs of the other culture.\u00a0 This is basically the story of two women, one trapped in her immerser and the other longing to escape hers.<\/p>\n

An Owomoyela’<\/a>s “If the Mountain Comes<\/a>” was my favorite story in the issue.\u00a0 It’s the tale of a young woman whose father is wealthy due to the fact that he controls the only water supply for miles.\u00a0 And he’s ruthless about keeping that control, and by extension, control of his neighbors.\u00a0 Then one day a man shows up from outside who promises to make the local river, currently dry, flow again.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

Last, but certainly not least, is “You Were She Who Abode<\/a>” by E. Catherine Tobler<\/a> is the most complex story in the issue, requiring the reader’s full attention.\u00a0 It’s also the most technically accomplished.\u00a0 It concerns a woman who is a veteran of a horrible war in which children were combatants.\u00a0 Due to her injuries, she’s had an implant to help her maintain her memory.\u00a0 Only the implant isn’t working correctly.<\/p>\n

In the nonfiction, we have an essay by Stephen Gaskell<\/a>, “Energizing Futures:\u00a0 How SF Fuels Itself<\/a>“, discussing the various methods of energy production throughout the history of science fiction.\u00a0 I last reviewed Stephen’s work here<\/a>.\u00a0 The interview (“Neither the Billionaire nor the Tramp: Economics in Speculative Fiction) is a round-robin discussion of economics featuring Elizabeth Bear<\/a>, N. K. Jemisin<\/a>, Dani Kollin<\/a>, Brian Francis Slattery<\/a>, Charlie Stross<\/a>, and John C. Wright<\/a> conducted by Jeremy L. C Jones<\/a>.\u00a0 There’s lots of good advice for writers in this one.\u00a0 Daniel Abraham<\/a> discusses “Assimilation, Multiculturalism, and Me<\/a>“.\u00a0 Finally, editor Neil Clarke<\/a> turns statistical in “Clarkesworld by the Numbers<\/a>“.<\/p>\n

All in all, I thought this was a strong issue.\u00a0 The fiction was professional quality and just as good as anything in the main publications such as Asimov’s<\/i>, Analog<\/i>, or F&SF<\/i>.\u00a0 The nonfiction was interesting and thought provoking.\u00a0 It’s easy to see why Clarkesworld<\/i> has won the Hugo in its category for the last two years.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Clarkesworld Issue 69monthly free online or available by subscription in various ebook formats Clarkesworld has gotten some high profile attention in the last few years, having won the Hugo for Best Semiprozine in 2010 and 2011.\u00a0 I’ve had subscription for the past six months or so.\u00a0 Time constraints have kept me from finishing all of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[31,30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-clarkesworld","category-hugo-awards"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3P5pJ-n","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/adventuresfantastic.com\/futurespastandpresent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/adventuresfantastic.com\/futurespastandpresent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/adventuresfantastic.com\/futurespastandpresent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/adventuresfantastic.com\/futurespastandpresent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/adventuresfantastic.com\/futurespastandpresent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/adventuresfantastic.com\/futurespastandpresent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/adventuresfantastic.com\/futurespastandpresent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/adventuresfantastic.com\/futurespastandpresent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/adventuresfantastic.com\/futurespastandpresent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}