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Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 99, August 2018 book cover
Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 99, August 2018
2018
First Published
3.18
Average Rating
261
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Part of Series

LIGHTSPEED is an online science fiction and fantasy magazine. In its pages, you will find science fiction: from near-future, sociological soft SF, to far-future, star-spanning hard SF—and fantasy: from epic fantasy, sword-and-sorcery, and contemporary urban tales, to magical realism, science-fantasy, and folktales. Our cover story this month is an original science fiction short by Sarah Grey (“A Bond as Deep as Starlit Seas”), illustrated by Waiji Choo. We also have original SF from Alex Irvine (“The Atonement Path”), along with SF reprints by Bruce McAllister (“Angels”) and Dominica Phetteplace (“Project Extropy”). Plus, we have original fantasy by Manuel Gonzales (“Scavenge, Rustic Hounds!”) and Kate Elliott (“A Compendium of Architecture and the Science of Building”), and fantasy reprints by Sheree Renée Thomas (“Treesong”) and Dennis Danvers (“Here’s What I Know”). All that, and of course we also have our usual assortment of author spotlights, along with our book and media review columns. For our ebook readers, we also have the ebook-exclusive reprint of the SF novella “Native Seeds,” by Catherine Wells. Our book excerpt this month comes from Sam Hawke’s debut novel, CITY OF LIES.

Avg Rating
3.18
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Authors

Alexander C. Irvine
Alexander C. Irvine
Author · 66 books

Alexander C. Irvine is an American fantasist and science fiction writer. He also writes under the pseudonym Alex Irvine. He first gained attention with his novel A Scattering of Jades and the stories that would form the collection Unintended Consequences. He has also published the Grail quest novel One King, One Soldier, and the World War II-era historical fantasy The Narrows. In addition to his original works, Irvine has published Have Robot, Will Travel, a novel set in Isaac Asimov's positronic robot milieu; and Batman: Inferno, about the DC Comics superhero. His academic background includes an M.A. in English from the University of Maine and a PhD from the University of Denver. He is an assistant professor of English at the University of Maine. He also worked for a time as a reporter at the Portland Phoenix.

Kate Elliott
Kate Elliott
Author · 43 books
As a child in rural Oregon, Kate Elliott made up stories because she longed to escape to a world of lurid adventure fiction. She now writes fantasy, steampunk, and science fiction, often with a romantic edge. She currently lives in Hawaii, where she paddles outrigger canoes and spoils her schnauzer.
Sarah Grey
Author · 1 books

There is more than one author in the Goodreads catalog with this name. . Sarah Grey writes fantasy, science fiction, and poetry. Bio from her website: Sarah Grey’s short stories have appeared in a number of publications, including Lightspeed, Intergalactic Medicine Show, Flash Fiction Online, Daily Science Fiction, and Flytrap, and have twice received an Honorable Mention in The Year’s Best Science Fiction. Her poetry has appeared in Fantasy Magazine, Liminality, Eye to the Telescope, Dreams & Nightmares, Polu Texni, and Star*Line. She lives with her family in California, believes life is better on purple suede skates, and travels whenever the world’s not on fire.

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