My magazine review

Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine, Issue 15

A strong selection of stories this issue, so much so that I'm really struggling to pick a favourite. I've managed to narrow it down to five, but even that was a struggle: Dave Luckett's The Surly Bonds of Earth was moving despite being short and simple; Ian McHugh's The Alchemical Automaton Blues; A Calling On Song by Mark Rigney; Paul E Martens' Giving it up for the Seraphim; and Absolution by Barbara Robson. All really good.

Letter from the Editor by Allan Price disappointed me; primarily because it wasn't actually a story. A rejection letter, it wasn't all that amusing. I wondered -- I guess a little jealously -- how he managed to convince an editor to buy a rejection letter. My mind boggles.

Reality 2.0 was at least funny, but again not a story. Along the lines of that 'Girlfriend 2.1'-type email that circulated a few years back, it's not too original an idea, but it did try to take it in a more intelligent direction than the aforementioned email. However, I was confused as to its selection; If I want to read jokes, then I can just wait until Wes or Hels next sends one my way