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Austin Beeman

Science Fiction Short Story Reviews by Austin Beeman
The Very Best of Barry N Malzberg.  2013
May 7

May 7 The Very Best of Barry N Malzberg. 2013

Austin Beeman
Rated C - 70-79%
Reviewing the 2025 Hugo Award Finalists: Best Novelettes
Apr 25

Apr 25 Reviewing the 2025 Hugo Award Finalists: Best Novelettes

Austin Beeman
Rated B - 80-89%
Reviewing the 2025 Hugo Award Finalists: Best Short Story
Apr 12

Apr 12 Reviewing the 2025 Hugo Award Finalists: Best Short Story

Austin Beeman
Rated A - 90-100%
Clarkesworld 2024 Readers' Award Finalists: Novellas | Novelettes | Short Stories
Feb 20

Feb 20 Clarkesworld 2024 Readers' Award Finalists: Novellas | Novelettes | Short Stories

Austin Beeman
Rated B - 80-89%
The John Varley Reader: Thirty Years of Short Fiction.  2004
Feb 11

Feb 11 The John Varley Reader: Thirty Years of Short Fiction. 2004

Austin Beeman
Rated B - 80-89%
Deathbird Stories.  by Harlan Ellison. 1975
Feb 10

Feb 10 Deathbird Stories. by Harlan Ellison. 1975

Austin Beeman
Rated F - Below 59%
Mirrorshades: The Cyberpunk Anthology.  edited by Bruce Sterling.  1986
Jan 26

Jan 26 Mirrorshades: The Cyberpunk Anthology. edited by Bruce Sterling. 1986

Austin Beeman
Rated B - 80-89%
Nebula Awards 22: SFWA's Choices for the Best Science Fiction & Fantasy.  edited by George Zebrowski.  1986
Jan 10

Jan 10 Nebula Awards 22: SFWA's Choices for the Best Science Fiction & Fantasy. edited by George Zebrowski. 1986

Austin Beeman
Rated B - 80-89%
The Best of Michael Swanwick.  2008
Jan 5

Jan 5 The Best of Michael Swanwick. 2008

Austin Beeman
Rated A - 90-100%
The Last Dangerous Visions.  edited by Harlan Ellison.  With J. Michael Straczynski.  2024
Dec 30

Dec 30 The Last Dangerous Visions. edited by Harlan Ellison. With J. Michael Straczynski. 2024

Austin Beeman
Rated C - 70-79%

This is absolutely not what it says on the cover. This is not the unearthed “lost third anthology” of Harlan Ellison’s iconic Dangerous Visions series. To understand what J. Michael Straczynski - creator of Babylon Five - has made for us is going to be far more complicated. And a lot more messy.

Analog Science Fiction / Science Fact.  November 1978
Dec 26

Dec 26 Analog Science Fiction / Science Fact. November 1978

Austin Beeman
Rated B - 80-89%
The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2024.  edited by Hugh Howey and John Joseph Adams
Dec 13

Dec 13 The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2024. edited by Hugh Howey and John Joseph Adams

Austin Beeman
Rated B - 80-89%
New Year, New You: A Speculative Anthology of Reinvention. edited by Chris Campbell.  2024
Oct 22

Oct 22 New Year, New You: A Speculative Anthology of Reinvention. edited by Chris Campbell. 2024

Austin Beeman
Rated B - 80-89%
Jamaica Ginger and Other Concoctions.  by Nalo Hopkinson.  2024
Oct 7

Oct 7 Jamaica Ginger and Other Concoctions. by Nalo Hopkinson. 2024

Austin Beeman
Rated B - 80-89%
Gold: The Final Science Fiction Collection.  by Isaac Asimov.  1995
Oct 4

Oct 4 Gold: The Final Science Fiction Collection. by Isaac Asimov. 1995

Austin Beeman
Rated D - 60-69%
The Collected Stories of Vernor Vinge.  2001
Jul 30

Jul 30 The Collected Stories of Vernor Vinge. 2001

Austin Beeman
Rated B - 80-89%
The Wolfe at the Door.  by Gene Wolfe.  2023
Jul 22

Jul 22 The Wolfe at the Door. by Gene Wolfe. 2023

Austin Beeman
Rated A - 90-100%
Kurdistan + 100: Stories from a Future Republic.  edited by Orsola Casagrande and Mustafa Gündoğdu.  2023
Jul 21

Jul 21 Kurdistan + 100: Stories from a Future Republic. edited by Orsola Casagrande and Mustafa Gündoğdu. 2023

Austin Beeman
Rated B - 80-89%
The Year's Best Science Fiction, First Annual Collection.  edited by Gardner Dozois.  1984
Jul 19

Jul 19 The Year's Best Science Fiction, First Annual Collection. edited by Gardner Dozois. 1984

Austin Beeman
Rated B - 80-89%
Dangerous Visions.  edited by Harlan Ellison.  1967
Jul 17

Jul 17 Dangerous Visions. edited by Harlan Ellison. 1967

Austin Beeman
Rated B - 80-89%
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