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Austin Beeman

Science Fiction Short Story Reviews by Austin Beeman
The 2020 Look at Space Opera Book.  edited by Allan Kaster.  2020
Dec 29

Dec 29 The 2020 Look at Space Opera Book. edited by Allan Kaster. 2020

Austin Beeman
Rated B - 80-89%
50 Short Science Fiction Tales. edited by Isaac Asimov & Groff Conklin.  1963
Dec 24

Dec 24 50 Short Science Fiction Tales. edited by Isaac Asimov & Groff Conklin. 1963

Austin Beeman
Rated F - Below 59%
Alien Contact.  edited by Marty Halpern.  2011
Dec 5

Dec 5 Alien Contact. edited by Marty Halpern. 2011

Austin Beeman
Rated B - 80-89%
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume 2A.  Edited by Ben Bova.  1973
Nov 7

Nov 7 The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume 2A. Edited by Ben Bova. 1973

Austin Beeman
Rated A - 90-100%
The 1975 Annual World's Best SF.  edited by Donald A. Wollheim
Oct 12

Oct 12 The 1975 Annual World's Best SF. edited by Donald A. Wollheim

Austin Beeman
Rated A - 90-100%
Alpha 5. edited by Robert Silverberg. 1974
Oct 9

Oct 9 Alpha 5. edited by Robert Silverberg. 1974

Austin Beeman
Rated C - 70-79%
Year's Best SF 2.  edited by David G. Hartwell. 1997
Oct 6

Oct 6 Year's Best SF 2. edited by David G. Hartwell. 1997

Austin Beeman
Rated C - 70-79%
Galaxy: Thirty Years of Innovative Science Fiction.  edited by Frederik Pohl, Martin H Greenberg, and Joseph D Olander.  1980
Oct 2

Oct 2 Galaxy: Thirty Years of Innovative Science Fiction. edited by Frederik Pohl, Martin H Greenberg, and Joseph D Olander. 1980

Austin Beeman
Rated C - 70-79%
World's Best Science Fiction 1967.  Edited by Donald A Wollheim and Terry Carr
Sep 25

Sep 25 World's Best Science Fiction 1967. Edited by Donald A Wollheim and Terry Carr

Austin Beeman
Rated C - 70-79%
The Great SF Stories Volume 1, 1939.  edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg.  1979
Sep 11

Sep 11 The Great SF Stories Volume 1, 1939. edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg. 1979

Austin Beeman
Rated C - 70-79%
Year's Best SF.  edited by David G. Hartwell.  1996
Sep 8

Sep 8 Year's Best SF. edited by David G. Hartwell. 1996

Austin Beeman
Rated B - 80-89%
After the Apocalypse.  by Maureen F. McHugh.  2011
Sep 4

Sep 4 After the Apocalypse. by Maureen F. McHugh. 2011

Austin Beeman
Rated B - 80-89%
The Complete Short Fiction of Clifford D. Simak: Volume One.  2015.
Jan 26

Jan 26 The Complete Short Fiction of Clifford D. Simak: Volume One. 2015.

Austin Beeman
Rated B - 80-89%
Some of the Best from Tor.com: 2011 Edition.  edited by Patrick Nielsen Hayden & Liz Gorinsky
Jan 20

Jan 20 Some of the Best from Tor.com: 2011 Edition. edited by Patrick Nielsen Hayden & Liz Gorinsky

Austin Beeman
Rated C - 70-79%
Six Months, Three Days, Five Others. by Charlie Jane Anders.  2017
Jan 19

Jan 19 Six Months, Three Days, Five Others. by Charlie Jane Anders. 2017

Austin Beeman
Rated B - 80-89%
Sunvault: Stories of Solarpunk and Eco-Speculation.  edited by Phoebe Wagner & Bronte Christopher Wieland.  2017
Jan 18

Jan 18 Sunvault: Stories of Solarpunk and Eco-Speculation. edited by Phoebe Wagner & Bronte Christopher Wieland. 2017

Austin Beeman
Rated C - 70-79%
Lightspeed: Year One.  edited by John Joseph Adams.  2011
Jan 15

Jan 15 Lightspeed: Year One. edited by John Joseph Adams. 2011

Austin Beeman
Rated C - 70-79%
Virtual Unrealities: the Short Fiction of Alfred Bester.  1997
Jan 6

Jan 6 Virtual Unrealities: the Short Fiction of Alfred Bester. 1997

Austin Beeman
Rated B - 80-89%
Sooner or Later Everything Falls into the Sea by Sarah Pinsker.  2019
Jan 5

Jan 5 Sooner or Later Everything Falls into the Sea by Sarah Pinsker. 2019

Austin Beeman
Rated C - 70-79%
Burning Chrome by William Gibson.  1986
Jan 4

Jan 4 Burning Chrome by William Gibson. 1986

Austin Beeman
Rated A - 90-100%
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