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Austin Beeman

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The Good New Stuff: Adventure SF in the Grand Tradition.  edited by Gardner Dozois.  1999
Dec 20

Dec 20 The Good New Stuff: Adventure SF in the Grand Tradition. edited by Gardner Dozois. 1999

Austin Beeman
Rated A - 90-100%
Beyond the Stars: Infinite Expanse.  edited by Richard Leslie.  2020
Dec 17

Dec 17 Beyond the Stars: Infinite Expanse. edited by Richard Leslie. 2020

Austin Beeman
Rated B - 80-89%

An old man tells a colorful and harrow tale of planetary invasion. Space Truckers fight terrorists. Literally star-crossed lovers. A thief is betrayed and must work quickly to discover why. These is some of the fun space opera adventures in Beyond the Stars: Infinite Expanse.

The SEA is Ours: Tales of Steampunk Southeast Asia.  edited by Jaymee Goh & Joyce Chng. 2015
Dec 16

Dec 16 The SEA is Ours: Tales of Steampunk Southeast Asia. edited by Jaymee Goh & Joyce Chng. 2015

Austin Beeman
Rated C - 70-79%

Steampunk airships float over Southeast Asia, often embroiled in battle. Ancient spirituality proves itself true and important in technological modernity. Women drive back the encroachments of colonialism while children build bio-robot spiders for gambling combat. This is a bit of what you find within The SEA is Ours.

The World Turned Upside Down.  edited by David Drake, Jim Baen, and Eric Flint.  2005
Dec 13

Dec 13 The World Turned Upside Down. edited by David Drake, Jim Baen, and Eric Flint. 2005

Austin Beeman
Rated A - 90-100%
The Year's Top Tales of Space and Time 2.  edited by Allan Kaster.  2022
Nov 3

Nov 3 The Year's Top Tales of Space and Time 2. edited by Allan Kaster. 2022

Austin Beeman
Rated B - 80-89%
The Best of the Best Volume 2: 20 Years of the Best Short Science Fiction Novels.  edited by Gardner Dozois.  2007
Oct 25

Oct 25 The Best of the Best Volume 2: 20 Years of the Best Short Science Fiction Novels. edited by Gardner Dozois. 2007

Austin Beeman
Rated A - 90-100%
Robots: the Recent A.I.  edited by Rich Horton and Sean Wallace.  2012
Oct 17

Oct 17 Robots: the Recent A.I. edited by Rich Horton and Sean Wallace. 2012

Austin Beeman
Rated B - 80-89%
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eleventh Annual Collection.  edited by Gardner Dozois.  1994
Sep 23

Sep 23 The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eleventh Annual Collection. edited by Gardner Dozois. 1994

Austin Beeman
Rated B - 80-89%
Around Distant Suns.  edited by Emma Johanna Puranen. 2021
Sep 6

Sep 6 Around Distant Suns. edited by Emma Johanna Puranen. 2021

Austin Beeman
Rated C - 70-79%
Strange Gifts.  edited by Robert Silverberg.  1975
Aug 29

Aug 29 Strange Gifts. edited by Robert Silverberg. 1975

Austin Beeman
Rated B - 80-89%
The Great SF Stories Volume 8, 1946.  edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H Greenberg
Aug 6

Aug 6 The Great SF Stories Volume 8, 1946. edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H Greenberg

Austin Beeman
Rated B - 80-89%
The 1974 Annual World's Best SF.  edited by Donald A. Wollheim
Aug 1

Aug 1 The 1974 Annual World's Best SF. edited by Donald A. Wollheim

Austin Beeman
Rated C - 70-79%
The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction.  compiled by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg.  1980
Jul 26

Jul 26 The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction. compiled by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg. 1980

Austin Beeman
Rated A - 90-100%
Nebula Awards Showcase 2010.  edited by Bill Fawcett
Jun 16

Jun 16 Nebula Awards Showcase 2010. edited by Bill Fawcett

Austin Beeman
Rated C - 70-79%
Reviewing the 2022 Hugo Award Finalists: Best Novella
Jun 13

Jun 13 Reviewing the 2022 Hugo Award Finalists: Best Novella

Austin Beeman
Rated B - 80-89%
Clones! edited by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois.  1998
Jun 6

Jun 6 Clones! edited by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois. 1998

Austin Beeman
Rated B - 80-89%
The 1986 Annual World's Best SF.  edited by Donald A. Wollheim
May 30

May 30 The 1986 Annual World's Best SF. edited by Donald A. Wollheim

Austin Beeman
Rated C - 70-79%
Deep Space.  edited by Robert Silverberg.  1973
May 27

May 27 Deep Space. edited by Robert Silverberg. 1973

Austin Beeman
Rated B - 80-89%
2021 Future Tense Fiction from Slate
Apr 23

Apr 23 2021 Future Tense Fiction from Slate

Austin Beeman
Rated A - 90-100%
Nebula Awards 32.  edited by Jack Dann.  1998
Apr 16

Apr 16 Nebula Awards 32. edited by Jack Dann. 1998

Austin Beeman
Rated B - 80-89%
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