Quick Sips - Terraform April 2018

It's a full April for Motherboard's Terraform line, with five stories (and none of them flash). And what strikes me the most about the stories this round are the ways that they play with expectation and form. For many of the pieces, there is a very conscious engagement with form and with what those forms traditionally mean. From nonfiction articles to academic papers to social media posts and beyond, the stories feature people working through future worlds where things are on the verge of disaster. Where extinction might be only a step away. Where the slide into dystopia seems well on its way. Except that for some there's also this hope that not every slide is into death and chaos. That sometimes a leap forward comes right at the moment when everything seems to be going wrong. So let's get to the reviews!

Quick Sips - Terraform SF March 2016

Uh...well this is awkward. I've been waiting to post this review of Terraform SF's March offerings because...well, I was hoping there was going to be more than one. Especially after last month's amazing array of stories I was quite looking forward to seeing what was next, but it seems like output has been slightly down. But hey, a story's a story and this one is certainly rather entertaining and fun and well conceived and executed. And hopefully next month there will be more to look. To the review!