Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 207

eBook

English language

Published Nov. 30, 2023 by Wyrm Publishing.

3 stars (1 review)

Fiction: - "Morag's Boy" by Fiona Moore - "Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Cyborg" by Samara Auman - "In Memories We Drown" by Kelsea Yu - "Waffles Are Only Goodbye for Now" by Ryan Cole - "The World's Wife" by Ng Yi-Sheng - "The Last Gamemaster in the World" by Angela Liu - "Kill That Groundhog" by Fu Qiang, translated by Andy Dudak - "Eight or Die (Part 2)" by Thoraiya Dyer

Non-fiction: - "The Season in Space" by Carrie Sessarego - "Students Are the Future of Science Fiction: A Conversation with RiverFlow" by Arley Sorg - "Reinventing Everything: A Conversation with Cat Rambo and Jennifer Brozek" by Arley Sorg - "Editor's Desk: Poking Through the Fog" by Neil Clarke

Cover Art: - "The Gift" by Matt Dixon

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A better than average issue of Clarkesworld

3 stars

A better than average issue, with interesting stories by Fiona Moore, Ng Yi-Sheng and Fu Qiang.

  • "Morag's Boy" by Fiona Moore: a follow-up to the author's earlier story, this one has a boy sent to a farm. What he learns there, along with his skills in fixing machines, would send him on a journey of invention, in a world where technology and civilization has partially collapsed, and people are still picking up (and repairing) the left-over machines.

  • "Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Cyborg" by Samara Auman: a story told from the viewpoint of an intelligent crow who, at the start of the story, finds its favourite human cyborg dead. As the story develops, we learn more about where the crows come from, their relationship with the dead person and what the crows will do in memory of her.

  • "In Memories We Drown" by Kelsea Yu: in a deep underwater …