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Tangent Online Recommended Reading List 2011

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Tangent Online 2011 Recommended Reading List

As with previous years, this list is not meant as comprehensive, there being several items we were not able to acquire and there are always the few stray stories published in non-traditional venues which we did not see. Also, this year we narrowed our focus to only those stories published in professionally paying markets as defined by SFWA (5c/wd.).

As is our custom, there are four sections to each length category. Those making the list in the short story, novelette, and novella lengths but having no stars, and those with either one, two, or three stars, according to how well the reviewer or reviewers valued a particular story. Quite often you will see more than a single reviewer's initials following a given entry. We have placed the story in the category receiving the most stars. Thus, it is possible that while one reviewer merely placed a story on the list without any stars, another also placed it on the list but with one or more stars, thus elevating that story to the higher ranking for any length category. Where there are more than one reviewer's initials following a story recommendation, they appear in no particular order.

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Collecting Fantasy Art #12: Secrets of New Jersey -- Part 2, Three Unusual Trips
Sunday, 18 March 2012
Collecting Fantasy Art #12   Secrets of New Jersey – Part 2 Three Unusual Trips By Robert Weinberg Copyright © 2012 by Robert Weinberg  Read more...
At the Mountains of Madness -- H. P. Lovecraft
Thursday, 22 December 2011
  At the Mountains of Madness by H.P. Lovecraft (1890-1937)   By Nader Elhefnawy I must admit that I'm a relative latecomer to the works... Read more...
Two from Ray Bradbury
Sunday, 13 May 2012
Ray Bradbury introduces both his "Season of Disbelief" and "Hail and Farewell" which aired on the CBS Radio Workshop on February 17, 1956. Both... Read more...
The City of Baal: Adventures in Colonial Africa by Charles Beadle
Sunday, 19 June 2011
The City of Baal: Adventures in Colonial Africa by Charles BeadleEdited and with an introduction by John Locke(Off-Trail Publications, 2007)“The... Read more...
Classic Alfred Bester Interview
Monday, 02 January 2012
Tangent Online Presents: An Interview with Alfred Bester (1913-1987)   Interviewer: Dave Truesdale Location: MidAmeriCon, 34th World Science... Read more...
Asimov's -- June 2012
Wednesday, 09 May 2012
Asimov's, June 2012 “Waiting At The Altar” by Jack McDevitt “Final Exam” by Megan Arkenberg “The Flowering Ape” by Alan DeNiro “Free... Read more...
Fantasy & Science Fiction -- May/June 2012
Friday, 27 April 2012
Fantasy & Science Fiction, May/June 2012 "Liberty’s Daughter" by Naomi Kritzer "Asylum" by Albert E. Cowdrey "Maze of Shadows" by Fred Chappell... Read more...
On Spec #87 -- Winter 2011/2012
Saturday, 05 May 2012
On Spec #87, Winter 2011/2012 “At the End of the World” by David K. Yeh “Suckers” by Kirsty Logan “Drinking Problem” by Hilary C. Smith... Read more...
Albedo One #41 (early 2012)
Monday, 26 March 2012
Albedo One #41 (early 2012) “Aethra” by Michalis Manolios “Lost Highway Travelers” by Judy Klass “Pinocchio” by Jacob Garbe “Demon”... Read more...
Fantastic Stories of the Imagination, ed. by Warren Lapine
Wednesday, 16 May 2012
Fantastic Stories of the Imagination Edited by Warren Lapine (Wilder Publications, April 2012)   “Interface Pattern”  by Kelly... Read more...
Strange Horizons, May 7, 2012
Wednesday, 09 May 2012
Strange Horizons, May 7, 2012 “Bright Lights” by Robert Reed Read more...
Beneath Ceaseless Skies #94, May 3, 2012
Wednesday, 09 May 2012
Beneath Ceaseless Skies #94, May 3, 2012 "To Go Home to Leal" by Susan Forest "A Marble for the Drowning River" by Ann Chatham Read more...
Redstone Science Fiction #24, May 2012
Sunday, 13 May 2012
Redstone Science Fiction #24, May 2012 “Imagine Cows on Mars” by M. Bennardo “Into Place” by Alter Reiss Read more...
OSC InterGalactic Medicine Show #27, Mar.-Apr. 2012
Thursday, 12 April 2012
Orson Scott Card’s InterGalactic Medicine Show #27, Mar.-Apr. 2012 “A Memory of Freedom” by D.B. Jackson “Our Vast and Inevitable Death” by... Read more...
Subterranean Online, Winter 2012
Sunday, 25 March 2012
Subterranean Online, Winter 2012 "Water Can't Be Nervous" by Jonathan Carroll "The Least of the Deathly Arts" by Kat Howard "Treasure Island: A... Read more...
Tor.com -- April 2012
Tuesday, 15 May 2012
Tor.com, April 2012 "Prophet" by Jennifer Bosworth "On 20468 Petercook" by Andy Duncan “The Inconstant Moon” by Alaya Dawn Johnson Read more...
Tangent Photo Gallery #4
Sunday, 01 April 2012
The double-handful of photos hoisted at random from the bottomless box turned up photos from two worldcons from the 1990s, L. A. Con III and... Read more...