Asimov's Science Fiction - Apr 1 2012

This issue of Asimov's was the first I've read with the new format. It is not great, but it is acceptable - specially if I stick to the Kindle instead of the Android Kindle Reader.

Some notable stories in this issue were:

- The Last Judgment - James Patrick Kelly. Interesting setting - aliens take look like demons decided the world was violent and troubled because of men and made us all disappear. The story is a murder investigation on this world. Pretty good.

- Living in the Eighties - David Ira Cleary - cute premise - a web site is able to sync you brain in a way that can make you time travel (I imagine the author took inspiration from all the brain sync audio that is sold). One friend tries to go the past to save his girl, the other to the future to get cured of Diabetes. I didn't really enjoy this one - it mostly made me too anxious about everything that goes wrong.

- Something Real - Rick Wilber - nice story in a classical setting - spies and time traveler trying to stop Hitler.

- Sexy Robot Mom - Sandra McDonald . Nice setting - robots are employed as artificial wombs. There is a major event in the story, and then it goes silly and looking like the first part in a series.

- Bonding with Morry - Tom Purdom. Touching short story about a robot aides for elderly man.

- Sensitive, Compartmented - Gray Rinehart. Very nice short story about implant-based telepaths.

- Souvenirs - Ian Creasey. Another nice short story on a twist from the classic traders-between-worlds type.

- Green - Josh Roseman. Clever, covering a minor plague infested future that seems oh so real...

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