io9 on The Political Prisoner
io9.com has posted a nice review of Charles Coleman Finlay’s "The Political Prisoner" (which includes some discussion of the story prior to that, "The Political Officer," which you can currently read on our website).
They also shower some more love on Maurizio Manzieri‘s illustration for Robert Reed’s "Five Thrillers," which they reviewed a few months ago.
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Maurizio Manzieri did a great cover for “The Political Officer” when it was published six years ago, so it was a pleasant surprise to see his work juxtaposed against the new Max story as well.
As I just mentioned on the forum, “The Political Prisoner” has been getting rave reviews everywhere I frequent.
As for Maurizio Manzieri beautiful cover, I think that _The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction_ has the most beautiful covers of all of the genre magazines every month. I love them all…and yes, that one was a particularly vivid one.
Oops, that last comment was from me. (g)
~E Thomas
E, I’ve seen the reactions (my wife keeps gleefully pointing them out to me among other things) and it’s what you hope you to do as a writer.
I love the F&SF covers too. I just got a message from a friend in Georgia who I haven’t talked to in years. They were in the bookstore when the August cover caught their eye, and then they recognized my name. That’s probably what covers ought to do.
Charles, the great reviews are greatly deserved. I loved the story. I expect I’ll be reading it again in a couple of Year’s Bests.
T. Kosmatka
Thanks, Ted. (I feel like I should have something pithier or wittier to say than that, but, really, “thanks” about sums it up.)
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