Jamie Todd Rubin - Short fiction I read in February 2012

Here is the short fiction I read in February 2012. Despite the fact that there was an extra day in February, I still managed to make my average of at least 1 story/day. I read a total of 29 pieces of short fiction in February. As always?bold?titles are stories that I?d recommend:

1. The Man Who Ended History: A Documentary by Ken Liu. ?[2/1/2012]
2. Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Monkey by Ruth Nestvold (Daily SF, 2/2/12). ?[2/2/2012]
3. Cloudburst by Robert Reed (Daily SF, 2/3/2012). [2/3/2012]
4. A Cabin on the Coast by Gene Wolfe. (The Best of Gene Wolfe). ?[2/3/2012]
5. Starting Point by Raymond F. Jones. (Astounding February 1942). [2/4/2012]
6. Action Comics #6: When Superman Learned To Fly by Grant Morrison. [2/4/2012]
7. Medusa by Theodore Sturgeon?(Astounding February 1942). [2/5/2012]
8. The Rebels by Kurt von Rachen (Astounding February 1942). [2/5/2012]
9. Biomass by Alexander Stanmyer (Daily SF, 2/6/2012). [2/6/2012]
10. Recruiting Station by A. E. van Vogt (Astounding March 1942). [2/9/2012]
11. The Wings of Night by Lester del Rey (Astounding March 1942). [2/12/2012]
12. The Embassy by Martin Pearson (Astounding March 1942). [2/16/2012]
13. In Her Arms of Dresden Pale by Damien Walters Grintalis?(Daily SF, 2/16/2012). [2/16/2012]
14. Goldfish Bowl by Anson MacDonald?(Astounding March 1942). [2/18/2012]
15. Runaround by Isaac Asimov (Astounding March 1942). [2/19/2012]
16. Describe a Circle by Eric Frank Russell (Astounding March 1942). [2/19/2012]
17. Digital Blues by Greg Mellor (Daily SF, 2/20/2012). [2/21/2012]
18. Legions In Time by Michael Swanwick (Asimov?s, 6/04). [2/21/2012]
19. All the Young Kirks and Their Good Intentions (Clarkesworld, 2/12). [2/21/2012]
20. Saurus by John Van Pelt (Daily SF, 2/23/2012). [2/23/2012]
21. The Man Who Murdered Mozart by Robert Walton and Barry N. Malzberg?(F&SF, 3/1/2012). [2/24/2012]
22. One Year of Fame by Robert Reed (F&SF, March 2012). [2/27/2012]
23. Demiurge by Geoffrey A. Landis (F&SF, March 2012). [2/27/2012]
24. Beyond This Horizon?, Part 1 by Anson MacDonald?(Astounding, April 1942). [2/27/2012]
25. ?If You?re So Smart?? by Colin Keith (Astounding, April 1942). [2/27/2012]
26. Silence Is?Deadly by Bertrand L. Shurtleff (Astounding, April 1942). [2/27/2012]
27. Strain by L. Ron Hubbard (Astounding, April 1942). [2/27/2012]
28. Co-Operate?Or Else! by A. E. van Vogt (Astounding, April 1942). [2/28/2012]
29. Superman #6: A Measure of a Superman by George Perez. (DC Comics). [2/28/2012]

I was very close to finishing David Ira Cleary?s ?Life in the Eighties? in the Mar/Apr 2012 F&SF, but I still have a few pages to go. Since only items that I finish?in a given month make the list, that story will appear on next month?s list. The numbers for March break down as follows:

Market	Comic	Short story	Novelette	Novella	Serial?	Total
Anthology				1		1
Asimov?s			1			1
Astounding		8	4	1	1	14
Clarkesworld		1				1
Collection		1				1
DC Comics	2					2
Daily SF		6				6
F&SF		3				3
Total	2	19	5	2	1	29

Only 3 of the stories I read in March were by women, making up for about 10% of the total, which is somewhat less than the overall average for my reading. I think this numbers varies widely from month-to-month.

The conclusion of February also marks 6 full months that I?ve been keeping track of my short fiction reading. In that six month period, I?ve read a grand total of 171 stories, 26 of which have been by women. It puts me slightly behind my pace, overall for averaging one short story a day, but I?m hoping to catch up.

And as always, if you are looking for inexpensive entertainment, a subscription to one of the many terrific science fiction and fantasy magazines out there is cheaper than an evening out at the movies.

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