Our Savage Heart — Justina Robson

Justina Robson is one of the most original writers of genre fiction working today. Her work has been variously shortlisted for the British Science Fiction Award, the Arthur C. Clarke Award, the Philip K. Dick Award, and the John W. Campbell Award.This is the first collection of her short fiction and novelettes in more than a decade, and gathers together her finest stories from the past eleven years, as selected by the author.ContentsA Game of Clones By Any Other Name Cinderkin I Give You the Moon Madswitch Something Exquisite On Skybolt Mountain Our Savage Heart Calls To Itself Recipes For Good Living Seat 28K S'elfie A Game of Clones by Justina Robson - A weird tale that could be best described as Iain M Banks meets Michael Moorcock... It is a ride and a fun one to boot! - Runalong the Shelves''I Give You the Moon describes in good hard-SF tradition technologies for trying to clean the environment - giant machines filtering the seas, mechanical crabs scouring the seabed - but it's also a moving tale of a boy in Africa who yearns to be a Viking. - Gary K. Wolfe in LocusMadswitch: A female ex-scientist takes steps to 'correct' her dysfunctional family. An enjoyable psychological tale of the science of horror. - Review GraveyardOn Skybolt Mountain: The witch Lettice Beaverley has gotten herself in trouble. Here is the sort of story I'd have liked to see more of... The magic is immediately present and well-realized, its elements are credible and clearly potent, fearsomely so. And Lettice is a well-drawn character, growing slowly into her destined role. RECOMMENDED. - Lois Tilton, Locus Online