A very fine issue. This easily cracks the mark, having a 3.60 average, which is the second highest American magazine story average this year I think, although only 5 tales here. I would even go to 4.25 for Telefunken Remix if I was doing that, and as the editor's intro says, it is most definitely strange, and worth persevering with, not being what you think it is at the start. So, three 4 out of 5 stories, or 2 and a 4.25. Rather well done.
There is a rather good article on nanotechnology and its various forms, complete with links to lists of stuff, and a debate about the dangers of little robots turning us into grey goo (they don't believe it is likely, at least not soon, apparently.)
Some reviews, the film Children of Men, and also a few books, including another Charlie Huston vampire detective book, apparently.
If an earlier issue was SF-lite, this one and the one before it make up for that, so it seems they are keeping that in mind.
FSF661 : The Master Miller's Tale - Ian R. MacLeod
FSF661 : The Tamarisk Hunter - Paolo Bacigalupi
FSF661 : Kaleidoscope - K. D. Wentworth
FSF661 : The Great White Bed - Don Webb
FSF661 : Telefunken Remix - A. A. Attanasio
Technological progress scan be explosive.
4 out of 5
Vegiekilling water saviour.
4 out of 5
Barryversal variation.
3 out of 5
Legless trap.
3 out of 5
Future clone excursion Context confusion.
4 out of 5
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The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction May 2007 Books In Print, Audio Books.