Pretty good issue. Way better than the July issue of F&SF I read a couple of months ago. The only story that bored me was Robert Chase’s. "Midnight Blue" was my favorite.

(Full review at my blog) ( )

An OK issue with no great stories.

"In the Age of the Quiet Sun" - William Barton 3.5/5
Asteroid miners discover an alien spaceship. Entertaining, but really nothing new.
"The Ice War" - Stephen Baxter 3.5/5
Ice creatures invade the Earth in the early 1700's in a kind of alternate version of War of the Worlds. Fun, but not that much to it.
"Soldier of the Singularity" - Robert R. Chase 3/5
A psychologist talks to a robot from a post-human army. Cynical view of the Singularity.
"Slug Hell" - Steven Utley 2/5
Time-traveling researchers in the distant past think about things they miss from the future. Dull. ( )