Contents19 January 2009ARTICLE: Lost Chance: Greek and Chinese Philosophy's Unrealized Romance, by Brian TrentOver the course of two centuries, intellectual luminaries simultaneously emerged in Greece and China. . . . What would have happened had the two met? FICTION: The Shangri-La Affair, by Lavie TidharIt came spilling over Asia like grains of rice measured into a pan. Digital systems were corrupted. Tailor-made viruses swept through urban populations, spread out to villages, sometimes merely killing, sometimes transforming people into ... into other things. POETRY: A Guide to the Air-Dependent, by Kaolin Imago FireFocus on the effort wasted / that makes you stronger. REVIEW: This Week's Reviews, posted three times a weekMonday: Watermind by M.M. Buckner, reviewed by L. Timmel Duchamp All material in Strange Horizons is copyrighted to the original authors and may not be reproduced without permission. Violators will be prosecuted. |