{"id":3272,"date":"2014-10-15T10:36:48","date_gmt":"2014-10-15T15:36:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/?p=3272"},"modified":"2014-10-19T18:29:57","modified_gmt":"2014-10-19T23:29:57","slug":"rayguns-texas-garners-several-honorable-mentions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2014\/10\/15\/rayguns-texas-garners-several-honorable-mentions\/","title":{"rendered":"Rayguns Over Texas garners several honorable mentions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2529\" style=\"width: 536px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/files\/2013\/08\/Rayguns-Over-Texas-COVER-V03b-6x9.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2529\" class=\" wp-image-2529 \" alt=\"Cover by Rocky Kelley\" src=\"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/files\/2013\/08\/Rayguns-Over-Texas-COVER-V03b-6x9.jpg\" width=\"526\" height=\"766\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2529\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cover by Rocky Kelley<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Even though though Gardner Dozois&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1250046211\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=1250046211&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=thegeecur-20&amp;linkId=GAAYVAD2X5FPPLMF\"><i>The Year&#8217;s Best Science Fiction: Thirty-First Annual Collection<\/i><\/a> came out back in late August, I&#8217;m finally getting around to reporting about the strong showing of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0989270602\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=0989270602&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=thegeecur-20&amp;linkId=LASNECXYYUMAZ423\"><b><i>Rayguns Over Texas<\/i><\/b><\/a>. (Should give you an idea of how crazy things have been at the Geek Compound) While none of the stories were actually reprinted within the volume, seven of the tales garnered an honorable mention.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Rayguns Over Texas preview: Aaron Allston\" href=\"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2013\/08\/19\/rayguns-over-texas-preview-aaron-allston\/\" target=\"_blank\">Defenders of Beeman County by Aaron Allston<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Rayguns Over Texas preview: Neal Barrett, Jr.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2013\/08\/22\/rayguns-over-texas-preview-neal-barrett-jr\/\" target=\"_blank\">Timeout by Neal Barrett, Jr.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Rayguns Over Texas preview: Chris N. Brown\" href=\"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2013\/08\/20\/rayguns-over-texas-preview-chris-n-brown\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sovereign Wealth by Chris N. Brown<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Rayguns Over Texas preview: Mark Finn\" href=\"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2013\/08\/24\/rayguns-over-texas-preview-mark-finn\/\" target=\"_blank\">Take a Left at the Cretaceous by Mark Finn<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Rayguns Over Texas preview: Derek Austin Johnson\" href=\"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2013\/08\/18\/rayguns-over-texas-preview-derek-austin-johnson\/\" target=\"_blank\">Grey Goo and You by Derek Austin Johnson<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Rayguns Over Texas preview: Lawrence Person\" href=\"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2013\/08\/11\/rayguns-over-texas-preview-lawrence-person\/\" target=\"_blank\">Novel Properties of Certain Complex Alkaloids by Lawrence Person<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Rayguns Over Texas preview: Jessica Reisman\" href=\"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2013\/08\/25\/rayguns-over-texas-preview-jessica-reisman\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Chambered Eye by Jessica Reisman<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>With Finn, Person, Allston, and Brown receiving additional notice within Dozois&#8217;s Summation of the year.<\/p>\n<p>Congrats to all.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/files\/2014\/10\/1250046203.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_SL400_.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3274\" alt=\"1250046203.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_SL400_\" src=\"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/files\/2014\/10\/1250046203.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_SL400_.jpg\" width=\"264\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/files\/2014\/10\/1250046203.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_SL400_.jpg 264w, https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/files\/2014\/10\/1250046203.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_SL400_-198x300.jpg 198w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 264px) 100vw, 264px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Even though though Gardner Dozois&#8217;s The Year&#8217;s Best Science Fiction: Thirty-First Annual Collection came out back in late August, I&#8217;m finally getting around to reporting about the strong showing of Rayguns Over Texas. (Should give you an idea of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2014\/10\/15\/rayguns-texas-garners-several-honorable-mentions\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,23,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3272","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","category-rayguns-over-texas","category-reviews"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v15.2.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2014\/10\/15\/rayguns-texas-garners-several-honorable-mentions\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Rayguns Over Texas garners several honorable mentions - The Geek Curmudgeon\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"&nbsp; Even though though Gardner Dozois&#8217;s The Year&#8217;s Best Science Fiction: Thirty-First Annual Collection came out back in late August, I&#8217;m finally getting around to reporting about the strong showing of Rayguns Over Texas. (Should give you an idea of &hellip; Continue reading &rarr;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2014\/10\/15\/rayguns-texas-garners-several-honorable-mentions\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Geek Curmudgeon\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-10-15T15:36:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2014-10-19T23:29:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/files\/2013\/08\/Rayguns-Over-Texas-COVER-V03b-6x9.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@rickklaw\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\">\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"The Geek Curmudgeon\">\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\">\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\">\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/\",\"name\":\"The Geek Curmudgeon\",\"description\":\"Where opinionated geek Rick Klaw expresses his views\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":\"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/?s={search_term_string}\",\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2014\/10\/15\/rayguns-texas-garners-several-honorable-mentions\/#primaryimage\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/files\/2013\/08\/Rayguns-Over-Texas-COVER-V03b-6x9.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2014\/10\/15\/rayguns-texas-garners-several-honorable-mentions\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2014\/10\/15\/rayguns-texas-garners-several-honorable-mentions\/\",\"name\":\"Rayguns Over Texas garners several honorable mentions - The Geek Curmudgeon\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2014\/10\/15\/rayguns-texas-garners-several-honorable-mentions\/#primaryimage\"},\"datePublished\":\"2014-10-15T15:36:48+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2014-10-19T23:29:57+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/#\/schema\/person\/5aff9b51d7f4ac07b16a90e522e59e87\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2014\/10\/15\/rayguns-texas-garners-several-honorable-mentions\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/#\/schema\/person\/5aff9b51d7f4ac07b16a90e522e59e87\",\"name\":\"The Geek Curmudgeon\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/#personlogo\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d8fef42bf3bfaecca46077e79bc05d3c47c12cd563bfc6f2de4e29467f85f832?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"The Geek Curmudgeon\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rickklaw\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3272","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3272"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3272\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3296,"href":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3272\/revisions\/3296"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}