Uncanny Magazine Issue 62: January/February 2025 by Scott Lynch
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

To clarify, I'm reading just Kaiju Agonistes by Scott Lynch in this collection.

Muahahahahahaha I LOVED this.

Sure, it's another Kaiju story, but it's damn clever. A good deal of it comes from the Kaiju's perspective, but what really makes this a stand-out is the full alternate history of the world after the first atomic bomb and the... interesting things that could very well have gone on with real public policies and national politics.

But that's not even the best part. It's who the Kaiju uses to take over this damnably wayward species. :)

Hugo nom for short story this year. So far, it's easily my top pick.

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