I have read several stories at
Asimov's by William Barton (no website, apparently), latest of which is
Gods of a lesser creation. I don't particularly like him; his stories are too muddy, and this one seems to be a transposition of
Dark Star Safari, with a main character that is a poodle-cyborg, or something like that. It was probably his source of inspiration, since a block of the story opens with:
Sunrise, no sea monsters, only beauty
Which refers to another Paul Theroux Title,
Sunrise with Seamonsters, describing a trip through the Mediterranean. I haven't read it yet, BTW.
