Might have just been too tired to appreciate it, though. A neat twist on time travel. The Memory Coder, by Jessica Brody - 3 stars. The Desecrator, by Steven Brust - 4 stars. A fun little piece of backstory for the Vlad Taltos series, but don't bother with it if you haven't read any of the Vlad books because you probably won't get it. Our Human, by Adam Troy Castro - 3 stars. I wanted more backstory, it was interesting but felt like there was some fascinating history that I really wanted to know about.
Beautiful story about how relationships change when all lies are exposed. Fare Thee Well, by Cathy Clamp - 4 stars. Never thought I'd describe a short story that takes place in a mortuary as fun, but this one was! The Commonplace Book, by Jacob Clifton - 4 stars. What Makes a River, by Deborah Coates - 3 stars. Enjoyable, but felt a little thin. The Ghosts of Christmas, by Paul Cornell - 3 stars. Neat concept, but the main character annoyed me.
The Elephant in the Room, by Paul Cornell - 3 stars. I probably would have enjoyed it more had I been more familiar with the Wild Cards books, because it seems this story is a sequel to something that happened in one of the novels Day One, by Matthew Costello - 3 stars. Standard zombie apocalypse fare. Doesn't catch my interest enough to make me go read the series it's prequel to.
I had no idea what this was about. Tourists, by Sean Craven - 2 stars. Aliens enamored of Christian Science? Day - 4 stars. I think I would have enjoyed it even more had I been familiar with the world and the characters; I'm definitely intrigued. Dellamonica - 5 stars. Love seeing LGBT characters pop up in speculative fiction and a little annoyed with myself at how long it took for me to catch on to the fact that the narrator was a lesbian, not a man.
And also, baby werewolf! Dellamonica - 4 stars. Really enjoyed the worldbuilding on this one.
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Yes, I know that was kind of the point. Falksen - 4 stars. Love the idea of the tit-tat. I'll be looking up the novel that this was prequel to. The Iron Shirts, by Michael Flynn - 2 stars. Maybe I was just tired while I was reading it, but I had trouble keeping track of all the Gaelic names and kept getting confused who was who, so I didn't really know what was going on.
Weird little story - I wanted to know more. Lightbringers and Rainmakers, by Felix Gilman - 4 stars. Really enjoyed the narrative voice in this one, may pick up the novel that was the first introduction to this world.. Shade, by Steven Gould - 4 stars. Definitely made me want to pick up the Jumper series. Bugs in the Arroyo, by Steven Gould - 4 stars. Evidently this is a sneak peak at a novel yet-to-be-published, and though I loved it I could tell it wasn't quite a complete story.
Steampunk Quartet, by Eileen Gunn - 3 stars. I may have appreciated it more had I been more familiar with the source material she was riffing off of. I guess the chance to be a character in the stories had been auctioned off, so that must have been fun for the people who got to be included, but for the rest of us wasn't especially interesting.
Mother, Crone, Maiden, by Cat Hellisen - 3 stars. Yet another short story that's a prequel to an already-published book. It was ok, but didn't really grab me enough to make me buy the book, even having read the sample chapters that were included. I really enjoyed this bittersweet tale of wish granting. I do feel like I missed some of the reading between the lines just because I read it late a night and was sleepy, so I should go back and read it again at some point. Too Fond, by Leanna Renee Hieber - 4 stars. Beautifully written dark tale.
At the Foot of the Lighthouse, by Erin Hoffman - 5 stars. A girl with a disturbing gift in a Japanese internment camp during the war. Ghost Hedgehog, by Nina Kiriki Hoffman - 4 stars. A fifth grade boy finds himself collecting ghosts who have unfinished business. Jackson - 3 stars. I think I would have appreciated it more had I read the books that this story is prequel to.
I'm finding that's the case with a lot of these stories. It did interest me enough that I might read the Thieftaker Chronicles, so I suppose Jackson did his job: It's not the destination, it's the journey. Ponies, by Kij Johnson - 3 stars. I'd read this one before, when it was first published on tor.
Crazy Me, by James Patrick Kelly - 4 stars. An opthamologist with a doppelganger living in his garage - who's the "real" one, Crazy Me or Demented Me? First Flight, by Mary Robinette Kowal - 5 stars. Utterly charming time travel story involving the Wright brothers and an unlikely friendship between a centenarian woman from the present and a year-old boy in How to Make a Triffid, by Kelly Lagor - 2 stars.
The narrator starts off somewhat sympathetic but got annoying real fast. A Water Matter, by Jay Lake - 4 stars. From the reviews of the novel this was based on, I don't have much interest in reading it, but I did like the short story, particularly the group hunt.
The Speed of Time, by Jay Lake - 2 stars. A neat take on first contact. An insider's look at the development of a horrifying new bioweapon. Not really a story with a plot at all, but an intriguing glimpse into various alien civilizations and their attitudes towards starflight. The price of innocence. Earth Hour, by Ken MacLeod - 3 stars. Not a whole lot to say about this one - it was mildly entertaining, anyway.
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Farewell Performance, by Nick Mamatas - 2 stars. I understood it, but didn't really get it, if that makes any sense. I liked this take on a vampire story. The Finite Canvas, by Brit Mandelo - 5 stars. The Hanging Game, by Helen Marshall - 2 stars. I suppose it was well done but I was definitely not in the right frame of mind to appreciate it when I read it. I might have given it a higher rating another time.
I liked the seashells. A unicorn named Steve! Sad portrait of a family struggling to deal with a loss. Preparations, by Mark Mills - 2 stars. This was just silly. About Fairies, by Pat Murphy - 4 stars. Interesting take on fairy tales. I think this is another one of those that would make more sense if I were familiar with the novels, since it apparently takes place between books 2 and 3 of a trilogy.
Hints of the backstory intrigued me, but I don't know if it caught my interest enough to make me seek them out. Hello, Moto, by Nnedi Okorafor - 2 stars. Neat idea to combine witchcraft and modern technology, but the story didn't do it for me. Too bad, because I was looking forward to this one, having really enjoyed her novel Who Fears Death. Sacrifice of the First Sheason, by Peter Orullian - 5 stars. I really liked this origin story and will definitely be looking up the Vault of Heaven series!
Set in the same world as the above at a much later time. The Battle of the Round, by Peter Orullian - 5 stars. An immediate sequel to the above. I just requested the first book of the series from the library: Sweetheart, by Abbi Mei Otis - 4 stars. How to stop a war? Unite humanity against a common enemy. Ragnarok, by Paul Park - no rating. It's not fair of me to give this one star just because I don't like poetry. I'm sure this is a lovely poem, done in the style of the Icelandic Sagas, I believe, I just don't like this kind of thing and couldn't finish it.
What do the four horsemen do with themselves when the Apocalypse is over? Pearson - 4 stars. Not sure how it would hold up if you weren't familiar with the source material. Petty - 3 stars. Interesting premise, didn't love the characters. Silver Linings, by Tim Pratt - 4 stars. At first I dismissed the story as just a silly riff on an old idiom, but it took an interesting twist with the revelation of the protagonist's identity and the reason he was in hiding. It might have been 3 stars had I not already been a little familiar with the Wild Cards universe, having read up on the Wikipedia page after reading the first few Wild Cards stories in this collection!
Clockwork Fairies, by Cat Rambo - 3 stars. I liked the premise, but the chauvinistic narrator couldn't be more annoying! I know this was intended, to make a point, and the point was definitely made, but ugh!
The Next Invasion, by Robert Reed - 3 stars. Fans of "Night of the Body Snatchers" will enjoy this one ; Our Candidate, by Robert Reed - 3 stars. Swingers, by Robert Reed - 2 stars. Lovely story, somewhat predictable but very well-done otherwise. Jack of Coins, by Christopher Rowe - 3 stars. Okay story, nothing especially noteworthy about it one way or another - could have been an interesting setting for a longer piece. It kind of made my head hurt, but in a good way. Good Night, Moon, by Rudy Rucker - 2 stars.
A little too surreal and cyberpunky for me. Loco, by Rudy Rucker - 1 star. Bizarre little piece of nonsense. I actually really liked this, but it left me unsatisfied and not quite understanding. From the other reviews, it seems that this is another example of a story that would make more sense had I read the book it is based on.
Firstborn, by Brandon Sanderson - 5 stars. The man is just that good: Really liked this one. After the Coup, by John Scalzi - 4 stars. Probably would be a little confusing if I hadn't already read Old Man's War , though. A use for futuristic technology that I hadn't thought of! Prologue, by John Scalzi - 3 stars. I'd read this one before. A very silly spoof on fantasy tropes.
This was really lovely. On the long-ish side for a short story, which allowed for some real character development. An aging clown finds inspiration in an unexpected place! Mining for hope while awaiting the Santaman and his sword ho ho ho. I'd not heard of Ken Scholes before this collection and given that I've just rated all of his stories 4 or 5 stars, I'll definitely be looking up more of his work! Rag and Bone, by Priya Sharma - 4 stars.
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An alternate England where the wealthy buy body parts from the poor. Do Not Touch, by Prudence Shen - 5 stars. Adventures in museum paintings - this was fun! Like a lot of these stories, I think I'd have appreciated it more had I been familiar with the novels. King of Marbury, by Andrew Smith - 3 stars. A spoiled year-old girl navigates future Nagasaki.
Overtime, by Charles Stross - 3 stars. The rest of the reviews are in the comments, because of Goodreads' silly 20, character review limit ; View all 7 comments. Jul 15, Francesco is currently reading it Shelves: Mar 15, Renee Babcock rated it really liked it Shelves: This is a massive collection of short fiction originally published at Tor. There were maybe a dozen or so stories I didn't read, but on the whole this is a solid collection of contemporary short speculative fiction. Mar 15, Peter rated it it was ok. This is a huge collection of about stories that have appeared over the last five years on Tor's website, that I've been reading in dribs and drabs on my phone over the past year or so.
It's hard to talk about it because there are just so many in there, I honestly can't remember in most cases if a story comes from there, or from another, smaller, short story collection I read in the intervening time. Nor, often, can I really remember many of the details. In a general sense, though, for me, per This is a huge collection of about stories that have appeared over the last five years on Tor's website, that I've been reading in dribs and drabs on my phone over the past year or so.
In a general sense, though, for me, personally, it was only okay, largely due to two factors There is nothing wrong with any of these genres, except that, largely, they do not interest me. A lot of stories I found myself just wanting to get through because it was so distinctly Not My Thing. A few I outright disliked there seemed to be at least a couple stories where an amoral being with godlike powers for no apparent reason wanders through the world doing stuff that I didn't give a damn about.
The other problem is that there was a lot of "here are the first few chapters of this novel I've released," which don't really satisfy as stories, and, I may be mistaken, but I believe in every single case, it was in those genres that I have little interest in. I read them, but I feel like it was a waste of time, because I neither want to read the full novel, nor did I get a satisfying complete story even of a type that isn't my favorite.
There were some stories that I recall remembering Also, the set of stories called "The Palencar Project" were quite interesting But because of the high proportion of stories that did not interest me, I can only give the collection two stars Jan 27, Logan rated it did not like it. Reading through this entire collection was one of the worst reading experiences I have ever had.
I kept thinking that there just HAD to be some good stories in it. And there were, about five or so that I really liked and maybe 10 that were at least entertaining. But most of them were pointless, postmodern drivel that oh, might have the hero dying, or end in a state of hopelessness, or just be completely pointless or insane. Maybe I'm just not "sophisticated" enough to enjoy things like this but Reading through this entire collection was one of the worst reading experiences I have ever had.
Maybe I'm just not "sophisticated" enough to enjoy things like this but depressing, pointless stories are not what I want to read. The author's job is to entertain his reader, not to make some existential artistic "statement". I read the entire thing and was repulsed by most of the stories, bored by more, and left completely clueless after still others. It's just not worth wading through all the garbage. Aug 14, Augusto rated it it was ok Shelves: Overall, this collection was a disappointment. There were some really good short stories such as "The Fermi Paradox is our Business Model" that deserve a five star rating, but I did not really enjoy the bulk of the stories.
I recommend that anyone who is planning on reading this simply look at some of the other reviews and read only the stories that other people have mentioned as being worth reading. Jan 21, Lindsay rated it really liked it Shelves: The Human Division 5: Tales From the Clarke. The Very First Damned Thing. The Human Division 9: Take Back the Sky. The Tale of the Wicked. A Key, an Egg, an Unfortunate Remark.
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