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mirable's review against another edition
5.0
SLJ review:
Adult/High School— The prolific Card published one short story collection, Maps in a Mirror: The Short Fiction of Orson Scott Card (Tor, 1990), which supposedly included all of the short fiction he was willing to share. But apparently there are now a lot more selections, as demonstrated by this hefty volume. This compilation, composed of science fiction, fantasy, literary tales, and Mormon stories contains no clunkers. There is some truly innovative and wonderful storytelling here. Card's ability to create believable characters that readers come to care about remains his strongest selling point. Sometimes those characters happen into other worlds, as in "Space Boy" and "Dust." Other times they stay firmly grounded in this one, yet their stories give a new and different perspective on life. Teens who enjoy Card's earlier work, who like short stories, or who are just looking for a new world to lose themselves in can't go wrong here. Standout stories include "Space Boy," "Homeless in Hell," "Inventing Lovers on the Phone," and "50 WPM." Short essays give the origins of the individual selections.—Charli Osborne, Oxford Public Library, MI
Adult/High School— The prolific Card published one short story collection, Maps in a Mirror: The Short Fiction of Orson Scott Card (Tor, 1990), which supposedly included all of the short fiction he was willing to share. But apparently there are now a lot more selections, as demonstrated by this hefty volume. This compilation, composed of science fiction, fantasy, literary tales, and Mormon stories contains no clunkers. There is some truly innovative and wonderful storytelling here. Card's ability to create believable characters that readers come to care about remains his strongest selling point. Sometimes those characters happen into other worlds, as in "Space Boy" and "Dust." Other times they stay firmly grounded in this one, yet their stories give a new and different perspective on life. Teens who enjoy Card's earlier work, who like short stories, or who are just looking for a new world to lose themselves in can't go wrong here. Standout stories include "Space Boy," "Homeless in Hell," "Inventing Lovers on the Phone," and "50 WPM." Short essays give the origins of the individual selections.—Charli Osborne, Oxford Public Library, MI
eschewed's review against another edition
3.0
For self-reference, the ones I like most so far:
Geriatric Ward
Dust
Homeless in Hell
Inventing Lovers on the Phone
Geriatric Ward
Dust
Homeless in Hell
Inventing Lovers on the Phone
crownoflaurel's review against another edition
2.0
I couldn't finish this, which is unusual for me. A few of the stories were interesting, but most of them I found slow and odd. And others had been developed into books that I'd already read. There wasn't any incentive to finish.
dbwood's review against another edition
4.0
Finally finished! Here are twenty-two stories that range from science fiction and fantasy and Mormon communities. It feels like I've been on a bit of a journey! It has been a good one, but I'm glad to be home after a month and a half of slowly digesting this fascinating collection.
beth27's review against another edition
2.0
Eh. I'm not a huge short story fan in the first place and none of these stories left me wanting more. I'll stick to Card's novels.
nicholasbobbitt1997's review
3.0
Again, Card is okay but not anything really to call home about. Maybe my tolerance for him is shot, but I remember liking this a lot more than I do.
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