Reviews

Alien Artifacts by Patricia Bray, Joshua Palmatier

lyleblosser's review

3.0

As is usual with collections, some stories were absolute winners and others, while perhaps intriguing and thought-provoking, somewhat less so. I must say I was impressed at the variety of approaches to the stated topic of "alien artifacts"; I would think almost anyone can find a story they'd enjoy in this collection.

pghbekka's review against another edition

3.0

I'm not sure if this was a very uneven collection, or if I was just not in the mood for the stories.

I loved a few of the stories, but was bored by many of them, and even the Seanan McGuire story was not a favorite.

I did think "Radio Silence" by Walter Hunt and "Me and Alice" by Angela Penrose were standouts.

pers's review

4.0

This was an excellent anthology (funded by the Zombies Need Brains kickstarter team). Out of 19 stories, only 2 didn't really work for me - one is the epilogue to an already published novel (which I find irritating because I've never read the novel nor even any other books by the author - it feels both cheeky and lazy, somehow), and the other didn't have enough exposition to satisfy me, making me feel like I'd walked into the second act of a stage play - I'm sure I'd have enjoyed it more had there been a bit more background to it.

Particular favourites in the collection are Juliet E McKenna's 'The Sphere', Gail Z Martin & Larry N Martin's 'The Hunt', Andrija Popovic's 'The Captain's Throne', Anthony Lowe's 'The Haint of Sweetwater River', Sharon Lee & Steve Miller's 'Shame the Devil', and Jennifer Dunne's 'Music of the Stars'.