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FTL, Y'all!: Tales From the Age of the $200 Warp Drive
Julie Gravelle, Iris Jay, Nathaniel Wilson, Earl T. Roske, Olivia Northrop, James F. Wright, Evan Dahm, Skolli Rubedo, David Andry, Jonathon Dalton, Seren Krakens, Cindy Powers, Molly Kennedy, C.B. Webb, Sunny, Cheez Hayama, N.N. Chan, C. Spike Trotman, Kay Rossbach, Chris Williamson, Alexxander Dovelin, Ainsley Seago, Little Corvus, Xia Gordon, Luz Bianca, Maia Kobabe, J. Piechowiak, Miss Jamie Kaye, Rachel Ordway, Mary Anne Mackey, Ahueonao, Mulele Jarvis, Blue Delliquanti, Paul Schultz, Jay Eaton
3.91 AVERAGE
63 reviews for:
FTL, Y'all!: Tales From the Age of the $200 Warp Drive
Julie Gravelle, Iris Jay, Nathaniel Wilson, Earl T. Roske, Olivia Northrop, James F. Wright, Evan Dahm, Skolli Rubedo, David Andry, Jonathon Dalton, Seren Krakens, Cindy Powers, Molly Kennedy, C.B. Webb, Sunny, Cheez Hayama, N.N. Chan, C. Spike Trotman, Kay Rossbach, Chris Williamson, Alexxander Dovelin, Ainsley Seago, Little Corvus, Xia Gordon, Luz Bianca, Maia Kobabe, J. Piechowiak, Miss Jamie Kaye, Rachel Ordway, Mary Anne Mackey, Ahueonao, Mulele Jarvis, Blue Delliquanti, Paul Schultz, Jay Eaton
3.91 AVERAGE
Like most anthologies, there are some stories I enjoyed and some I didn’t care for. Some of the stories didn’t really fit the premise of the anthology, in my opinion, though they were still usually enjoyable. Also like most anthologies, there tends to be emotional and artistic whiplash between each story.
Favorite stories:
MSPIPSP, Lia, Prodigal Sunset, Story of a Rescue, The Senior Project, My Stars and Garters, and Wayhome. (There are a LOT of good ones!!)
MSPIPSP, Lia, Prodigal Sunset, Story of a Rescue, The Senior Project, My Stars and Garters, and Wayhome. (There are a LOT of good ones!!)
A short story anthology with some good stories, some really good stories, some nonsensical stories and some so short they seemed to be a feeling over an actual story. As some of them are extremely short I will be fairly short on my summaries and thoughts. It was an interesting read as a whole. I just wish more of the stories were more complete.
Soft Physics
By: Blue Delliquanti
This story (if there is even one) is told through a delivered internet package full of internet videos, chat, and articles following the concept of FTL influencers? I think I understand the ending, but the story (if there is one) was too fragmented to be understood without a lot of work.
Cabbage Island
By: Cindy Powers & Mulele Jarvis
Yu finds plans on the dark web to build a warp drive and builds it in hopes to escape an Earth full of political and environmental collapse. The feels.
M.S.P.I.P.S.P
By: Kay Rossbach
A story of a mother and her daughter traveling to Mars. It is basically about the trials and tribulations of getting through theairport space port. It was a fun read.
Lia
By: Alexander Dovelin
A short tale of the woman who helped build space travel with androids. I thought it was pretty.
Passing Through
By: Jamie Kaye & Sunny
Marty is having a phone conversation as he zips around the world with a transporter. This one was another story too abstract for me. I did like the art, though.
Ignition
By: Iris Jay (writer) & Skolli Rubedo (artist)
Astra Salvage is on a post-apocalyptic Earth with an assignment to recover an antique space rocket. I like the story. It had a good flow. I liked the characters as well. They are likable enough I wish I could go on more adventures with them.
Brilliant + Handsome
By: CB Webb
A couple kids (teens? adults?) are arguing whether or not the washing machine with an FTL drive is space worthy. This was more of a scene without a real end than a story. I think I can see what the creator was trying to do, but I think we needed more time with the characters or more than a single conversation of them arguing.
Space to Grow
By: NN Chan
SpaceAce is an astrobiologist out cataloging specimens from different planets and recording her adventures in an informational blog. This is a well formed story about internet bullying. I loved the art and the characters. I would love to read more, but the story was complete enough to not to need more.
FailSafe
By: Rachel Ordway
The unnamed character is trying to get home, but the ship’s onboard security systems will not let them. This is another one I feel is more capturing a feeling or moment rather than an actual story (though there is a feeling of rise and fall of action). It does perfectly capture desperation combined with anxiety and fear.
Finders Keepers
By: Ahueonao
A trio of young adults decide to travel to The Ozymandias, a luxury space station that is effectively abandon-ware in hopes for sweet sweet loot. This was great. It wasn’t anything deep, but the writing and the characters were so much fun. It is tied as my favorite from the collection.
Microwave
By: Jay Eaton
Rowan is traveling to a warp center with her constantly arguing uncles. I think this was an AMAZING coming-of-age or end-of-innocence story. This isn’t one of my favorites (I have a weakness for humor), but the creator did a great job.
Prodigal Sunset
By: James F. Wright & Little Corvus
A group of five teenagers of various alien species have two things in common; one, they all have the same deadly virus and two, they all have the same father? I had an extremely hard time understanding what was happening and then the story was just over. I felt like I was thrown in the middle of the story and didn’t get an end. I did like the character designs and how the virus was affecting them differently was interesting.
Story of a Rescue
By: Nathaniel Wilson
A brother and a sister are on a quest to find their step father who ran off to join a kind of space race. Normally, I am not a huge fan of people just sitting around just talking, but the writing was so entertaining that I have to make an exception. Also, the ending is the best. This tied for my favorite.
Words From the Dead
By: Jonathon Dalton
Meegan and Gabriel are trying to fund their astro-archeology research through video blogs even though the interest isn’t there until they find a new planet that has very intact “ruins.” I think the start was a little slow, but the ending was very good.
Solitary
By: David Andry (writer), Paul Schultz (art), Lucas Gattoni (letters)
The main character is doing time in a prison and gets the offer to live in a space colony to reduce his sentence. Very short with little dialog, but gets to the dark punchline very concisely without any extra fat.
Grandad’s Second Wife
By: Cheez Hayama and Earl T. Roske
Sergio is visited by his grandpa who entered Earth (more or less) illegally and forces Sergio to host his worm wife so that she will not be caught by immigration. I love this one. It is a little silly and cartoony, but I had so much fun.
The Senior Project
By: Maia Kobabe
Willow is the only person in her class that does not want to build an FTL drive for their senior project and instead wants to work on a project that will improve the Earth rather than escape it. I thought this story was nice. It turns into a story of camaraderie between her and another student who is working on a FTL drive. I like friendship stories.
My Stars and Garters
By: Ainsley Seago
A Victorian couple want to escape persecution via space travel. It is a pretty fun short story and oddly optimistic in the end.
Way Home
By: Evan Dahm
A couple with a young daughter travel to another planet (world?) to escape civilization. This is a haunting story of darkness and going native.
Soft Physics
By: Blue Delliquanti
This story (if there is even one) is told through a delivered internet package full of internet videos, chat, and articles following the concept of FTL influencers? I think I understand the ending, but the story (if there is one) was too fragmented to be understood without a lot of work.
Cabbage Island
By: Cindy Powers & Mulele Jarvis
Yu finds plans on the dark web to build a warp drive and builds it in hopes to escape an Earth full of political and environmental collapse. The feels.
M.S.P.I.P.S.P
By: Kay Rossbach
A story of a mother and her daughter traveling to Mars. It is basically about the trials and tribulations of getting through the
Lia
By: Alexander Dovelin
A short tale of the woman who helped build space travel with androids. I thought it was pretty.
Passing Through
By: Jamie Kaye & Sunny
Marty is having a phone conversation as he zips around the world with a transporter. This one was another story too abstract for me. I did like the art, though.
Ignition
By: Iris Jay (writer) & Skolli Rubedo (artist)
Astra Salvage is on a post-apocalyptic Earth with an assignment to recover an antique space rocket. I like the story. It had a good flow. I liked the characters as well. They are likable enough I wish I could go on more adventures with them.
Brilliant + Handsome
By: CB Webb
A couple kids (teens? adults?) are arguing whether or not the washing machine with an FTL drive is space worthy. This was more of a scene without a real end than a story. I think I can see what the creator was trying to do, but I think we needed more time with the characters or more than a single conversation of them arguing.
Space to Grow
By: NN Chan
SpaceAce is an astrobiologist out cataloging specimens from different planets and recording her adventures in an informational blog. This is a well formed story about internet bullying. I loved the art and the characters. I would love to read more, but the story was complete enough to not to need more.
FailSafe
By: Rachel Ordway
The unnamed character is trying to get home, but the ship’s onboard security systems will not let them. This is another one I feel is more capturing a feeling or moment rather than an actual story (though there is a feeling of rise and fall of action). It does perfectly capture desperation combined with anxiety and fear.
Finders Keepers
By: Ahueonao
A trio of young adults decide to travel to The Ozymandias, a luxury space station that is effectively abandon-ware in hopes for sweet sweet loot. This was great. It wasn’t anything deep, but the writing and the characters were so much fun. It is tied as my favorite from the collection.
Microwave
By: Jay Eaton
Rowan is traveling to a warp center with her constantly arguing uncles. I think this was an AMAZING coming-of-age or end-of-innocence story. This isn’t one of my favorites (I have a weakness for humor), but the creator did a great job.
Prodigal Sunset
By: James F. Wright & Little Corvus
A group of five teenagers of various alien species have two things in common; one, they all have the same deadly virus and two, they all have the same father? I had an extremely hard time understanding what was happening and then the story was just over. I felt like I was thrown in the middle of the story and didn’t get an end. I did like the character designs and how the virus was affecting them differently was interesting.
Story of a Rescue
By: Nathaniel Wilson
A brother and a sister are on a quest to find their step father who ran off to join a kind of space race. Normally, I am not a huge fan of people just sitting around just talking, but the writing was so entertaining that I have to make an exception. Also, the ending is the best. This tied for my favorite.
Words From the Dead
By: Jonathon Dalton
Meegan and Gabriel are trying to fund their astro-archeology research through video blogs even though the interest isn’t there until they find a new planet that has very intact “ruins.” I think the start was a little slow, but the ending was very good.
Spoiler
In retrospect I now get the title. Very clever.Solitary
By: David Andry (writer), Paul Schultz (art), Lucas Gattoni (letters)
The main character is doing time in a prison and gets the offer to live in a space colony to reduce his sentence. Very short with little dialog, but gets to the dark punchline very concisely without any extra fat.
Grandad’s Second Wife
By: Cheez Hayama and Earl T. Roske
Sergio is visited by his grandpa who entered Earth (more or less) illegally and forces Sergio to host his worm wife so that she will not be caught by immigration. I love this one. It is a little silly and cartoony, but I had so much fun.
The Senior Project
By: Maia Kobabe
Willow is the only person in her class that does not want to build an FTL drive for their senior project and instead wants to work on a project that will improve the Earth rather than escape it. I thought this story was nice. It turns into a story of camaraderie between her and another student who is working on a FTL drive. I like friendship stories.
My Stars and Garters
By: Ainsley Seago
A Victorian couple want to escape persecution via space travel. It is a pretty fun short story and oddly optimistic in the end.
Way Home
By: Evan Dahm
A couple with a young daughter travel to another planet (world?) to escape civilization. This is a haunting story of darkness and going native.
Extremely good! A fun and weird series of space adventures. I heartily recommend it. It's got a great muddy and hopeful view of humanity
This is a pretty good anthology of sci-fi stories involving space travel and lesbianism. It's sometimes tough reviewing an anthology, not only because there are a variety of different art styles and stories, but also because placement is so important.
The first story wasn't for me. The use of Youtube style comments to serve as conversation distracted me from the story, though I enjoyed the premise. This turned up as IMs in another story.
Overall, I liked the stories in this collection, as well as the art. I'm always impressed when an anthology can showcase a variety of different art styles using no colors but black and white.
While I didn't love the book, I do recommend it to anyone who enjoys science fiction anthology, comics or otherwise. People looking for better representation in comics will also enjoy this book. And hopefully, if you do pick up this book and you enjoy a particular story, check and see if the creators have any other books available.
The first story wasn't for me. The use of Youtube style comments to serve as conversation distracted me from the story, though I enjoyed the premise. This turned up as IMs in another story.
Overall, I liked the stories in this collection, as well as the art. I'm always impressed when an anthology can showcase a variety of different art styles using no colors but black and white.
While I didn't love the book, I do recommend it to anyone who enjoys science fiction anthology, comics or otherwise. People looking for better representation in comics will also enjoy this book. And hopefully, if you do pick up this book and you enjoy a particular story, check and see if the creators have any other books available.
This was not at all what I expected. An anthology of short comic stories, this volume contains tons of interesting takes on what might happen if warp drive technology were to become commonplace and affordable. A clear effort was made to include diverse stories and characters, and a lot of the vignettes are very different from most mainstream science fiction. I found that refreshing and fun, but I suppose your mileage may vary.
An excellent collection of very creative tales. Wonderful art and story woven together with big ideas. Time well spent. Recommended.
I read so many anthologies, yet I never rate them story by story. Well! That stops now!
Soft Physics: 1/5
Cabbage Island: 3/5
M.S.P.I.P.S.P: 5/5
Lia: 1/5
Passing Through: 3/5
Ignition: 3/5
Brilliant & Handsome: 2/5
Space to Grow: 5/5
Failsafe: 4/5
Finders Keepers: 5/5
Microwave: 4/5
Prodigal Sunset: 2/5
Story of a Rescue: 3/5
Words from the Dead: 5/5
Solitary: 4/5
Granddad’s Second Wife: 5/5
The Senior Project: 5/5
My Stars and Garters: 3/5
Wayhome: 1/5
Overall, I think it’s a fun idea and so many great creators here contribute to the $200 warp drive lore in fascinating ways. Like any anthology, some are too confusing while others make me crave an entire book based on just a few pages. I gotta give it up for The Senior Project and Finders Keepers for being so spectacular (ugh I want these stories to keep going).
Soft Physics: 1/5
Cabbage Island: 3/5
M.S.P.I.P.S.P: 5/5
Lia: 1/5
Passing Through: 3/5
Ignition: 3/5
Brilliant & Handsome: 2/5
Space to Grow: 5/5
Failsafe: 4/5
Finders Keepers: 5/5
Microwave: 4/5
Prodigal Sunset: 2/5
Story of a Rescue: 3/5
Words from the Dead: 5/5
Solitary: 4/5
Granddad’s Second Wife: 5/5
The Senior Project: 5/5
My Stars and Garters: 3/5
Wayhome: 1/5
Overall, I think it’s a fun idea and so many great creators here contribute to the $200 warp drive lore in fascinating ways. Like any anthology, some are too confusing while others make me crave an entire book based on just a few pages. I gotta give it up for The Senior Project and Finders Keepers for being so spectacular (ugh I want these stories to keep going).
I've really started enjoying graphic short story collections! didn't love all the stories, but some really standout gems made this really enjoyable
cws:
failsafe
cw suicide
granddad's second wife
cw bodily invasion?? worm infestation?? body horror/gore but not a lot of details
cws:
failsafe
cw suicide
granddad's second wife
cw bodily invasion?? worm infestation?? body horror/gore but not a lot of details
'FTL, Y'all!: Tales from the Age of the $200 Warp Drive' is a collection of stories edited by Amanda Lafrenais. The concept is in the subtitle, but I wish a short introduction had been included on what brought the idea on.
It's the near future (or maybe even now!) and warp drives can be made cheap. This leads to a series of people shooting themselves in to space in buses, cars and washing machines. There are stories about how dreary traveling at warp speed can still be, like modern airports. There is a young woman who chooses growing crops because the rest of her classmates have chosen warp drive projects.
It's a varied collection, and the art that accompanies is also varied. Some stories and art work, some don't. There were a couple stories where the art was just hard on the eyes. My favorite story in the collection is Wayhome by Evan Dahm.
I received a review copy of this graphic novel from Iron Circus Comics in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.
It's the near future (or maybe even now!) and warp drives can be made cheap. This leads to a series of people shooting themselves in to space in buses, cars and washing machines. There are stories about how dreary traveling at warp speed can still be, like modern airports. There is a young woman who chooses growing crops because the rest of her classmates have chosen warp drive projects.
It's a varied collection, and the art that accompanies is also varied. Some stories and art work, some don't. There were a couple stories where the art was just hard on the eyes. My favorite story in the collection is Wayhome by Evan Dahm.
I received a review copy of this graphic novel from Iron Circus Comics in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.