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The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2022 by Rebecca Roanhorse

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jaredmuehlbauer's review

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challenging dark reflective tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

johnawickline's review against another edition

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adventurous dark sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

boards_books_and_brews's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2022
Written by Various
Read by Various
Book 1/250
Genre: Science Fiction, Fantasy
Format: Audio
Pages/Time: 432/17hr 7min
Published: 2022
Rating: 8.5/10
Narration: 8/10

"Life and death are not so far apart, as it happens, and neither are venom and the truth."

First read of 2024! Another great collection of Sci-Fi and Fantasy! I love these collections, they're always a treat. If you haven't, give this a read. See below for shout outs of all the tremendous authors. My particular favorites are indicated with a *.

10 Steps to a Whole New You by Tonya Liburd
The Pizza Boy by Meg Elison
*If the Martians have Magic by P. Djeli Clark
*Delete your First Memory for Free by Kel Coleman
*The Red Mother by Elizabeth Bear
The Cold Calculations by Aimee Ogden
The Captain and the Quartermaster by C. L. Clark
Broad Dutty Water: A Sunken Story by Nalo Hopkinson
*I was a Teenage Space Jockey by Stephen Graham Jones
Let all the Children Boogie by Sam K. Miller
Skinder's Veil by Kelly Link
The Algorithm will See you Now by Justin C. Key
*The Cloud Lake Unicorn by Karen Russel
*Proof by Induction by Jose Pable Iriarte
*Colors of them Immortal Palette by Caroline M. Yoachim
*The Future Library by Peng Shephard
**L'Esprit de L'Escalier by Catherynne M. Valente
Tripping Through Time by Rich Larson
The Frankly Impossible Weight of Han by Maria Dong
Root Rot by Fargo Tbakhi

moravec's review

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challenging inspiring reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? N/A
Loveable characters? N/A
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.5

carlylarsson's review

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3.0

Best story by far was Colors of the Immortal Palette, but overall, the collection was a bit lackluster to me.

zisi's review

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4.0

Good stories, many excellent, though a few disappoint, which is probably inevitable, as not all subgenres of the field appeal to me. Nonetheless, this is a worthy addition to the series and it is good to sample the year’s best (according to the editors’ tastes) in print book form.