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ruesparks's review
5.0
An anthology written and illustrated by over twenty authors and illustrators, detailing an epic space opera told in the form of star maps, illustrations, comics, poetry, flash fiction, short stories, verse, and even a stage play. The galaxy, dimension, and reality-bending twists and turns caught me off guard in every segment of the story.
I’ll put this up top so there’s no question: if you like space operas, you’ll have fun with this anthology. At the end of the day, it was an entertaining read that would be best read a few stories at a time, so you never quite lose traction or the plotline.
I loved the diversity of writing styles and formats. There’s anything from star maps to comic illustrations, from flash fiction to stage plays. More specific than that, there are stories that are very character-driven and intimate, and then those that are very action-packed and plot-driven. Each author has their own voice, and it gives something different to the over-arching story.
And speaking of the plot itself, it was at times entertaining, then intellectual, and suddenly emotional. By the end, there were so many different threads going so many different directions it became a little difficult to pick through them all, but I can’t help but think that some of the complexity was on purpose for reasons I won’t get into (sorry, spoilers!)
I’ll put this up top so there’s no question: if you like space operas, you’ll have fun with this anthology. At the end of the day, it was an entertaining read that would be best read a few stories at a time, so you never quite lose traction or the plotline.
I loved the diversity of writing styles and formats. There’s anything from star maps to comic illustrations, from flash fiction to stage plays. More specific than that, there are stories that are very character-driven and intimate, and then those that are very action-packed and plot-driven. Each author has their own voice, and it gives something different to the over-arching story.
And speaking of the plot itself, it was at times entertaining, then intellectual, and suddenly emotional. By the end, there were so many different threads going so many different directions it became a little difficult to pick through them all, but I can’t help but think that some of the complexity was on purpose for reasons I won’t get into (sorry, spoilers!)
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