librarimans's review against another edition

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3.0

An average collection of science fiction short stories. Nothing really stood out to me as super notable, but nothing was terrible either.

neven's review against another edition

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4.0

It’s true of every short-story collection that it’s a mixed bag in terms of style and quality; the latter is particularly varied in this book. While no story is downright terrible, a few definitely could’ve been culled (Loory’s childish entry, Díaz’s annoying bro tale.) But then you find gems like Lethem’s ‘Five Fucks’ and Molly Flows’ ‘Lambing Season,’ and it’s worth it.

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3.0

Despite being a collection of stories from non-science fiction authors, this ended up being a fairly standard (and uneven) collection. There are a lot of styles represented here. One of the stories is a fake art history about a painting movement of extremely realistic painters that did not exist, and that's not something you'd find in a usual sci-fi collection. A couple stories standout, so if you're a fan of short story collections this one may still be worth reading.
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