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jstamper2022's review
4.0
Really decent Sci-Fi Anthology. Lots of good short stories. Some leave you wanting more. Others are fantastic.
mscoutj's review
4.0
This was a collection of stories that set out to examine the boundaries between "literature" and "genre". What makes a story science fiction? Why does that label automatically devalue the story in some circles? The authors chosen for the anthology are mostly not generally associated with scifi, so it may be an eye-opener for a lot of serious lit folks. Overall, the collection is very solid and highly recommended.
nwhyte's review
4.0
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This is an anthology of stories and writers which supposedly straddle the boundary between mainstream fiction and sf. I confess that I didn't really see the point of the question ("What if sf didn't exist as a genre, but was being written anyway?") but I did enjoy most of the stories. One or two I already knew ("The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas", "Salvador") but the one I particularly enjoyed, contra my own expectations (also contra other reviewers who I've read) was "Ziggurat", an interesting and convoluted short by Gene Wolfe, who I've tended to bounce off in the past.
This is an anthology of stories and writers which supposedly straddle the boundary between mainstream fiction and sf. I confess that I didn't really see the point of the question ("What if sf didn't exist as a genre, but was being written anyway?") but I did enjoy most of the stories. One or two I already knew ("The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas", "Salvador") but the one I particularly enjoyed, contra my own expectations (also contra other reviewers who I've read) was "Ziggurat", an interesting and convoluted short by Gene Wolfe, who I've tended to bounce off in the past.
emilycait's review
2.0
I wish they'd bothered to edit this... For example: it's Molly GlOss (not GlAss) who wrote "Interlocking Pieces" and Kate WilheLm who wrote "Ladies and Gentlemen, This is Your Crisis".
There are some gems in here ("The Hardened Criminals" - Jonathan Lethem) and some really bad (and stupidly long) pieces ("The Ziggurat" - Gene Wolfe).
There are some gems in here ("The Hardened Criminals" - Jonathan Lethem) and some really bad (and stupidly long) pieces ("The Ziggurat" - Gene Wolfe).
dmackie's review
3.0
This was an interesting book. Each story was framed with quotations from contributing authors reflecting on the genre of SF, its contributions to literature and how it is perceived in the broader literary community. This juxtaposition provided the stories with an added depth that I enjoyed exploring.
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