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bums's review against another edition
3.0
Stone Hunger - 3/5
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Guid wee short tale fae [a: N. K. Jemisin|2917917|N.K. Jemisin|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1438215930p2/2917917.jpg]'s Broken Earth trilogy. Wee girl leuks tae survive in the post Cataclysm while on the hunt fir ah ah man smellin ah vinegar.
Storie gets tae is point fast n deals well wae the wurld n themes (mainly've revenge, reconnection n forgiveness) it sets up (latter tae be explored n the [b: Fifth Season|19161852|The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1)|N.K. Jemisin|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1386803701l/19161852._SY75_.jpg|26115977] n is sequels). Jemisin's writing, while nae as polished is in later wurks, is still banging n is effective at gettin across emotional weight even n a short amoont've time.
Oer'aw, a wurthwhile wee storie if yer a fan of Jemisin n their Broken Earth series.
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Guid wee short tale fae [a: N. K. Jemisin|2917917|N.K. Jemisin|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1438215930p2/2917917.jpg]'s Broken Earth trilogy. Wee girl leuks tae survive in the post Cataclysm while on the hunt fir ah ah man smellin ah vinegar.
Storie gets tae is point fast n deals well wae the wurld n themes (mainly've revenge, reconnection n forgiveness) it sets up (latter tae be explored n the [b: Fifth Season|19161852|The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1)|N.K. Jemisin|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1386803701l/19161852._SY75_.jpg|26115977] n is sequels). Jemisin's writing, while nae as polished is in later wurks, is still banging n is effective at gettin across emotional weight even n a short amoont've time.
Oer'aw, a wurthwhile wee storie if yer a fan of Jemisin n their Broken Earth series.
bookaneer's review against another edition
3.0
Interesting short story, but I am now curious when exactly this happened within the chronology of The Broken Earth trilogy. The city was not Castrima so it might happen after The Stone Sky? And there was an occurrence called 'Rivening' being mentioned. I looked for it in both TSS and TOG appendix but could not find any. Somebody enlighten me, please.
eurydiceh's review against another edition
4.0
I liked it. I didn't expect it, and I think it takes place well after the books, but I liked that it fit so comfortably in that universe. I really like some of these short stories that she does.
shimauchiha's review against another edition
3.0
Stone hunger is a nicely written stoy set in the Broken earth, though it takes place after the ending of the series. It's nice to take a small peak at what happened after everything that went down in stone sky. However if you haven'r read the series, the story definitely doesn't stand on its own.
nightxade's review
4.0
As with any magazine and short story collection, the contents can be hit or miss, depending on your personal preferences. This issue of Clarkesworld begins with five short stories, some by names I know well, and others, not so much. While I liked some far more than others, what really impressed me was how skilled each of the five authors were in crafting such unique worlds, complete with dialect, cultures, technology and/or magics, within so few words. It just goes to show that less can be a whole lot more, and I appreciate the opportunity to read such works.
If I have to choose a favourite, it would be [a:Yoon Ha Lee|3001246|Yoon Ha Lee|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1383757366p2/3001246.jpg]'s "The Contemporary Foxwife." This is a quite little scifi tale about a young woman who unexpectedly earns herself an unusual companion. This is the second short story I've read by this author, and I really love the way she incorporates elements of Asian culture and mythology.
The issue featured an article filled with math and statistics, which aren't my thing, but I did skim through enough to get the gist of the author's points on the apparent imbalance in gender in genre fiction. Meanwhile, an interview with Annihilation, Authority, and Acceptance author, [a:Jeff VanderMeer|33919|Jeff VanderMeer|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1400594878p2/33919.jpg]. And I took particular interest in James L. Sutter's article on the tie-in novel, something, apparently, people shun, feeling that it's not real novel writing. I'm a huge fan of tie-in novels, so I'm certainly not in that boat, but I understand the sentiment, since I happen to feel that way about movie novelizations.
Clarkesworld is the first genrefiction magazine that I've subscribed to (well, the first since my LucasArts subscription when I was a kid), and I've been really impressed with it. The covers are all stunning, and the words have all been profound in some way or another.
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If I have to choose a favourite, it would be [a:Yoon Ha Lee|3001246|Yoon Ha Lee|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1383757366p2/3001246.jpg]'s "The Contemporary Foxwife." This is a quite little scifi tale about a young woman who unexpectedly earns herself an unusual companion. This is the second short story I've read by this author, and I really love the way she incorporates elements of Asian culture and mythology.
The issue featured an article filled with math and statistics, which aren't my thing, but I did skim through enough to get the gist of the author's points on the apparent imbalance in gender in genre fiction. Meanwhile, an interview with Annihilation, Authority, and Acceptance author, [a:Jeff VanderMeer|33919|Jeff VanderMeer|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1400594878p2/33919.jpg]. And I took particular interest in James L. Sutter's article on the tie-in novel, something, apparently, people shun, feeling that it's not real novel writing. I'm a huge fan of tie-in novels, so I'm certainly not in that boat, but I understand the sentiment, since I happen to feel that way about movie novelizations.
Clarkesworld is the first genrefiction magazine that I've subscribed to (well, the first since my LucasArts subscription when I was a kid), and I've been really impressed with it. The covers are all stunning, and the words have all been profound in some way or another.
www.BiblioSanctum.com
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