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philibin's review against another edition
3.0
(3.0 Stars)
There were some good stories, a few real rems, and some that just didn't hit the mark with me.
All-in-all, I liked the series, but maybe I would have liked it more if I read each author as a complete story from all three books, and book-hopped between authors.
There were some good stories, a few real rems, and some that just didn't hit the mark with me.
All-in-all, I liked the series, but maybe I would have liked it more if I read each author as a complete story from all three books, and book-hopped between authors.
donotronix's review against another edition
this series was fun overall but some of the stories didn't land and a lot of the political messaging was heavy handed to the point of cringe (not because they were bad politics, but just like twitter liberal fanfic level messaging)
samilearnstoread's review against another edition
5.0
Great collection of short stories. Gave me lots of new authors to follow and worlds to inhabit.
brenn's review against another edition
4.0
I've been reading this triptych off and on since I bought it. All these short stories interconnected in one way or another. A lot of it has sunk into my subconscious, what with what we're living through at the moment. We being America specifically with our political blindness and we as the world with Covid-19. FYI to international folk, this series is predominantly US in focus.
But I feel over all, this qualifies as Hope Punk. Yeah, we're a messed up species, but we survive. The world goes on and we change. And maybe for the better, in the long run.
But I feel over all, this qualifies as Hope Punk. Yeah, we're a messed up species, but we survive. The world goes on and we change. And maybe for the better, in the long run.
jenbooks's review against another edition
4.0
I got these on kindle in a box set, but I'm shelving them as separate books. Honestly, I wish I'd read them through separately, rather than jumping through the kindle links to read each 3-part story as a whole. I think my ratings would have been different.
3.85 stars
YOU HAVE BEEN CROWDFUNDED WE TAKE CARE OF EVERYTHING: PART 3 by CARRIE VAUGHN - 5 stars
SPHERES AND HARMONIES WRACK: PART 3 by TIM PRATT - 3 stars
FAILSAFE DEEP/FAKE: PART 3 by RICH LARSON - 3 stars
DRESSES LETTERS: PART 3 by CADWELL TURNBULL - 4 stars
SAKURA AIDEN: PART 3 by KARIN LOWACHEE - 4 stars
BLOOD RELATIONS TARGETS: PART 3 by ADAM-TROY CASTRO - 5 stars
THE SHADOW PRISONER’S DILEMMA SHADOW PRISONS: PART 3 by CAROLINE M. YOACHIM - 5 stars
INHERITORS OF THE EARTH THE INHERITORS: PART 3 by HUGH HOWEY - 4 stars
A FOREIGN-BORN HEIR WEIGHT OF THE STORM: PART 3 by AN OWOMOYELA - 3 stars
RECOVERY HARVEST: PART 3 by SEANAN MCGUIRE - 5 stars
HUMAN COUNTRY ROBOT COUNTRY: PART 3 by DOMINICA PHETTEPLACE - 4 stars
BLACKBERRIES NIL DESPERANDUM: PART 3 by ALEX IRVINE - 5 stars
THE MACHINE VOTES ROBOTS RISE: PART 3 by TOBIAS S. BUCKELL - 4 stars
THE SADNESS & JOY V. INVADENS: PART 3 by SCOTT SIGLER - 3 stars
MAKING FACES (EARTH) KU KO NÉ Ä: PART 3 by DARCIE LITTLE BADGER - 2.5 stars
WHY CAN’T I SLEEP A LITTLE LONGER? SLUMBERLAND: PART 3 by VIOLET ALLEN - 2.5 stars
THE LAW IS THE PLAN, THE PLAN IS DEATH THE LAWLESS: PART 3 by MERC FENN WOLFMOOR - 3.5 stars (minus a star for second person perspective (you))
3.85 stars
YOU HAVE BEEN CROWDFUNDED WE TAKE CARE OF EVERYTHING: PART 3 by CARRIE VAUGHN - 5 stars
SPHERES AND HARMONIES WRACK: PART 3 by TIM PRATT - 3 stars
FAILSAFE DEEP/FAKE: PART 3 by RICH LARSON - 3 stars
DRESSES LETTERS: PART 3 by CADWELL TURNBULL - 4 stars
SAKURA AIDEN: PART 3 by KARIN LOWACHEE - 4 stars
BLOOD RELATIONS TARGETS: PART 3 by ADAM-TROY CASTRO - 5 stars
THE SHADOW PRISONER’S DILEMMA SHADOW PRISONS: PART 3 by CAROLINE M. YOACHIM - 5 stars
INHERITORS OF THE EARTH THE INHERITORS: PART 3 by HUGH HOWEY - 4 stars
A FOREIGN-BORN HEIR WEIGHT OF THE STORM: PART 3 by AN OWOMOYELA - 3 stars
RECOVERY HARVEST: PART 3 by SEANAN MCGUIRE - 5 stars
HUMAN COUNTRY ROBOT COUNTRY: PART 3 by DOMINICA PHETTEPLACE - 4 stars
BLACKBERRIES NIL DESPERANDUM: PART 3 by ALEX IRVINE - 5 stars
THE MACHINE VOTES ROBOTS RISE: PART 3 by TOBIAS S. BUCKELL - 4 stars
THE SADNESS & JOY V. INVADENS: PART 3 by SCOTT SIGLER - 3 stars
MAKING FACES (EARTH) KU KO NÉ Ä: PART 3 by DARCIE LITTLE BADGER - 2.5 stars
WHY CAN’T I SLEEP A LITTLE LONGER? SLUMBERLAND: PART 3 by VIOLET ALLEN - 2.5 stars
THE LAW IS THE PLAN, THE PLAN IS DEATH THE LAWLESS: PART 3 by MERC FENN WOLFMOOR - 3.5 stars (minus a star for second person perspective (you))
severina2001's review against another edition
3.0
The third book of the Dystopia Triptych closes off the stories that began in the first two books, in some cases pushing the characters years into the future.
Some thoughts: Failsafe: Deep/Fake 3 by Rich Larson takes us into the country, but the chaos of the city follows. This one had a great ending line. The concluding stories of Targets by Adam-Troy Castro, Harvest by Seanan McGuire and Robots Rise by Tobias Buckell all had hopeful endings, but in some cases I felt that they were satisfying but perhaps not all that surprising. On the other hand, the ending of Lawless 3 by Merc Fenn Wolfmoor finished off the anthology by giving us a fabulous, semi-dark yet cathartic ending that reminded me a little of John Carpenter's "Escape From L.A."
Some thoughts: Failsafe: Deep/Fake 3 by Rich Larson takes us into the country, but the chaos of the city follows. This one had a great ending line. The concluding stories of Targets by Adam-Troy Castro, Harvest by Seanan McGuire and Robots Rise by Tobias Buckell all had hopeful endings, but in some cases I felt that they were satisfying but perhaps not all that surprising. On the other hand, the ending of Lawless 3 by Merc Fenn Wolfmoor finished off the anthology by giving us a fabulous, semi-dark yet cathartic ending that reminded me a little of John Carpenter's "Escape From L.A."
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