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antrapp1026's review
4.0
I bought this book when I was a teenager, but only read a little bit of it way back then. So it feels like a wonderful full-circle moment to complete it now.
There are many strong stories in this volume, and no real clunkers. My favorite is Tanith Lee’s “Nunc Dimittis.” It’s the first story of hers I’ve ever read, and I was so impressed with her poetic voice, the lush moodiness and menace of her tale, and the aching heart that coursed through it.
Some of the work is uneven, and there is perhaps a bit too much of a sense that the writers at the time were wanting to build in reversals and twists for their own sake. But it’s a vivid time capsule of what was happening in the SFF field 35 years ago. I’m planning to make my way through all 35 volumes, honoring the exhaustive work that the late Gardner Dozois did to celebrate emerging and established voices in the genre I love so much.
There are many strong stories in this volume, and no real clunkers. My favorite is Tanith Lee’s “Nunc Dimittis.” It’s the first story of hers I’ve ever read, and I was so impressed with her poetic voice, the lush moodiness and menace of her tale, and the aching heart that coursed through it.
Some of the work is uneven, and there is perhaps a bit too much of a sense that the writers at the time were wanting to build in reversals and twists for their own sake. But it’s a vivid time capsule of what was happening in the SFF field 35 years ago. I’m planning to make my way through all 35 volumes, honoring the exhaustive work that the late Gardner Dozois did to celebrate emerging and established voices in the genre I love so much.
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