greeniezona's review

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4.0

Okay, I've been trying to get over my resistance to anthologies, so when I saw this lovely edition with tipped-in art from Air and Nothingness Press (who I've been meaning to support for a while), I jumped. Then my curiosity got the best of me and it quickly floated to the top of my TBR pile.

I ended up quite happy with my impulse purchase. I enjoyed each of the stories, and was particularly delighted by two: "Golden Risha" by P. Djèlí Clark (one of my most recent author crushes), in which a bard is adopted by a band of pirates, who discover the location of a fabled treasure (no spoilers, but very angry Efrit are involved), and "Someone of Her Skill" by Colin O'Boyle, which has a very fairy tale quality to it -- and a witch you underestimate at your own peril.

I wasn't particularly familiar with Dying Earth as a genre before this collection, but I do enjoy books with a blend of science fiction and fantasy that Dying Earth stories seem to have.

I highly recommend this one, particularly to those who love tiny books as beautiful objects and also fans of science fantasy.
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