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shonatiger's review
4.0
This collection of mostly queer stories is a treat for fans of time travel. Sixteen stories take you across a huge span of time and many places, from Earth to Space.
My favourite story was The Difference Between Love and Time, by Catherynne Valente, a mindboggling love story with the Space/Time Continuum as the beloved. I’ve never read anything quite like it. A close second was Romance: Historical by Rowan Coleman, set in a bookstore. I also enjoyed First Aid, by Seanan McGuire, a tale of time travel gone only slightly wrong, depending on your perspective. The Golden Hour by Jeffrey Ford turns the tables on the reader, and Timed Obsolescence by Sameem Siddiqui had possibly the best plot. Bergamot and Vetiver, by Lavanya Lakshminarayan, is a beautiful and evocative story.
Read particularly if you’re into queer love, as this anthology is heavy on that theme, but also read because this is a very good and very entertaining SF collection.
Rated: 8/10
Thank you to Rebellion Publishing and to NetGalley for this eARC.
My favourite story was The Difference Between Love and Time, by Catherynne Valente, a mindboggling love story with the Space/Time Continuum as the beloved. I’ve never read anything quite like it. A close second was Romance: Historical by Rowan Coleman, set in a bookstore. I also enjoyed First Aid, by Seanan McGuire, a tale of time travel gone only slightly wrong, depending on your perspective. The Golden Hour by Jeffrey Ford turns the tables on the reader, and Timed Obsolescence by Sameem Siddiqui had possibly the best plot. Bergamot and Vetiver, by Lavanya Lakshminarayan, is a beautiful and evocative story.
Read particularly if you’re into queer love, as this anthology is heavy on that theme, but also read because this is a very good and very entertaining SF collection.
Rated: 8/10
Thank you to Rebellion Publishing and to NetGalley for this eARC.
bibliocurl's review
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
annarella's review
5.0
I read the authors featured in this anthology and knew I had to read it.
It's a collection of time travel story, some are more on the romantic side and some more on the sci-fi side.
Not all the stories are at the same level but almost all are excellent.
I discovered some new authors and read new stories by author I love.
Highly recommended.
Many thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for this ARC, all opinions are mine
It's a collection of time travel story, some are more on the romantic side and some more on the sci-fi side.
Not all the stories are at the same level but almost all are excellent.
I discovered some new authors and read new stories by author I love.
Highly recommended.
Many thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for this ARC, all opinions are mine
caitann's review
5.0
I was so obsessed with the idea of this when I first heard of it, and now after finishing, I’m even more obsessed with the execution of it. AHHHH how I loved it! There are definitely stories in particular that stand out, but I’m so in love with all of this as a whole that I feel as if it’s the collection in its entirety that matters. The imagination, intelligence, humour, sadness, creativity, romance, warnings, wisdom, resilience on display here…absolute magic.
miss_magenta's review
5.0
Someone in Time
[Short Story Anthology]
Time-travel romance. Sixteen different flavors of it, across the spectrum of identity and place. Some set in the future, others in the past, a few in an eternal in-between place or alternate fork in time. There really is something for everyone.
So many unique queer love stories in this collection! Roadside Attraction and Time Gypsy were hopeful. Unabashed, or: Jackson, Whose Cowardice Tore a Hole in the Chronoverse was a stinging study in regret. I liked that the book wasn’t pinned down by one type of love, just as it wasn’t pinned to one type of story.
For being so short, they were surprisingly poignant. Past Life Reconstruction Service brought me to tears. Romance: Historical was adorable. And The Place Of All The Souls had me asking some uncomfortable questions. The Difference Between Love and Time was strangely hilarious, documenting a tumultuous affair with the anthropomorphized space/time continuum itself. And A Letter To Merlin and Bergamot & Vetiver were really unexpected.
Only two stories didn’t connect with me as much (The Lichens and Kronia) but it’s just because they are outside of my style preference. The lack of dialogue punctuation in The Lichens made it difficult to follow.
⭐️ Overall, a lovely collection and one I’ll be revisiting. 5/5
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[Short Story Anthology]
Time-travel romance. Sixteen different flavors of it, across the spectrum of identity and place. Some set in the future, others in the past, a few in an eternal in-between place or alternate fork in time. There really is something for everyone.
So many unique queer love stories in this collection! Roadside Attraction and Time Gypsy were hopeful. Unabashed, or: Jackson, Whose Cowardice Tore a Hole in the Chronoverse was a stinging study in regret. I liked that the book wasn’t pinned down by one type of love, just as it wasn’t pinned to one type of story.
For being so short, they were surprisingly poignant. Past Life Reconstruction Service brought me to tears. Romance: Historical was adorable. And The Place Of All The Souls had me asking some uncomfortable questions. The Difference Between Love and Time was strangely hilarious, documenting a tumultuous affair with the anthropomorphized space/time continuum itself. And A Letter To Merlin and Bergamot & Vetiver were really unexpected.
Only two stories didn’t connect with me as much (The Lichens and Kronia) but it’s just because they are outside of my style preference. The lack of dialogue punctuation in The Lichens made it difficult to follow.
⭐️ Overall, a lovely collection and one I’ll be revisiting. 5/5
A Few Tropes Included:
juicyplum320's review against another edition
5.0
Collection of wonderful stories! Many left me craving for more!
aearsenault's review
4.0
(3.5 rounded up to 4)
I must begin by saying that Jonathan Strahan is a fabulous editor, and he chose the cream of the crop for this sci-fi anthology; 14 of the 16 were original to this book, the other 2 being favorites of Strahan.
As with most anthologies, the content of Someone in Time was quite diverse; the inclusion of LGBTQIA+ characters/story lines is what originally drew me to this book, and to begin with 2 queer romances was a delight. The majority of these stories do fit in the category of time travel, however I don't think that I would necessarily describe all of them as "sci-fi romance." There is a romantic underline associated with time travel in general, but the stories I enjoyed the most in this anthology were equally as sci-fi as they were romantic.
Roadside Attraction stands out as my personal favorite, a story about a young man in Kansas who discovers, through time travel, that he is exactly where he is supposed to be. (And, with whom he is supposed to be with.) Alix Harrow has such a gift with her heartbreaking story arcs, and I was happy that this story had a satisfying ending.
Thank you to Rebellion and NetGalley for the ARC of “Someone in Time: Tales of Time-Crossed Romance”. This review is voluntary and contains my honest opinion about the book.
I must begin by saying that Jonathan Strahan is a fabulous editor, and he chose the cream of the crop for this sci-fi anthology; 14 of the 16 were original to this book, the other 2 being favorites of Strahan.
As with most anthologies, the content of Someone in Time was quite diverse; the inclusion of LGBTQIA+ characters/story lines is what originally drew me to this book, and to begin with 2 queer romances was a delight. The majority of these stories do fit in the category of time travel, however I don't think that I would necessarily describe all of them as "sci-fi romance." There is a romantic underline associated with time travel in general, but the stories I enjoyed the most in this anthology were equally as sci-fi as they were romantic.
Roadside Attraction stands out as my personal favorite, a story about a young man in Kansas who discovers, through time travel, that he is exactly where he is supposed to be. (And, with whom he is supposed to be with.) Alix Harrow has such a gift with her heartbreaking story arcs, and I was happy that this story had a satisfying ending.
Thank you to Rebellion and NetGalley for the ARC of “Someone in Time: Tales of Time-Crossed Romance”. This review is voluntary and contains my honest opinion about the book.