A review by rcthomas
Wastelands 2: More Stories of the Apocalypse by George R.R. Martin, Paolo Bacigalupi

3.0

Overall I really liked this collection of apocalyptic stories. There were several stories that really tried my patience, particularly one about two hyper-vapid Millennial bloggers who are so god awful that, in the midst of the end of the world, they take the time to express jealousy over the amount of traffic each of their blogs is getting! I'm not sure if this is meant as satire, and I can't tell if that would make it better or worse. Like most anthologies though, there are great stories to balance out the bad, particularly the final story that is told through the media of a wikipedia page accompanied by interviews and excerpts from books and articles about the subject of the wikipedia page.

Overall, it was a good collection of stories to spend the day reading. Some are thought provoking and some you'll probably forget quickly, but almost all enjoyable to some degree.