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A review by mweis
Adventures in Space (Short stories by Chinese and English Science Fiction writers) by Yao Haijun, Leah Cypess, Patrick Parrinder, Patrick Parrinder
3.0
*I received an eARC via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.*
As with most anthologies, entries are hit or miss but I do appreciate the intent behind this collection to bring attention to lesser known authors, both Chinese and otherwise. The only author I had read from before was Bao Shu.
Unfortunately a lot of these were misses for me. Several of the stories felt too long/drawn out so while I might have liked the intent or idea st the center of the story I found myself not caring because of the pacing, and others had too much emphasis on hard science fiction for me. I do wonder how much of that had to do with the translation choices for the Chinese stories.
Standouts for me were On the Ship by Leah Cypess, and Bao Shu’s Doomsday Tour.
As with most anthologies, entries are hit or miss but I do appreciate the intent behind this collection to bring attention to lesser known authors, both Chinese and otherwise. The only author I had read from before was Bao Shu.
Unfortunately a lot of these were misses for me. Several of the stories felt too long/drawn out so while I might have liked the intent or idea st the center of the story I found myself not caring because of the pacing, and others had too much emphasis on hard science fiction for me. I do wonder how much of that had to do with the translation choices for the Chinese stories.
Standouts for me were On the Ship by Leah Cypess, and Bao Shu’s Doomsday Tour.