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A review by dknippling
The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year, Volume Six by Cory Doctorow, Stephen Baxter
5.0
This was a good anthology. But I'm struggling to identify what made it different.
All of the stories were readable. They flowed together in interesting ways--e.g., the first two stories had bees in them. While the tone varied, they all seemed to have an element of magic to them: with the exception of Maureen McHugh's "After the Apocalypse," which was horrific, although probably not on the level you'd expect. Whew.
I think the thing that set these stories apart was that they were put together in a way that allowed you to savor them. Maybe that's a dumb thing to say. Shouldn't all anthologies do that? But no--some anthologies are show-offs. Some of chaotic. This is like a good mix tape, where every song is good, and underneath the whole tape you pick up on what the mixer meant: "I have a crush on you," that kind of thing. In this case, the underlying meaning was, "I just want you to sit back and savor these, the contrasts between them, their similarities." Anyway, good stuff, will pick up more from this editor.
All of the stories were readable. They flowed together in interesting ways--e.g., the first two stories had bees in them. While the tone varied, they all seemed to have an element of magic to them: with the exception of Maureen McHugh's "After the Apocalypse," which was horrific, although probably not on the level you'd expect. Whew.
I think the thing that set these stories apart was that they were put together in a way that allowed you to savor them. Maybe that's a dumb thing to say. Shouldn't all anthologies do that? But no--some anthologies are show-offs. Some of chaotic. This is like a good mix tape, where every song is good, and underneath the whole tape you pick up on what the mixer meant: "I have a crush on you," that kind of thing. In this case, the underlying meaning was, "I just want you to sit back and savor these, the contrasts between them, their similarities." Anyway, good stuff, will pick up more from this editor.