A review by ruzgofdi
Sword and Laser Anthology by Tom Merritt, Veronica Belmont

3.0

I would say this is one of the better collections of short stories I've read. I think I would say that because there's not one story in here that I had a strong negative reaction to. But at the same time, there weren't all that many stories that had a strong positive reaction to either. Most of the collection was good enough. I would say that I enjoyed the fantasy (Sword) selections more than the sci-fi (Laser) offerings. Part of that would definitely be personal preference, as more of the fantasy stories had an element of humor to them. Then again, probably the best story of the whole collection (The Lesser Evil by Day Al-Mohamed) doesn't have anything really to laugh about.