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A review by ederwin
Tyrannia: and Other Renditions by Anya Johanna DeNiro
4.0
Update: this book is having a weird effect on me. I've gone back to the stories I originally hated, and I really like some of them now. Gonna have to bump up the stars!
One story is available for free here: The Philip Sidney Game. Its recursive structure reminds me of a Charlie Kaufman movie.
Here is also a free excerpt from the much weirder story "The Walking-Stick Fires".
And here is the story Tyrannia.
Original review:
One of the weirdest books I've ever read. And from my reading history, that is saying a lot!
While 3 of the stories here have been published in "Asimov's Science Fiction" they are not your grandfather's SF stories! The writing is experimental, and the genre for most stories is closer to "Weird" than Sci-Fi.
I found this in a little free library. Was intrigued because it is from "Small Beer Press" which publishes interesting things. Absolutely hated the first few stories I tried. (I read in random order, so not the first stories in the book). I kept going. Turns out I really liked some stories very much, such as "Highly Responsive to Prayer" and "The [a:Philip Sidney|13836|Philip Sidney|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1205343679p2/13836.jpg] Game". But most of the stories were just too confusing for me to get into.
This is the first book I've picked up, as far as I remember, to have a Book Crossing ID in it. So I'll get to go on that site and ask whoever put this in the box "What were you thinking ?!?!?!"
PS: That little free library is one of the cutest ones I've seen. Picture here: https://www.bookcrossing.com/hunt/1/5/1577/860881
One story is available for free here: The Philip Sidney Game. Its recursive structure reminds me of a Charlie Kaufman movie.
Here is also a free excerpt from the much weirder story "The Walking-Stick Fires".
And here is the story Tyrannia.
Original review:
One of the weirdest books I've ever read. And from my reading history, that is saying a lot!
While 3 of the stories here have been published in "Asimov's Science Fiction" they are not your grandfather's SF stories! The writing is experimental, and the genre for most stories is closer to "Weird" than Sci-Fi.
I found this in a little free library. Was intrigued because it is from "Small Beer Press" which publishes interesting things. Absolutely hated the first few stories I tried. (I read in random order, so not the first stories in the book). I kept going. Turns out I really liked some stories very much, such as "Highly Responsive to Prayer" and "The [a:Philip Sidney|13836|Philip Sidney|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1205343679p2/13836.jpg] Game". But most of the stories were just too confusing for me to get into.
This is the first book I've picked up, as far as I remember, to have a Book Crossing ID in it. So I'll get to go on that site and ask whoever put this in the box "What were you thinking ?!?!?!"
PS: That little free library is one of the cutest ones I've seen. Picture here: https://www.bookcrossing.com/hunt/1/5/1577/860881