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A review by magpiesv
Mad Hatters and March Hares by Matthew Kressel, Kaaron Warren, Angela Slatter, Richard Bowes, Delia Sherman, Graham Jones, Kris Dikeman, Seanan McGuire, Jeffrey Ford, Ysabeau S. Wilce, Priya Sharma, Katherine Vaz, Genevieve Valentine, Andy Duncan, C.S.E. Cooney, Catherynne M. Valente, Jane Yolen, Ellen Datlow
Given that short story collections are hard to rate I thought I'd take notes as I go. I gave up making notes after awhile, I did finish, but this is just not a collection for me. So partial notes below. (Alice fan or not, you really do need to read Seanan McGuire's story!)
There’s plenty of debate if he was on drugs or if there’s some mathematical underpinnings to the weirdness in wonderland, but this collection will leave your head spinning.
-My Own Invention-Delia Sherman- 3 stars –Cool idea, iffy on the execution, hard to say since it’s so disjointed I feel a bit sea sick, but we are talking through the looking glass.
-Lily-White & the Thief of Lesser Night-C.S.E. Cooney-4 stars—Intriguing, creepy, and I love the Cheshire nod to As You Like It.
-Conjoined-Jane Yolen- 4 stars- Clever. “They had another meltdown right in front of him then, called him all sorts of names. Some of them were verbs. All of them impossible to do, even if you’re conjoined. Especially then.”
-Mercury- Priya Sharma- 3 stars-Just didn’t grab me.
-Some Kind of Wonderland-Richard Bowes- Nothing wrong with it, just not for me.
-Alis-Stephen Graham Jones-Successfully creepy, also not my cuppa.
-All the King’s Men- Jeffrey Ford- Uhm.
-Run, Rabbit-Angela Slatter-Ah.
Starting to think this is not the collection for me!
But Seanan McGuire’s-DAMN 5 stars
There’s plenty of debate if he was on drugs or if there’s some mathematical underpinnings to the weirdness in wonderland, but this collection will leave your head spinning.
-My Own Invention-Delia Sherman- 3 stars –Cool idea, iffy on the execution, hard to say since it’s so disjointed I feel a bit sea sick, but we are talking through the looking glass.
-Lily-White & the Thief of Lesser Night-C.S.E. Cooney-4 stars—Intriguing, creepy, and I love the Cheshire nod to As You Like It.
-Conjoined-Jane Yolen- 4 stars- Clever. “They had another meltdown right in front of him then, called him all sorts of names. Some of them were verbs. All of them impossible to do, even if you’re conjoined. Especially then.”
-Mercury- Priya Sharma- 3 stars-Just didn’t grab me.
-Some Kind of Wonderland-Richard Bowes- Nothing wrong with it, just not for me.
-Alis-Stephen Graham Jones-Successfully creepy, also not my cuppa.
-All the King’s Men- Jeffrey Ford- Uhm.
-Run, Rabbit-Angela Slatter-Ah.
Starting to think this is not the collection for me!
But Seanan McGuire’s-DAMN 5 stars