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A review by bluebec
Budayeen Nights by George Alec Effinger, Barbara Hambly
4.0
I really enjoyed this. Some of the terminology in it could have been better, but it was refreshing reading stories based in an African continental city (never quite stated where), where the majority of the characters were Muslim. Definitely science/future fiction, with the stories set at least 200 years from now.
The book is a collection of short stories, often about the same characters, but not always, and always interesting. Each story features an introduction from Barbara Hambly, who knew George Effinger, where she talks about what she knows about the story's creation or where the characters in this story are found in the books written by George.
I now want to read more of Effinger's writing, because the realised world/city he created is definitely one I'd like to visit.
The book is a collection of short stories, often about the same characters, but not always, and always interesting. Each story features an introduction from Barbara Hambly, who knew George Effinger, where she talks about what she knows about the story's creation or where the characters in this story are found in the books written by George.
I now want to read more of Effinger's writing, because the realised world/city he created is definitely one I'd like to visit.