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A review by 8bitlapras
Uncanny Magazine Issue 39: March/April 2021 by Chimedum Ohaegbu, Elsa Sjunneson, Michael Damian Thomas, Lynne M. Thomas
4.0
Fiction
The Sin of America by Catherynne M. Valente: 4.5/5
The Perils of a Hologram Heart by Dominica Phetteplace: 3.25/5
Colors of the Immortal Palette by Caroline M. Yoachim: A very resounding 5/5
The Book of the Kraken by Carrie Vaughn: 3.75/5
Eighteen Days of Barbareek by Rati Mehrotra: 3/5
Where Oaken Hearts Do Gather by Sarah Pinsker: 4.75/5
They Shall Salt the Earth with Seeds of Glass by Alaya Dawn Johnson: 3.25/5
Non-fiction
Deadly Frocks and Other Tales of Murder Clothes by Tansy Rayner Roberts: 2.75/5
Seduced by the Ruler's Gaze: An Indian Perspective on Seth Dickinson's Masquerade by Sid Jain: 4/5
Protector of Small Steps by Marieke Nijkamp: 3/5
Please Be Kind to the Singularity by Jay Edidin: 5/5
Poetry
I don't rate poetry because I don't read enough of it and a lot of it goes over my head but I did really enjoy Of Monsters I Loved by Ali Trotta.
Average rating: 3.82/5, rounded up to a 4/5.
This is probably one of, if not my absolute favorite issue of Uncanny that I've read. Usually I read one thing I like or love and then the rest of the works are misses for me but this issue had a lot of bangers. Caroline M. Yoachim's "Colors of the Immortal Palette" is my favorite thing I've read in an issue of Uncanny and one of my new favorite short stories/novelettes of all time, and Sarah Pinsker's "Where Oaken Hearts Do Gather" was incredibly creative and captivating in its own right. I had a really great time reading this issue!
The Sin of America by Catherynne M. Valente: 4.5/5
The Perils of a Hologram Heart by Dominica Phetteplace: 3.25/5
Colors of the Immortal Palette by Caroline M. Yoachim: A very resounding 5/5
The Book of the Kraken by Carrie Vaughn: 3.75/5
Eighteen Days of Barbareek by Rati Mehrotra: 3/5
Where Oaken Hearts Do Gather by Sarah Pinsker: 4.75/5
They Shall Salt the Earth with Seeds of Glass by Alaya Dawn Johnson: 3.25/5
Non-fiction
Deadly Frocks and Other Tales of Murder Clothes by Tansy Rayner Roberts: 2.75/5
Seduced by the Ruler's Gaze: An Indian Perspective on Seth Dickinson's Masquerade by Sid Jain: 4/5
Protector of Small Steps by Marieke Nijkamp: 3/5
Please Be Kind to the Singularity by Jay Edidin: 5/5
Poetry
I don't rate poetry because I don't read enough of it and a lot of it goes over my head but I did really enjoy Of Monsters I Loved by Ali Trotta.
Average rating: 3.82/5, rounded up to a 4/5.
This is probably one of, if not my absolute favorite issue of Uncanny that I've read. Usually I read one thing I like or love and then the rest of the works are misses for me but this issue had a lot of bangers. Caroline M. Yoachim's "Colors of the Immortal Palette" is my favorite thing I've read in an issue of Uncanny and one of my new favorite short stories/novelettes of all time, and Sarah Pinsker's "Where Oaken Hearts Do Gather" was incredibly creative and captivating in its own right. I had a really great time reading this issue!