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A review by velax1
After the Apocalypse by Maureen F. McHugh
5.0
[The official book website of the publisher links to some of the stories which appeared online elsewhere. I highly recommend reading them if I could not convince you to get the book. And then getting the book.]
That said: What a great, strong collection! I'm most impressed by the voices: there is a male convict and a female elderly artist and a not-yet-twenty Chinese girl. And every one of them is distinct, clear, believable. Some are likeable, others repulsive, but never without a clear sense of being real.
These are 9 versions life after the apocalypse, every one different from the other, but none (except perhaps for the zombies, but only in the name, and the flying people) too far away from today. Apocalypse for Maureen McHugh is very relative and does not always have to involve the world "nuclear", sometimes its "personal" or "biologic" and even more often "economic". Though the "personal" is, of course, always there.
That said: What a great, strong collection! I'm most impressed by the voices: there is a male convict and a female elderly artist and a not-yet-twenty Chinese girl. And every one of them is distinct, clear, believable. Some are likeable, others repulsive, but never without a clear sense of being real.
These are 9 versions life after the apocalypse, every one different from the other, but none (except perhaps for the zombies, but only in the name, and the flying people) too far away from today. Apocalypse for Maureen McHugh is very relative and does not always have to involve the world "nuclear", sometimes its "personal" or "biologic" and even more often "economic". Though the "personal" is, of course, always there.