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A review by justabean_reads
Year's Best Aotearoa New Zealand Science Fiction and Fantasy, Vol. 1 by Octavia Cade, Melanie Harding-Shaw, Grant Stone, Sean Monaghan, M. Darusha Wehm, Andi C. Buchanan, Marie Hodgkinson, James Rowland, A.J. Fitzwater, J.C. Hart, Isabelle McNeur, Toni Wi, Dave Moore, Mark English
medium-paced
3.0
Does what it says on the tin. I tend to do better with SF/F short fiction than with contemporary short fiction, but I've got to say it's not always my favourite format. As collections go, this one was solidly fine, with a decent range of topics and perspectives, if a little heavy on the apocalypse. I was surprised how few stories were set in New Zealand, though a handful more were about New Zealanders elsewhere in the universe.
However, I don't think any particular story especially blew me away. They were all... fine. I would say that my favourite of the bunch was probably “Logistics” by A.J. Fitzwater (link goes to Clarksworld), about an enby New Zealander wandering through pandemic-afflicted Europe in search of tampons, which at least didn't take itself too seriously. Looking at the ToC to write this, I barely remember what a bunch of the others were about.
Which is pretty on par with me and short fiction. I will probably eventually check the next one out. Found this series via last year's Hugo Debacle.
However, I don't think any particular story especially blew me away. They were all... fine. I would say that my favourite of the bunch was probably “Logistics” by A.J. Fitzwater (link goes to Clarksworld), about an enby New Zealander wandering through pandemic-afflicted Europe in search of tampons, which at least didn't take itself too seriously. Looking at the ToC to write this, I barely remember what a bunch of the others were about.
Which is pretty on par with me and short fiction. I will probably eventually check the next one out. Found this series via last year's Hugo Debacle.