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A review by jonknightknighthunterbooks
Engraved on the Eye by Saladin Ahmed
4.0
Really very good and a pleasantly different perspective on fantasy and SF. One aspect that struck me particularly was the preponderance of faith, which in SF is rather rare.
The stories range from full on fantasy (complete with homicidal rabbit-women) to SF with a number of the stories set in the author's Arabian-nights flavoured fantasy novel setting.
You can read the afore-mentioned fantasy story on the author's blog and probably the genesis of the short story collection at http://www.saladinahmed.com/wordpress/pulp-pastiche-and-a-plea-for-patrons/ though note while the quality is indicative the style is a little different to the rest of the collection.
The stories range from full on fantasy (complete with homicidal rabbit-women) to SF with a number of the stories set in the author's Arabian-nights flavoured fantasy novel setting.
You can read the afore-mentioned fantasy story on the author's blog and probably the genesis of the short story collection at http://www.saladinahmed.com/wordpress/pulp-pastiche-and-a-plea-for-patrons/ though note while the quality is indicative the style is a little different to the rest of the collection.