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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. Esta reseña ha sido escrita por los Primeros Reseñadores de LibraryThing. The theme of this anthology--optimism--sets it apart from many works of contemporary science fiction as the current trend leans more towards dystopia and pessimism. For anyone who is looking for more Canadian content within the realms of science fiction and fantasy this book should be a consideration, even though there are better anthologies of Canadian science fiction out there.Esta reseña ha sido escrita por los Primeros Reseñadores de LibraryThing. Nevertheless is the 21st volume of a Canadian speculative fiction anthology series called Tesseracts, and the common theme for this anthology was "hope". Considering the theme I was extremely satisfied with the speculative situations portrayed, as many of them were apocalyptic and not at all uncomfortably sacchrine. I was impressed with the wide range of tonal and narrative choices, and the intentional choice by the editors to limit the number of stories about self-sacrifice of the main character/narrator.In general, I was surprised by just how much I liked this anthology. Obviously not all of the stories were a hit with me, but I found all of them to be well written and somewhat amazingly, roughly half left me gasping for air. These were good stories edited well. Esta reseña ha sido escrita por los Primeros Reseñadores de LibraryThing. Mixed to fair collection. I've never read any of the Tesseracts volumes before, and my vague understanding is that they tend to showcase Canadian writing and each volume is mostly built around a theme. The theme for this one is 'hope,' and this hope is a bit more rage-fueled than I had expected -- a strong spit-in-your-eye-and-keep-fighting feel. I particularly liked the broad stretch of gender and sexual culture that marked more than one story, but I have mixed feelings regarding the anthology as whole. This seems to very much be a passion project, and I think there are places where clarity has been shunted aside to showcase the passion here.Related material: I've read two other anthologies headed by Parrish, and my feelings about them have been decidedly mixed. Chalk it up to my personal taste being different from Parrish's editing style, I suppose. * Review of Equus : Magical Menageries, Volume 5 * Review of Mrs. Clause : Not the Fairy Tale They Say Esta reseña ha sido escrita por los Primeros Reseñadores de LibraryThing. Nevertheless is the twenty-first volume of the Tesseracts series of Canadian speculative fiction anthologies. As in earlier editions, there is a varied collection of short stories and poetry by established and newer science fiction and fantasy writers. This anthology is subtitled “An Anthology of Canadian Optimistic Fiction”. Optimism is the theme on which all of the contributions in this anthology are based. Given that theme, I was surprised at how dark many of the stories were. Many of the stories are post-apocalyptic and dystopian visions with characters finding optimism in the darkest of circumstances. I found some of the stories a bit confusing; I wasn’t really sure what happened at the end. I enjoyed a few of the stories more than the others. “Pin and Spanner” by Pat Flewwelling was one of the most optimistic of the post-apocalyptic stories in the collection. “Tera & Flux” by Leslie Van Zwol was a futuristic take on the myth of Pandora’s box and the importance of hope. The “Garden” by Darrel Duckworth was like “Of Mice and Men” but more optimistic, in spite of taking place after the ecological collapse. “The Rosedale House” by Michael Reid was funny and sly. Although I didn’t enjoy this collection as much as earlier volumes in the series, I would recommend this anthology as an interesting and varied collection of speculative fiction. Esta reseña ha sido escrita por los Primeros Reseñadores de LibraryThing. I'm not that big on the science fiction genre other than the established masters-LeGuin, Clarke, Heinlein, but I thoroughly enjoyed this Early Reviewer collection of "optomistic" Canadian science fiction. This collection was put together as an antidote to the election of Donald Trump when a dystopian theme might be a more appropriate response to that horrific event. But as Ms Parrish quotes from the movie The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel: "Everything will be all right in the end, if it's not all right then it's not the end."In most such collections, the stories tend to vary in quality. In this one however, the quality of the storytelling is remarkably consistent. On the flip side, there is no unique voice that stands out. Some of my favorite stories: "Steve McQueen and the Hope Particle" by Gavin Bradley where a chemical is discovered that can allow people to survive horrendous experiences but can also be used as a weapon of subjucation. There are ecological nightmares where the planet has become a desert one story, "Across the Seas of Sand" posits humanity establishing itself elsewhere, and another "The Garden" shows people reclaiming the desert. In all the stories there is some form of positive ending which is nice, maybe necessary (if only a delusion that gets us through the day) in these times. My feeling is that most of the authors are young and comfortable with alternative sexuality. So for readers of particularly delicate sensibilities I would suggest skipping the first story "Inside the Spiral". sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
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A great collection of short speculative fiction. Twenty-three authors selected by co-editors Rhonda Parrish and Greg Bechtel Nevertheless (Tesseracts Twenty-one) is a collection of optimistic speculative fiction stories, each optimistic in a slightly different way. These stories explore the optimism that drives us to seek out new worlds, that inspires us to sacrifice for others or fuels us to just keep going when everything seems lost and in so doing turn the idea upside down and inside out. One of the best reasons for doing an anthology of optimistic future this year was because no matter which side of the political or social spectrum you land on, it's been a tough year. Nevertheless we try to remain optimistic. Nevertheless, we don't give up. Nevertheless, yes, we persist. The stories in this anthology of optimistic SF are some of the darkest optimistic stories you'll ever read but, nevertheless, they are optimistic. And powerful. Featuring stories and poems by: James Bambury, Meghan Bell, Gavin Bradley, Ryan Henson Creighton, Darrel Duckworth, Dorianne Emmerton, Pat Flewwelling, Stephen Geigen-Miller, Jason M. Harley, Kate Heartfield, R. W. Hodgson, Jerri Jerreat, Jason Lane, Buzz Lanthier-Rogers, Alison McBain, Michael Milne, Fiona Moore, Ursula Pflug, Michael Reid, S. L. Saboviec, Lisa Timpf, Leslie Van Zwol, Natalia Yanchak Edited by Rhonda Parrish and Greg Bechtel Rhonda Parrish is driven by a desire to do All The Things. She founded and ran Niteblade Magazine, is an Assistant Editor at World Weaver Press and is the editor of several anthologies including, most recently, Mrs. Claus and Equus. In addition, Rhonda is a writer whose work has been in publications such as Tesseracts 17: Speculating Canada from Coast to Coast and Imaginarium: The Best Canadian Speculative Writing (2012 & 2015). Her most recent book is Haunted Hospitals, which she co-wrote with Mark Leslie. Greg Bechtel's occasionally prize-winning stories and essays have appeared in a variety of magazines and anthologies, including Avenue Edmonton, The Fiddlehead, Prairie Fire, two previous Tesseracts anthologies, and Imaginarium 4: The Best Canadian Speculative Writing. His first story collection, Boundary Problems, won the Alberta Book of the Year Award for trade fiction and was a finalist for the ReLit Award, the William L. Crawford Fantasy Award, and the City of Edmonton Robert Kroetsch Book Prize. Greg currently lives in Edmonton, Alberta where, as of this writing, he is serving for his second year as Writer in Residence for the Alberta Branch of the Canadian Authors Association. He also teaches English Literature, Writing Studies, and Creative Writing at the University of Alberta, where he completed his PhD on Canadian syncretic fantasy. Add this anthology to your Tesseracts collection now. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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