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Twenty-six stories, selected by editor Donna Scott from disparate places, that represent some of the best SF published anywhere in 2018; dreamlike glimpses of pristine worlds that will destroy us before we destroy them; stories of work-based friendships, mistrust and isolation; of alienation and othering; stories of slavery given an acceptable face through beautiful voice and the ever-present need to keep fighting injustice; stories of bodily choice being made a crime; stories of rebellions we thought we'd already had but need to have again. We have another end to childhood. And we have the murder of story itself, involving an AI... Full contents: Introduction by Donna Scott Providence - Alastair Reynolds Talking to Ghosts at the Edge of the World - Lavie Tidhar The Miracle Lambs of Minane - Finbarr O'Reilly Territory Blank - Aliya Whiteley Throw Caution - Tim Major Golgotha - Dave Hutchinson Salvation - Dave Bradley Waterbirds - G.V. Anderson Buddy System - Mike Morgan Do No Harm - Anna Ibbotson A Change of Heart - Hannah Tougher Birnam Platoon - Natalia Theodoridou Good - Sunyi Dean Hard Times in Nuovo Genova - Chris Barnham The Escape Hatch - Matthew de Abaitua P.Q. - James Warner The Purpose of the Dodo is to be Extinct - Malcolm Devlin Cat and Mouse - David Tallerman Before They Left - Colin Greenland Harry's Shiver - Esme Carpenter The Whisperer - J.K. Fulton Death of the Grapevine - Teika Marija Smits Rainsticks - Matt Thompson The Veilonaut's Dream - Henry Szabranski Doomed Youth - Fiona Moore F Sharp 4 - Tim Pieraccini… (más)
Good stuff, as usual. Not a single story that I truly disliked, though there were some I didn't care about and a few that were fine but too long. In general though these were interesting and enjoyable to read, with a few standouts.
Introduction by Donna Scott (-) Providence – Alastair Reynolds (***) Talking to Ghosts at the Edge of the World – Lavie Tidhar (***) The Miracle Lambs of Minane – Finbarr O'Reilly (****) Territory Blank – Aliya Whiteley (**) Throw Caution – Tim Major (****) Golgotha – Dave Hutchinson (***) Salvation – Dave Bradley (***) Waterbirds – G.V. Anderson (****) Buddy System – Mike Morgan (***) Do No Harm – Anna Ibbotson (***) A Change of Heart – Hannah Tougher (**) Birnam Platoon – Natalia Theodoridou (****) Good – Sunyi Dean (****) Hard Times in Nuovo Genova – Chris Barnham (***) The Escape Hatch – Matthew de Abaitua (**) P.Q. – James Warner (***) The Purpose of the Dodo is to be Extinct – Malcolm Devlin (***) Cat and Mouse – David Tallerman (****) Before They Left – Colin Greenland (***) Harry's Shiver – Esme Carpenter (****) The Whisperer – J.K. Fulton (*****) Death of the Grapevine – Teika Marija Smits (****) Rainsticks – Matt Thompson (**) The Veilonaut's Dream – Henry Szabranski (***) Doomed Youth – Fiona Moore (**) F Sharp 4 – Tim Pieraccini (***) ( )
A far-ranging collection with a little something for everyone. My personal favorites were "Waterbirds," by G.V. Anderson and "The Purpose of the Dodo is to be Extinct," by Malcolm Devlin. YMMV. ( )
A novellagyűjtemény szerzői számomra többnyire ismeretlenek voltak, Lavie Tidhar és Alastair Reynolds neve tűnt csak ismerősnek számomra. A történetek többnyire elég rövidek, a témaválasztás változatos, igyekeztek különböző történeteket összegyűjteni. A minőség elég vegyes, volt pár ahol nem igazán tudtam, hogy mit is akar a szerző, néhánynál a stílus bejött de a történet nem igazán fogott meg. És végül volt pár ami tényleg tetszett, a legjobbak talán ezek voltak: Ibbotson: "Do No Harm" Fulton: "The Whisperer", Pieraccini: "F sharp 4". De igazából itt is az az érzésem, hogy egy novellagyűjteménynél szinte mindig csak 2-3 novella tetszik, vagyis túl sok rosszat kell elolvasni a néhány érdekes kedvéért. ( )
This is a quite solid and varied anthology, and an excellent way to discover the kind of science fiction that it’s being written in Great Britain right now, which, after finishing this book, I’d say it’s more to my taste than most of today’s American short science fiction. Although most of the pieces were just good, not outstanding, nearly all of them were worth the time I spent reading them. I read quite a lot of science fiction short stories so it’s was a surprise to find that around half of the authors were new to me —don’t expect just the “usual suspects” here— and that I had only read a couple of the stories before. My highlights were Lavie Tidhar’s “Talking to Ghosts at the Edge of the World” and Malcolm Devlin “The Purpose of the Dodo is to be Extinct”. On the whole, an interesting read. ( )
Twenty-six stories, selected by editor Donna Scott from disparate places, that represent some of the best SF published anywhere in 2018; dreamlike glimpses of pristine worlds that will destroy us before we destroy them; stories of work-based friendships, mistrust and isolation; of alienation and othering; stories of slavery given an acceptable face through beautiful voice and the ever-present need to keep fighting injustice; stories of bodily choice being made a crime; stories of rebellions we thought we'd already had but need to have again. We have another end to childhood. And we have the murder of story itself, involving an AI... Full contents: Introduction by Donna Scott Providence - Alastair Reynolds Talking to Ghosts at the Edge of the World - Lavie Tidhar The Miracle Lambs of Minane - Finbarr O'Reilly Territory Blank - Aliya Whiteley Throw Caution - Tim Major Golgotha - Dave Hutchinson Salvation - Dave Bradley Waterbirds - G.V. Anderson Buddy System - Mike Morgan Do No Harm - Anna Ibbotson A Change of Heart - Hannah Tougher Birnam Platoon - Natalia Theodoridou Good - Sunyi Dean Hard Times in Nuovo Genova - Chris Barnham The Escape Hatch - Matthew de Abaitua P.Q. - James Warner The Purpose of the Dodo is to be Extinct - Malcolm Devlin Cat and Mouse - David Tallerman Before They Left - Colin Greenland Harry's Shiver - Esme Carpenter The Whisperer - J.K. Fulton Death of the Grapevine - Teika Marija Smits Rainsticks - Matt Thompson The Veilonaut's Dream - Henry Szabranski Doomed Youth - Fiona Moore F Sharp 4 - Tim Pieraccini
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Introduction by Donna Scott (-)
Providence – Alastair Reynolds (***)
Talking to Ghosts at the Edge of the World – Lavie Tidhar (***)
The Miracle Lambs of Minane – Finbarr O'Reilly (****)
Territory Blank – Aliya Whiteley (**)
Throw Caution – Tim Major (****)
Golgotha – Dave Hutchinson (***)
Salvation – Dave Bradley (***)
Waterbirds – G.V. Anderson (****)
Buddy System – Mike Morgan (***)
Do No Harm – Anna Ibbotson (***)
A Change of Heart – Hannah Tougher (**)
Birnam Platoon – Natalia Theodoridou (****)
Good – Sunyi Dean (****)
Hard Times in Nuovo Genova – Chris Barnham (***)
The Escape Hatch – Matthew de Abaitua (**)
P.Q. – James Warner (***)
The Purpose of the Dodo is to be Extinct – Malcolm Devlin (***)
Cat and Mouse – David Tallerman (****)
Before They Left – Colin Greenland (***)
Harry's Shiver – Esme Carpenter (****)
The Whisperer – J.K. Fulton (*****)
Death of the Grapevine – Teika Marija Smits (****)
Rainsticks – Matt Thompson (**)
The Veilonaut's Dream – Henry Szabranski (***)
Doomed Youth – Fiona Moore (**)
F Sharp 4 – Tim Pieraccini (***) (