I was mostly interested in reading the short fiction. (Though I did also enjoy Tansy Rayner Roberts' nonfiction piece.) The quality of the pieces varied, as expected, though few of them stood out for me as ones I might want to revisit. My favorite of the lot was “The Book of the Kraken” by Carrie Vaughn. Of the three Hugo Award-nominated pieces, the only one I cared for at all was “Colors of the Immortal Palette” by Caroline M. Yoachim, and even then that's not my pick for its category. ( )

Favorite: Colors of the immortal Palette by Caroline M Yoachim ( )