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This anthology of 21 original fantasy stories explores humanity’s most dynamic and forceful creation--the city. Featuring tales from fantasy heavyweights such as Hal Duncan, Catherynne M. Valente, Jay Lake, and Barth Anderson, the collection whisks readers from dizzying rooftop perches down to the underpasses, gutters, and the sinister secrets therein. Mutilated warrior women, dead boys, mechanical dogs, and escape artists are just some of the wonders and horrors explored in this bizarre assembly of works from voices new and old.… (más)
Of twenty-one stories, I liked five: Cat Rambo's "The Bumblety's Marble." Two youngsters retrace their steps to find a magic marble. I actually believed in the city, and the characters. Jay Lake's "Promises; a Tale of the City Imperishable." A girl gives up her name, her infant, her breasts--all to become one of the city's protectors. But there is one more test before she becomes a Grey Lady, and it may be too much for her. Greg van Eekhout's "Ghost Market." A man goes to buy the memories of a murdered boy. Short, but with a punch to it. Darin C Bradley's "They Would Only Be Roads." One down on his luck cyber-mage begs the help of another. I liked the world construction: charms powered by email chain letters, rumors, yarn... Anna Tambour's "The Age of Fish, Post-Flowers." A group of dysfunctional city-dwellers builds themselves into a team in order to survive in a closed-off city. Little food, no sun, and constant invasion by orms, which can eat through anything. Taut, believable.
Catherynne M Valente's piece was well written but too surreal for my tastes.
Two stories stood out as particularly unreadable: Hal Duncan's "The Tower of Morning's Bones" was a confused mess. No sentence connected to the next. Paul Meloy's "Alex and the Toyceivers" was astonishingly bad. ( )
I am not always a great reader of short stories, but the idea of cities and fantasy coming together enticed me. I did like Forrest Aguirre's "Andretto Walks the King's Way". The story weaves around four closely related locales but divergent characters. Richard Parks', "Courting the Lady Scythe" has a rather gruesome twist at the end, but was sustained by the 'love' quest of Jassa. Cat Rambo's "The Bumbelty's Marble" is a quest tale into the wild deep hidden in the city. The "Ghost Market" by Greg van Eekhout Adds pathos to succss of a successful fraud seeker. Stephanie Campisi's "The Title of this Story"deals intriguingly with archives and lost languages in a fraught effort to give a name to an impenetrable manuscript. Darin Bradley has a rather unusual take on the Prester John story in his They Would Only Be Roads". A rather good collection of stories. ( )
Several quite memorable stories but, unfortunately, even more that were weak or turgid. Also a number that were more sciencey than fantastic. As a collection of stories that the compiler likes, all well and good; but the definitions of both "urban" and "fantasy" must be stretched unduly to accommodate them all. Overall, a disappointment. ( )
This is a good collection of urban fantasy and steampunk. There are a couple of stories that I skimmed, but on the whole most are gripping. this is good for long-time lovers of the genre, or those who are completely new to it. ( )
The collection has quite a few gems, but a few disappointments from writers I've enjoyed in the past. When the stories work, they worked! The ones I didn't enjoy seem to have one thing in common--IMO, they seemed too "writerly" in the wrong places. ( )
This anthology of 21 original fantasy stories explores humanity’s most dynamic and forceful creation--the city. Featuring tales from fantasy heavyweights such as Hal Duncan, Catherynne M. Valente, Jay Lake, and Barth Anderson, the collection whisks readers from dizzying rooftop perches down to the underpasses, gutters, and the sinister secrets therein. Mutilated warrior women, dead boys, mechanical dogs, and escape artists are just some of the wonders and horrors explored in this bizarre assembly of works from voices new and old.
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Cat Rambo's "The Bumblety's Marble." Two youngsters retrace their steps to find a magic marble. I actually believed in the city, and the characters.
Jay Lake's "Promises; a Tale of the City Imperishable." A girl gives up her name, her infant, her breasts--all to become one of the city's protectors. But there is one more test before she becomes a Grey Lady, and it may be too much for her.
Greg van Eekhout's "Ghost Market." A man goes to buy the memories of a murdered boy. Short, but with a punch to it.
Darin C Bradley's "They Would Only Be Roads." One down on his luck cyber-mage begs the help of another. I liked the world construction: charms powered by email chain letters, rumors, yarn...
Anna Tambour's "The Age of Fish, Post-Flowers." A group of dysfunctional city-dwellers builds themselves into a team in order to survive in a closed-off city. Little food, no sun, and constant invasion by orms, which can eat through anything. Taut, believable.
Catherynne M Valente's piece was well written but too surreal for my tastes.
Two stories stood out as particularly unreadable: Hal Duncan's "The Tower of Morning's Bones" was a confused mess. No sentence connected to the next. Paul Meloy's "Alex and the Toyceivers" was astonishingly bad. (