Weekly Book Wrap Up
After: Nineteen Stories of Apocalypse and Dystopia by Ellen DatlowMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
Like with most anthologies you have your hits and misses, I did feel like a few of these short stories would work well as novels, just fill out the backstory more and expand on what is already written. One of the stories about how the Hadron collider caused the end of the world because it pissed off god almost made me stop reading the book, god and science don't go together even in a fictional story, there were enough people thinking the world would end because of the Hadron collider, you don't need to reinforce the idea.
As expected, the stories by authors I've read before I enjoyed, and I think thats mostly because they write the genre well and know what works.
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You would make a great editor, Jen! I really enjoy reading your critiques.
ReplyDeleteYou're already 8 books towards your goal of 40? Unbelievable!!
Your book reviews are very enjoyable to read!
ReplyDeleteChris, I would love to be an editor but would probably have to take an English course at uni to do so :)
ReplyDeletethanks Lisa :)
That's the trouble with anthologies, they can be very hit and miss. I like dystopian stories, so I will see if this is at The Library. Good work on your reading progress!!!
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