Blood & Water

by Hayden Trenholm (Editor), Camille Alexa (Contributor), Claude Lalumière (Contributor)

Resource wars of the near future
A Bundoran Press SF/F Anthology
www.bundoranpress.com

Genres: Science Fiction, Short Stories, Fiction, Ebooks, Anthologies

241 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2012

Reviews

[Alejandra · Rating 5 out of 5]

With conflict over resources as a theme, you would expect a very gloomy, dark book. And it is dark, but it is also full of very creative outlooks on how people deal with this, and how technology plays a role in it. I really enjoyed this book - it challenges you to dive into all sort of worse case scenarios, while maintaining hope on humankind.

[Jessica · Rating 3 out of 5]

This anthology was a bit of a mixed bag. Some had stronger world building than plot, others were all message and no fiction. Standouts for me were "Bad Blood", "Little-Canada", and "We Take Care of Our Own".

[Kimberly Hughes · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book of short stories has conflict over resources in the near future as a theme. There are some real gems in this collection. There is one completely awful piece that almost seems to be making fun of the whole premise. Overall, though it's worth reading.

[Brian Gaston · Rating 2 out of 5]

I have had this on my shelf to read for a long while. I was worried it would be more "messaging" than good fiction. I'm afraid I found the story messages better than the actual fiction.

[Shay]

Only four stories in so far.

Enjoyed "Drowntown."
Could not get into "Bubbles and Boxes" at all, so skipped it.
"Phoebastria" was interesting, but spent too much time up front when I would rather have read more about the cool science near the end.
I liked the concept of "Hard Water", and the location, but wasn't a fan of the interlaced flashbacks.