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The Long List Anthology Volume 3: More Stories From the Hugo Award Nomination List
This is the third annual edition of the Long List Anthology. Every year, supporting members of WorldCon nominate their favorite stories first published during the previous year to determine the top five in each category for the final Hugo Award ballot. This is an anthology collecting more of the stories from that nomination list to get them to more readers
The Long List Anthology Volume 3 collects 20 science fiction, fantasy, and horror stories from that nomination list, totaling over 500 pages of fiction by writers from all corners of the world. From intelligent appliances gone feral to Lovecraftian detective noir, from tech-enhanced wilderness races to Egyptian science fantasy steampunk, from hard science fiction to fairy tale to humor and more. There is a wide variety of styles and types of stories here, and something for everyone.
Contents:
*Red in Tooth and Cog (2016) / short story by Cat Rambo
*A Salvaging of Ghosts [Universe of Xuya] (2016) / short story by Aliette de Bodard
*Welcome to the Medical Clinic at the Interplanetary Relay Station | Hours Since the Last Patient Death: 0 (2016) / short story by Caroline M. Yoachim
*Razorback (2016) / short story by Ursula Vernon
*We Have a Cultural Difference, Can I Taste You? (2016) / short story by Rebecca Ann Jordan
*Lullaby for a Lost World (2016) / short story by Aliette de Bodard
*Terminal (2016) / short story by Lavie Tidhar
*Ye Highlands and Ye Lowlands (2016) / short story by Seanan McGuire
*Things with Beards (2016) / short story by Sam J. Miller
*The Venus Effect (2016) / novelette by Joseph Allen Hill
*The Visitor from Taured (2016) / novelette by Ian R. MacLeod
*Blood Grains Speak Through Memories [Blood Grains] (2016) / novelette by Jason Sanford
*Sooner or Later Everything Falls Into the Sea (2016) / novelette by Sarah Pinsker
*A Dead Djinn in Cairo [Ministry of Alchemy] (2016) / novelette by P. Djèlí Clark
*Red As Blood and White As Bone (2016) / novelette by Theodora Goss
*Foxfire, Foxfire (2016) / novelette by Yoon Ha Lee
*Forest of Memory (2016) / novella by Mary Robinette Kowal
*Chimera (2016) / novella by Gu Shi (trans. of 嵌合体 2015)
*Hammers on Bone [Persons Non Grata • 1] (2016) / novella by Cassandra Khaw
*Runtime (2016) / novella by S. B. Divya
The Long List Anthology Volume 3 collects 20 science fiction, fantasy, and horror stories from that nomination list, totaling over 500 pages of fiction by writers from all corners of the world. From intelligent appliances gone feral to Lovecraftian detective noir, from tech-enhanced wilderness races to Egyptian science fantasy steampunk, from hard science fiction to fairy tale to humor and more. There is a wide variety of styles and types of stories here, and something for everyone.
Contents:
*Red in Tooth and Cog (2016) / short story by Cat Rambo
*A Salvaging of Ghosts [Universe of Xuya] (2016) / short story by Aliette de Bodard
*Welcome to the Medical Clinic at the Interplanetary Relay Station | Hours Since the Last Patient Death: 0 (2016) / short story by Caroline M. Yoachim
*Razorback (2016) / short story by Ursula Vernon
*We Have a Cultural Difference, Can I Taste You? (2016) / short story by Rebecca Ann Jordan
*Lullaby for a Lost World (2016) / short story by Aliette de Bodard
*Terminal (2016) / short story by Lavie Tidhar
*Ye Highlands and Ye Lowlands (2016) / short story by Seanan McGuire
*Things with Beards (2016) / short story by Sam J. Miller
*The Venus Effect (2016) / novelette by Joseph Allen Hill
*The Visitor from Taured (2016) / novelette by Ian R. MacLeod
*Blood Grains Speak Through Memories [Blood Grains] (2016) / novelette by Jason Sanford
*Sooner or Later Everything Falls Into the Sea (2016) / novelette by Sarah Pinsker
*A Dead Djinn in Cairo [Ministry of Alchemy] (2016) / novelette by P. Djèlí Clark
*Red As Blood and White As Bone (2016) / novelette by Theodora Goss
*Foxfire, Foxfire (2016) / novelette by Yoon Ha Lee
*Forest of Memory (2016) / novella by Mary Robinette Kowal
*Chimera (2016) / novella by Gu Shi (trans. of 嵌合体 2015)
*Hammers on Bone [Persons Non Grata • 1] (2016) / novella by Cassandra Khaw
*Runtime (2016) / novella by S. B. Divya
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July 14, 2019
Finally finished the last bit of this!
August 18, 2018
I've read the previous two volumes of this series, and there are always some excellent stories in them, as well as some that are not to my personal taste (but are still well done). The publication is done on a shoestring, and the copy editing reflects that, unfortunately. But there are some remarkable stories, and that's what keeps me coming back.
There was only one story in this volume that I didn't read it its entirety: Seanan McGuire's "Ye Highlands and Ye Lowlands," which vigorously signalled early on that it was going to be a gruelling, nasty postapocalyptic. I'm not up for that. She's an excellent writer, but far too dark most of the time for my personal taste.
Not that there weren't plenty of other dark stories. Joseph Allen Hill's "The Venus Effect" explores racist police brutality through multiple attempts to tell a spec-fic story. It's postmodern and meta, but well enough done that I forgave that. It's not the only story in which race plays a powerful role; Sam J. Miller's "Things with Beards," just before it in the volume, features a gay black man and what may be a metaphor for AIDS.
Jason Sanford's "Blood Grains Speak Through Memories" shows us a kind of postapocalyptic future in which nanotech created to preserve what's left of the environment has put humanity into a dystopian situation. Sarah Pinsker's "Sooner or Later Everything Falls Into the Sea" is also postapocalyptic.
Not everything is, though. "A Dead Djinn in Cairo" by P. Djeli Clark is an interesting take on mythos, with an Egyptian supernatural detective who dresses like an Englishman because she finds it "exotic". There's another mystery, of sorts, in Mary Robinette Kowal's "Forest of Memory". I very much enjoy MRK's contributions to the Writing Excuses podcast, but I have to confess I've never liked her actual writing much. I liked this more than the other things of hers I've read, though I did feel it was wordier than it needed to be.
There does seem to be a predominance of near-horror, dark fantasy, dark SF, dystopian and postapocalyptic in this volume, though; mood of the times, perhaps. It's a tribute to the skill of the authors that, although those subgenres are not usually what I like to read, I didn't hate the stories. Even Cassandra Khaw's "Hammers on Bone" - noir body-horror in a depressed England - didn't put me off. I've mentioned the theme of race; there are oppressed underclasses, lack of access to medical treatment ("Welcome to the Medical Clinic at the Interplanetary Relay Station | Hours Since the Last Patient Death: 0" by Caroline M. Yoachim), and other echoes of the contemporary US political situation. I know that stories will always reflect the zeitgeist, but it would have been good to have a few more that ran more counter to it.
Rebecca Ann Jordan's "We Have a Cultural Difference, Can I Taste You?" has a wonderfully alien alien, with a moving backstory; Lavie Tidhar's "Terminal" gives us the picture of terminally ill people piloting (for no readily apparent or explicable reason) a swarm of pods to Mars. These were among the strangest stories, but there was a powerful strangeness to most of them, usually in a good way.
Probably my favourite story was the last one, by S.B. Divya, "Runtime," a story of a determined member of an underclass working hard to better herself by means of a competition, in this case a an endurance race (in which personal modification and assistive equipment is permitted).
Overall, while the tone was not my favourite, the skill on display here is remarkable, and I will certainly look for the next volume when it comes out.
There was only one story in this volume that I didn't read it its entirety: Seanan McGuire's "Ye Highlands and Ye Lowlands," which vigorously signalled early on that it was going to be a gruelling, nasty postapocalyptic. I'm not up for that. She's an excellent writer, but far too dark most of the time for my personal taste.
Not that there weren't plenty of other dark stories. Joseph Allen Hill's "The Venus Effect" explores racist police brutality through multiple attempts to tell a spec-fic story. It's postmodern and meta, but well enough done that I forgave that. It's not the only story in which race plays a powerful role; Sam J. Miller's "Things with Beards," just before it in the volume, features a gay black man and what may be a metaphor for AIDS.
Jason Sanford's "Blood Grains Speak Through Memories" shows us a kind of postapocalyptic future in which nanotech created to preserve what's left of the environment has put humanity into a dystopian situation. Sarah Pinsker's "Sooner or Later Everything Falls Into the Sea" is also postapocalyptic.
Not everything is, though. "A Dead Djinn in Cairo" by P. Djeli Clark is an interesting take on mythos, with an Egyptian supernatural detective who dresses like an Englishman because she finds it "exotic". There's another mystery, of sorts, in Mary Robinette Kowal's "Forest of Memory". I very much enjoy MRK's contributions to the Writing Excuses podcast, but I have to confess I've never liked her actual writing much. I liked this more than the other things of hers I've read, though I did feel it was wordier than it needed to be.
There does seem to be a predominance of near-horror, dark fantasy, dark SF, dystopian and postapocalyptic in this volume, though; mood of the times, perhaps. It's a tribute to the skill of the authors that, although those subgenres are not usually what I like to read, I didn't hate the stories. Even Cassandra Khaw's "Hammers on Bone" - noir body-horror in a depressed England - didn't put me off. I've mentioned the theme of race; there are oppressed underclasses, lack of access to medical treatment ("Welcome to the Medical Clinic at the Interplanetary Relay Station | Hours Since the Last Patient Death: 0" by Caroline M. Yoachim), and other echoes of the contemporary US political situation. I know that stories will always reflect the zeitgeist, but it would have been good to have a few more that ran more counter to it.
Rebecca Ann Jordan's "We Have a Cultural Difference, Can I Taste You?" has a wonderfully alien alien, with a moving backstory; Lavie Tidhar's "Terminal" gives us the picture of terminally ill people piloting (for no readily apparent or explicable reason) a swarm of pods to Mars. These were among the strangest stories, but there was a powerful strangeness to most of them, usually in a good way.
Probably my favourite story was the last one, by S.B. Divya, "Runtime," a story of a determined member of an underclass working hard to better herself by means of a competition, in this case a an endurance race (in which personal modification and assistive equipment is permitted).
Overall, while the tone was not my favourite, the skill on display here is remarkable, and I will certainly look for the next volume when it comes out.
April 16, 2018
Overall, I found this a "good read." I enjoyed some of the stories much more than others, as would most people. Some of the stories were so good, I wanted a whole book on continuing that story.
It's hard to write a review of an Anthology when the only connecting thread is that they are all Science Fiction oriented. It becomes a matter of taste in what kind of science fiction you enjoy.
My advice is, give it a try!
DSJ
It's hard to write a review of an Anthology when the only connecting thread is that they are all Science Fiction oriented. It becomes a matter of taste in what kind of science fiction you enjoy.
My advice is, give it a try!
DSJ
April 7, 2026
Individual reviews and notes per story as I complete them (2.2 was the average across these 20 stories, which seems just about right for Goodreads 2*="it was ok"):
*Red in Tooth and Cog (2016) / short story by Cat Rambo
--- 2*. Fine, if rather boring? Not a strong start...
*A Salvaging of Ghosts [Universe of Xuya] (2016) / short story by Aliette de Bodard
--- 3*. Something beautiful in the grief, but also horrific to use the bodies of dead loved ones to get high.
*Welcome to the Medical Clinic at the Interplanetary Relay Station | Hours Since the Last Patient Death: 0 (2016) / short story by Caroline M. Yoachim
--- 1*. Choose your own adventure, designed to read all the options and . Really didn't like it at all.
*Razorback (2016) / short story by Ursula Vernon
--- 2*, the first that's more fantasy than sci-fi in this collection. Not bad, but certainly not memorable.
*We Have a Cultural Difference, Can I Taste You? (2016) / short story by Rebecca Ann Jordan
--- 4*. Something alien and great about this one. Where the aliens are actually alien and not just humans vaguely disguised.
*Lullaby for a Lost World (2016) / short story by Aliette de Bodard
--- 3*. Intriguing, but really needs more.
*Terminal (2016) / short story by Lavie Tidhar
--- 1*. The logistics of this make absolutely no sense and it makes it hard to connect with those dying, running from responsibility or in search of adventure.
*Ye Highlands and Ye Lowlands (2016) / short story by Seanan McGuire
--- 3*. While the overall theme is predictable and logistics impossible (translation is extremely difficult), the how and why of the aliens destroying humanity is what makes this one interesting.
*Things with Beards (2016) / short story by Sam J. Miller
--- 2*. Thoughtful things to say about identity, the performance of gender, violence, terror attacks for political change, but overall lost in the alien possession storyline.
*The Venus Effect (2016) / short story by Violet Allen
--- 1*. Normally, I like deconstructions, the dialogue with the reader acknowledging the tropes and playing with them, and I found myself annoyed with this one because each of the stories was so bad. There are powerful things to say about the inevitability of police violence, particularly against people of color, but this isn't it.
*The Visitor from Taured (2016) / novelette by Ian R. MacLeod
---2*. What might be interesting world building and character development about someone who loves "analog literature" in a world that eschews it (without properly explaining what they currently use to learn or share information), or a touching story about a man seeking answers who ultimately , is made worse by the man being an unsympathetic character, and finally shown to be a liar, who fell into conspiracy thinking.
*Blood Grains Speak Through Memories [Blood Grains] (2016) / novelette by Jason Sanford
---1*. Seems like fantasy at first, but actually sci-fi (Clarke's third law, "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic"). What a terrible way to protect the ecosystem.
*Sooner or Later Everything Falls Into the Sea (2016) / novelette by Sarah Pinsker
---1*. This is the second story I've read by Pinsker, the first I absolutely loved, and was surprised at how boring it is and how I couldn't connect with the characters. Society falls apart and musicians keep trying, but this variant was dull.
*A Dead Djinn in Cairo [Ministry of Alchemy] (2016) / novelette by P. Djèlí Clark
---3*. A strong story, hits all the notes of a classic noir/detective story, from the dead-body setup and the clues which get dropped in the inspector's lap to the final confrontation and a . Maybe too much description of the setting for me, enough detail to find problems with the worldbuilding, but overall very enjoyable.
*Red As Blood and White As Bone (2016) / novelette by Theodora Goss
---5*. Excellent use of classic fairytale elements with grounding in history and storytelling. I would love to see this in another anthology of modern fairytales.
*Foxfire, Foxfire (2016) / novelette by Yoon Ha Lee
---1*. Maybe it's having read The Fox Wife by Yangsze Choo not too long ago, but this one spent much too long on the mechanical aspects of the cataphracts and not enough on the rest of the worldbuilding (the gods of earth and stone, the fox traditions, the tiger-sages, the Abalone Throne and rebels and loyalists, etc), which resulted in no attachment, no sense of the stakes here. Even that the narrator is a male fox isn't clear until the very end, when all his disguises are from human women and it's only in the flashback we get some information.
*Forest of Memory (2016) / novella by Mary Robinette Kowal
---4*. Started oddly, but well worth it. Katya and her adventure were less engaging than the world we learn about from her descriptions. The "authenticities" trade sounds awful, the worst kind of hipster who wants wabi-sabi, but only by acquiring the possessions of others, rather than creating something for themselves. Sadly, this world seems to be partly where we are headed (and not the eco-friendly part): when your every action is recorded, why bother remembering anything for yourself?
*Chimera (2016) / novella by Gu Shi (trans. of 嵌合体 2015)
---2*. Some very interesting things going on with the non-linear narrative, the many characters, the same characters in different time periods and perceived by others. Unfortunately, the "Adam" parts of this were entirely predictable and boring as a mystery. The more interesting parts were Tony's mother [MAJOR SPOILERS]
*Hammers on Bone [Persons Non Grata • 1] (2016) / novella by Cassandra Khaw
---1*. I'm not into Eldritch horrors, Lovecraftian or otherwise, and I'm even less into the affectation of Noir when it results in works like this, with the unending stream of sexist, dehumanizing language used for all the women in the story, who are victims of abuse and . This story is also where I got stuck several times and kept putting this entire anthology aside until it absolutely had to go back to the library. I eventually stopped reading it, skipped ahead to Runtime, and returned after finishing that to skim this mess. It wasn't worth it.
*Runtime (2016) / novella by S. B. Divya
---2*. I didn't like Marmeg at all, when I think we're supposed to be rooting for her. It was overall an interesting story, if too long/bogged down in the details over all the exo-suit technology and modifications. The new American caste system seems very plausible, although it's surprising that the licensed have free healthcare.
*Red in Tooth and Cog (2016) / short story by Cat Rambo
--- 2*. Fine, if rather boring? Not a strong start...
*A Salvaging of Ghosts [Universe of Xuya] (2016) / short story by Aliette de Bodard
--- 3*. Something beautiful in the grief, but also horrific to use the bodies of dead loved ones to get high.
*Welcome to the Medical Clinic at the Interplanetary Relay Station | Hours Since the Last Patient Death: 0 (2016) / short story by Caroline M. Yoachim
--- 1*. Choose your own adventure, designed to read all the options and . Really didn't like it at all.
*Razorback (2016) / short story by Ursula Vernon
--- 2*, the first that's more fantasy than sci-fi in this collection. Not bad, but certainly not memorable.
*We Have a Cultural Difference, Can I Taste You? (2016) / short story by Rebecca Ann Jordan
--- 4*. Something alien and great about this one. Where the aliens are actually alien and not just humans vaguely disguised.
*Lullaby for a Lost World (2016) / short story by Aliette de Bodard
--- 3*. Intriguing, but really needs more.
*Terminal (2016) / short story by Lavie Tidhar
--- 1*. The logistics of this make absolutely no sense and it makes it hard to connect with those dying, running from responsibility or in search of adventure.
*Ye Highlands and Ye Lowlands (2016) / short story by Seanan McGuire
--- 3*. While the overall theme is predictable and logistics impossible (translation is extremely difficult), the how and why of the aliens destroying humanity is what makes this one interesting.
*Things with Beards (2016) / short story by Sam J. Miller
--- 2*. Thoughtful things to say about identity, the performance of gender, violence, terror attacks for political change, but overall lost in the alien possession storyline.
*The Venus Effect (2016) / short story by Violet Allen
--- 1*. Normally, I like deconstructions, the dialogue with the reader acknowledging the tropes and playing with them, and I found myself annoyed with this one because each of the stories was so bad. There are powerful things to say about the inevitability of police violence, particularly against people of color, but this isn't it.
*The Visitor from Taured (2016) / novelette by Ian R. MacLeod
---2*. What might be interesting world building and character development about someone who loves "analog literature" in a world that eschews it (without properly explaining what they currently use to learn or share information), or a touching story about a man seeking answers who ultimately , is made worse by the man being an unsympathetic character, and finally shown to be a liar, who fell into conspiracy thinking.
*Blood Grains Speak Through Memories [Blood Grains] (2016) / novelette by Jason Sanford
---1*. Seems like fantasy at first, but actually sci-fi (Clarke's third law, "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic"). What a terrible way to protect the ecosystem.
*Sooner or Later Everything Falls Into the Sea (2016) / novelette by Sarah Pinsker
---1*. This is the second story I've read by Pinsker, the first I absolutely loved, and was surprised at how boring it is and how I couldn't connect with the characters. Society falls apart and musicians keep trying, but this variant was dull.
*A Dead Djinn in Cairo [Ministry of Alchemy] (2016) / novelette by P. Djèlí Clark
---3*. A strong story, hits all the notes of a classic noir/detective story, from the dead-body setup and the clues which get dropped in the inspector's lap to the final confrontation and a . Maybe too much description of the setting for me, enough detail to find problems with the worldbuilding, but overall very enjoyable.
*Red As Blood and White As Bone (2016) / novelette by Theodora Goss
---5*. Excellent use of classic fairytale elements with grounding in history and storytelling. I would love to see this in another anthology of modern fairytales.
*Foxfire, Foxfire (2016) / novelette by Yoon Ha Lee
---1*. Maybe it's having read The Fox Wife by Yangsze Choo not too long ago, but this one spent much too long on the mechanical aspects of the cataphracts and not enough on the rest of the worldbuilding (the gods of earth and stone, the fox traditions, the tiger-sages, the Abalone Throne and rebels and loyalists, etc), which resulted in no attachment, no sense of the stakes here. Even that the narrator is a male fox isn't clear until the very end, when all his disguises are from human women and it's only in the flashback we get some information.
*Forest of Memory (2016) / novella by Mary Robinette Kowal
---4*. Started oddly, but well worth it. Katya and her adventure were less engaging than the world we learn about from her descriptions. The "authenticities" trade sounds awful, the worst kind of hipster who wants wabi-sabi, but only by acquiring the possessions of others, rather than creating something for themselves. Sadly, this world seems to be partly where we are headed (and not the eco-friendly part): when your every action is recorded, why bother remembering anything for yourself?
*Chimera (2016) / novella by Gu Shi (trans. of 嵌合体 2015)
---2*. Some very interesting things going on with the non-linear narrative, the many characters, the same characters in different time periods and perceived by others. Unfortunately, the "Adam" parts of this were entirely predictable and boring as a mystery. The more interesting parts were Tony's mother [MAJOR SPOILERS]
*Hammers on Bone [Persons Non Grata • 1] (2016) / novella by Cassandra Khaw
---1*. I'm not into Eldritch horrors, Lovecraftian or otherwise, and I'm even less into the affectation of Noir when it results in works like this, with the unending stream of sexist, dehumanizing language used for all the women in the story, who are victims of abuse and . This story is also where I got stuck several times and kept putting this entire anthology aside until it absolutely had to go back to the library. I eventually stopped reading it, skipped ahead to Runtime, and returned after finishing that to skim this mess. It wasn't worth it.
*Runtime (2016) / novella by S. B. Divya
---2*. I didn't like Marmeg at all, when I think we're supposed to be rooting for her. It was overall an interesting story, if too long/bogged down in the details over all the exo-suit technology and modifications. The new American caste system seems very plausible, although it's surprising that the licensed have free healthcare.
July 19, 2019
Red in Tooth and Cog by Cat Rambo: 4.5/5
A Salvaging of Ghosts by Aliette de Bodard: 4.25/5
Welcome to the Medical Clinic at the Interplanetary Relay Station | Hours Since the Last Patient Death: 0 by Caroline M. Yoachim: 2.75/5
Razorback by Ursula Vernon: 4.75/5
We Have a Cultural Difference, Can I Taste You? by Rebecca Ann Jordan: 3.5/5
Lullaby for a Lost World by Aliette de Bodard: 3/5
Terminal by Lavie Tidhar: 3/5
Ye Highlands and Ye Lowlands by Seanan McGuire: 4.5/5
Things With Beards by Sam J. Miller: 3/5
The Venus Effect by Joseph Allen Hill: 2.75/5
The Visitor from Taured by Ian R. MacLeod: 4.25/5
Blood Grains Speak Through Memories by Jason Sanford: 4.75/5
Sooner or Later Everything Falls Into the Sea by Sarah Pinsker: 5/5
A Dead Djinn in Cairo by P. Djèlí Clark: 3/5
Red as Blood and White as Bone by Theodora Goss: 4.25/5
Foxfire, Foxfire by Yoon Ha Lee: 4.25/5
Forest of Memory by Mary Robinette Kowal: 4.25/5
Chimera by Gu Shi and translated by S. Qiouyi Lu and Ken Liu: 5/5
Hammers on Bone by Cassandra Khaw: 1.75/5
Runtime by S. B. Divya: 5/5
Average rating: 4
A Salvaging of Ghosts by Aliette de Bodard: 4.25/5
Welcome to the Medical Clinic at the Interplanetary Relay Station | Hours Since the Last Patient Death: 0 by Caroline M. Yoachim: 2.75/5
Razorback by Ursula Vernon: 4.75/5
We Have a Cultural Difference, Can I Taste You? by Rebecca Ann Jordan: 3.5/5
Lullaby for a Lost World by Aliette de Bodard: 3/5
Terminal by Lavie Tidhar: 3/5
Ye Highlands and Ye Lowlands by Seanan McGuire: 4.5/5
Things With Beards by Sam J. Miller: 3/5
The Venus Effect by Joseph Allen Hill: 2.75/5
The Visitor from Taured by Ian R. MacLeod: 4.25/5
Blood Grains Speak Through Memories by Jason Sanford: 4.75/5
Sooner or Later Everything Falls Into the Sea by Sarah Pinsker: 5/5
A Dead Djinn in Cairo by P. Djèlí Clark: 3/5
Red as Blood and White as Bone by Theodora Goss: 4.25/5
Foxfire, Foxfire by Yoon Ha Lee: 4.25/5
Forest of Memory by Mary Robinette Kowal: 4.25/5
Chimera by Gu Shi and translated by S. Qiouyi Lu and Ken Liu: 5/5
Hammers on Bone by Cassandra Khaw: 1.75/5
Runtime by S. B. Divya: 5/5
Average rating: 4
July 7, 2020
Great collection!
Nice variety. Thought provoking stories.
This anthology took me far beyond the world I am used to. To places where I was a stranger, but with motivations I could understand. Not a full story in the lot.
Nice variety. Thought provoking stories.
This anthology took me far beyond the world I am used to. To places where I was a stranger, but with motivations I could understand. Not a full story in the lot.
October 22, 2023
I highly recommend "Chimera" by Gu Shi to anyone looking for a solid science fiction read. Other favorites include "Red as Blood and White as Bone" by Theodora Goss and "We Have a Cultural Difference, Can I Taste You?" by Rebecca Ann Jordan.
April 18, 2018
Excellent as always
Steffen has a true talent for bringing outstanding and diverse writers together to intrigue readers everywhere. Looking forward to Volume 4!
Steffen has a true talent for bringing outstanding and diverse writers together to intrigue readers everywhere. Looking forward to Volume 4!
April 26, 2018
An excellent collection of stories by fresh and different voices.
April 28, 2018
Not my cup
Started several only finished one. Just too not my cup of science,not weird than good. No real story line presented.
Started several only finished one. Just too not my cup of science,not weird than good. No real story line presented.
April 30, 2018
TLLLA3
In general, I'm not a fan of anthologies; but for the third time in a row, Mr. Steffen has put together a remarkable collection of stories.
In general, I'm not a fan of anthologies; but for the third time in a row, Mr. Steffen has put together a remarkable collection of stories.
May 14, 2018
Great Anthology
Terrific stories. Looked forward to reading this anthology for as long as it lasted. Regards to all the great authors.
Terrific stories. Looked forward to reading this anthology for as long as it lasted. Regards to all the great authors.
February 18, 2022
Every story is brilliant! What a collection of treasures.
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November 30, 2022on the to-read list because: story by Kingfisher
May 27, 2018
I had an enjoyable and forgettable few hours with these. The one that made me think, though, was Cat Rambo's Red in Tooth and Cog. Maybe putting programmable processors in everything and linking them together is not such a great idea long term.
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December 20, 2018This collection was not as good as previous years, which is not the editor's fault. Thanks to him, we get to read all the nominees. I will buy the next volume. The last few entries made up for the rest.
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