Genre Purge 3

by Michael Andre-Driussi

A collection of ten stories:

Miracle of Asteroid Camp 88
Tribal Flyer Jibril
Genre Purge 3
Beyond the Starry Tempest
My Four Foundling Fathers
Bellerofonte
Cali-Forward!
"Buildings Roman" by W. Dean
The Gray-Haired Girl
Post-Modem Alchemy

Genres: Anthologies, Science Fiction

114 pages, Kindle Edition

First published August 26, 2020

Reviews

[Kimberly · Rating 4 out of 5]

Genre Purge 3 is a collection of short stories. While all are good, my favorite is My Four Foundling Fathers. All stories are imaginative and interesting. Very good short read.

My thanks to the author, Michael Andre-Driussi, for my electronic copy of this book. #Goodreads Giveaway

[Glen · Rating 3 out of 5]

I won this book in a goodreads drawing.

A collection of short stories, most of them science fiction, some of them pretty out there. I'm not sure I got all of them.

[Alicia Reads · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great collection of short stories. Each story keeps you on your toes. I won from a Goodreads giveaway and now I will be going to check out more books by Michael Andre-Driussi

[⚫㊐✨Heather Mc Erlean❦㈦㊏ · Rating 4 out of 5]

When I first started "Genre Purge 3," by Michael Andre-Driussi, I didn't realize it was a collection of short stories. Imagine my confusion when a new "Chapter" started and it was a new story. I went back to reread the information on the book that I won and realized that it was a collection of short stories. To my relief, I can say it's a great book of short stories. If you like science fiction and quick stories to entertain, then you'll love this book. I did draw some parallels to this world we're living in. Perhaps there are some lessons to be learned from these stories.

[Melenia · Rating 3 out of 5]

DNF @ 9% - I am learning that I just don't like short stories.

[Mary · Rating 4 out of 5]

Unique read

[Hikes in Rain · Rating 4 out of 5]

I won this book in a Goodreads Giveaway, for which I am very grateful. The following is my unbiased review of it.

This is another of the author's collections of short stories. Like his others, they are widely varied in genre, and no two are alike. Some are very good, all are eclectic, many are thought provoking, a few made me chuckle, and a few make you sit back and say "huh?". The latter ones often convinced to to reread them, because maybe I missed something. Often the case, but some still make me think "well, huh". Sometimes I think I like those stories the best.

I was recently reorganizing my Kindle, and discovered I have five of the authors books. (I use Collections to keep things organized to minimize loosing track of my 2400 Kindle books.) Obviously, I like his writing. I think you might, too.

[Lise · Rating 3 out of 5]

Full disclosure: I received a free copy of this eBook as a Goodreads giveaway.

This is a quirky collection of short stories. Some I found very good and thought provoking, some left me completely flat, many made me uncomfortable... There are stories about fatherhood, stories about fiction as hard core propaganda, many about gender roles, and one about the Grapes of Wrath.

I particularly enjoyed the first and last story.

[Sheridan · Rating 2 out of 5]

Two diamonds in a lot of rough

I truly did not enjoy the majority of this book. I found most of the stories to be confusingly written and uninteresting. The exceptions were "Cali Forward!" and "Post Modem Alchemy", which were both quite good and I think that warranted adding a star to what otherwise I believe to be a one star book.

[Dan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting collection of science fiction short stories, written in different styles. A nice collection.

[Chris · Rating 2 out of 5]

Too strange for me.
Thanks to the author and Goodreads for my digital copy.

[Bradley · Rating 2 out of 5]

This was free in a giveaway, and I'm going to be honest, I don't have a clue what I'm supposed to think about this collection. Perhaps I'm missing something? The stories were interesting premises, but not interesting in themselves. Am I just not getting it? Is this an experiment? This one just wasn't for me.

[Keyla · Rating 2 out of 5]

Didn't get to finish all the short stories because I realized I'm not a fan of them.

However, I read a few of them which were interesting, and some left me wanting mor, which is part of the reason I don't like short stories. I didn't get any resolution from the stories I did get to enjoy.
But that might just be me so I can't fault the book or the author.