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This is an interesting collection. I don't read a lot of speculative fiction but this was a good, diverse set of stories.

Cricket on is it #BooksAndBooze

#ReadHarder challenge 19: an SFF anthology edited by a person of colour.

(walk up Tandle Hill, library then pub. Pretty perfect Monday.) #BooksAndBooze

I did not particularly enjoy this. This genre is not really my thing, but I‘m pretty open to trying something new. Much of this was so out there I struggled to follow. I just did not feel like this was a strong collection of stories.

Some of these stories spooked me, but I am glad that I read it. They were full of grit and we're gruesome, yet most were entertaining. SFF anthology edited by a POC #ReadHarder2021

Book Riot Epic Bookclub. Grateful for this readalong that finally got me to read it. The short stories are wide ranging and some probably require a 2nd or 3rd reading to be fully appreciated, but the anthology as a whole is wonderful. More than a few of the stories made me cry, and I definitely found new authors to explore, one of whom is married to Tananarive Due, whom I love. BIPOC speculative fiction of the highest caliber. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

All of these were pretty good, but my faves: Blood & Bells (Karin Lowachee), The Robots of Eden (Anil Menon), Kelsey and the Burdened Breath (Darcie Little Badger). Definately gave me a bunch of new authors to look into!

I have been reading this book unfairly showly, but the past week or so I've been back with it. I love the breadth of these stories - they're good stuff!

This was a very original and interesting anthology and I'm happy that it won the Locus Award 2020!

My favorite stories were The Galactic Tourist Industrial Complex - Tobias Buckell, The Fine Print by Chinelo Onwualu, Burn the Ships by Alberto Yáñez, The Freedom of the Shifting Sea by Jaymee Goh, Blood and Bells Karin Lowachee and The Robots of Eden by Anil Menon

I think I've previously mentioned how much I enjoy finding residual notes in secondhand or library books. I may spend the rest of my life wondering what that question mark is supposed to indicate.

I have a huge #TBR shelf outside of my library. And I love it!! I don't mind all the books waiting for me, but instead tend to stand there and look happily at all the choices I have.
How do you deal with an overflowing TBR pile?

#shelfie

@BarbaraJean I shouldn't be spending any money right now because I'm about to start graduate school and move across the country, but my library doesn't have New Suns and when I saw this Kindle deal I had to take advantage!! I won't start it until the drive to California in August, but now it'll be waiting for me! 😊👍

Short fiction can be a mixed bag, but this collection is strong. It‘s a diverse mix of authors & styles, and while I liked some stories more than others, there were few misses here. Standouts: “Burn the Ships”—conquest of the Americas + the Holocaust: chilling and too close for comfort—and “The Robots of Eden”—fascinating ideas on the relevance of fiction in a world where negative emotions are suppressed. Intriguing and fresh speculative fiction!

Silver Mirror opined that a country that has reached the age of wisdom would stop building monuments to the warmongers of its history, but rather erect them for its peacemakers, those who saved lives by preventing the course of events from descending into a time of sword and fire.
—from “The Virtue of Unfaithful Translations” by Minsoo Kang

I started this collection of speculative fiction last night, and am really enjoying it so far. I couldn‘t NOT pick it up at the library—it has an intro by Levar Burton, and the epigraph (from which the title is drawn) is a quote by Octavia Butler: “There‘s nothing new under the sun, but there are new suns.”

Yes, please!

This was almost a so-so. There were some really interesting stories but there were also a couple that didn't flow well and I could get invested in. I think I would have enjoyed it more if I didn't have to rush to read and return it to the library 🙃

As with all anthologies there‘s hits and misses, but lots of hits and authors added to my “To Read” list.

Some very, very good stories in here, including a DEEEEEPLY disturbing one by Rebecca Roanhorse & one I don‘t think I‘ll ever stop thinking about by Indrapramit Das, called “The Shadow We Cast through Time.” Not all of the stories are superb, but many are. Can‘t wait to read more from these authors! 4.5⭐️

I'll read this for the Indigenous Author prompt of #Booked2019 #IndigenousAuthor

Also reading one short story per day from this anthology. Today‘s was a verrrry good one by Minsoo Yang that weaves together strands of historiography, epic fantasy, feminism and a lot more. Again, I have to stop myself from reading on. ONE. PER. DAY. (After all, I have grading to do!)

YES THIS BOOK! Has some of my fave SFF authors in it, including Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Hiromi Goto, Tobias Buckell & more, incl Trail of Lightning author Rebecca Roanhorse, edited & with an afterword by the great Nisi Shawl. #sciencefiction #speculativefiction #shortstories #amreading