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Tuned to a Dead Channel: A Collection of Dystopian Short Fiction includes 14 original works by various writers. If you enjoy science fiction with a dystopian twist, you should check out this collection. Although I enjoyed all of the stories, a few of them stood out.For example, Atlas Falls by Oliver Langmead is beautifully written. “We trembled in the golden sky between rich and glorious unending horizons…” (p.1). This story tells the tale of Arthur, a man searching for his lost love in a post-a...
This anthology was assembled by Dagda Publishing, a relatively new small UK press. The number of typos and other errors I would have expected to be caught in the copy editing and proofing process exceeded the number I like to see, which is reflected in the rating. However, most of these errors are relatively minor. A forgiving reader who is a dystopian fan should still give the collection consideration.As for the stories, some were better than others, but none were bad. I’ll highlight a few that...
I admit I was pleased to be included in this anthology, especially when I considered the calibre of the other writers. One or two of the stories I wished I had written myself.
Dagda Publishing may be a relatively new name coming from the UK, but I think that readers will do best not to forget it.They asked me to review their "dystopian anthology", a roughly 200 page book featuring 15 amazing stories from thirteen very talented UK-based writers.Dystopian sci-fi is a difficult genre. It hasn't been overdone, but its basic themes have been used in novels and films time and time again, so what I went into this looking for was, above all, originality; afresh take on a popu...
Much like its newer counterpart entitled All Hail The New Flesh, this original collection of Dystopian Science Fiction pits the reader against eleven unique tales by various authors in the genre. If you have read my previous review of Flesh and have had a chance to submerge yourself in its wicked agenda of horror and science fiction and have emerged from its insidious depths craving more, then Tuned To A Dead Channel is a must read.Just to wet your appetite a bit, imagine an England of Victorian...