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More anthology fun from the Unidentified Funny Objects folks. Some follow-up stories from #1 although many are new. Jump onboard and take a sci-fi ride!
Top notch collection of hilarious speculative fiction. Incredible roster of contributors; Ken Liu, Jim C. Hines, Mike Resnick and Robert Silverberg!There was not a story in the collection I skipped. Each one is humorous, engaging and full of imagination.There were even several works which featured characters introduced in the prior anthology. If you're a fan of speculative fiction of all kinds (sci-fi to fantasy to urban fantasy) you'll find something to love in this excellent collection.
A good collection of short stories with my favorite being Improved Cubicle Door by M.C.A. Hogarth. What could be better than a story about office politics and magic? James Beamon has a great story about an Orc acting as a defense attorney. There are many more weird and fanciful stories that you will be sure to enjoy.
This is a worthy followup to last year's UFO No. 1. Some of the stories veered too much into the puntastic for my taste, but there are others that will stay with me for a long time, and cause mysterious chuckles during conference calls. C'mon, you can't go wrong with MSG Golems.
2/5 - The MSG Golem, by Ken Liu2/5 - Service Charge, by Esther M. Friesner1/5 - Item Not As Described, by J.W. Alden1/5 - Stranger Vs the Malevolent Malignancy, by Jim C. Hines1/5 - How to Feed Your Pyrokinetic Toddler, by Fran Wilde2/5 - A Stiff Bargain, by Matt Mikalatos2/5 - The Girl With the Dagon Tattoo, by Josh Vogt3/5 - Improved Cubicle Door, by M.C.A. Hogarth4/5 - On Safari, by Mike Resnick1/5 - How You Ruined Everything, by Konstantine Paradias2/5 - Insider Information, by Jody Lynn Nye...
Excellent silly sf/fantasy stories. Some by familiar first-rate authors, but many new names for me - and all the stories were good.
The second annual humor anthology edited by Alex Shvartsman contains19 fun stories. Shvartsman is quite the humorist in his own right, soit must have been hard to keep from throwing one in himself. Not everystory in the collection is laugh-out-loud hilarious, but humor issubjective, and this reader did find chuckles, giggles, and some outright guffaws.My favorites were "How to Feed Your Pyrokinetic Toddler"by Fran Wilde, "Congratulations on Your Apotheosis," by Michelle Ann King, and"The Retgun"...
Fun StuffIf you're looking for lighter sci-fi, these anthologies are a good match. Like most story collections, some may not work, but I enjoyed most of them, and a couple had me laughing out loud.
laughed right out loud many times. got me some strange looks on the bus 🙃😉🤣
The best story in this collection is the first by Ken Liu. Liu makes good use of golem lore and applies it to a family vacation. It was also wonderful that the chosen one was a girl. Esther Fresiner's "Service Charge" and J. W. Alden's "Item Not Described" will both do your soul a world of good, esp. if you are fed up with dealing with people. Reading Jim C Hines' short story about a superhero battling cancer was, well, strange and moving considering Hines' wife's ongoing treatment for the illne...
Very Funny CollectionAs with all anthologies some stories are better than others but as a whole this is an excellent collection. Guaranteed to give you numerous chuckles!
Last year I read and enjoyed the first Unidentified Funny Objects anthology. When Alex Shvartsman approached me about reviewing the second volume, I immediately said yes, curious to see what he'd found this year. I wasn't disappointed. There are fewer stories than last year, though they are longer and there are repeat appearances and new big names. I had a great time with the book, but there were some stories that didn't work as well for me as others did.The ones that didn't work for me just...
