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Stuff I Read - Futuredaze 2: Reprise ReviewScience fiction is a big field. It incorporates a lot of sub-genres, a lot of ideas, a lot of styles. And this book does an excellent job in showcasing just how different, just how diverse the field is. From superhero stories to steam-Westerns set on alien worlds to dystopias to post-apocalyptic settings, the collection really pulls from a wide range of experiences and messages. There are contemporary science fiction stories like the ones that bookend t...
A couple of years ago, Charles de Lint gave a reading in Toronto from his current young adult novel. He began by saying that he was surprised that his publisher allowed some of the language and situations that he had put in the book, which he felt were quite adult.If situation and language are not toned down for it, what does the term “young adult” actually denote (other, perhaps, than an opportunistic marketing niche)? As far as I can tell, the main feature of young adult literature is that the...
Like most anthologies, this is a mixed bag. Holder and Gardner seem to be good at picking stories with good writing and/or worldbuilding, but most of them fall flat in terms of storytelling and characterization. Here's a story-by-story review:Note: This review ended up getting too long for me to include every short story, but you can find my reviews for the omitted ones in the comments.How to Talk to Girls at Parties by Neil Gaiman: 3/5Neil Gaiman is the first author that tempted me to read this...
