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3.5 stars. I checked it out for the Seanan McGuire short story, but I ended up enjoying nearly all of the stories in this collection.
Theme: Characters deal with objects or beings displaced in time. This is an excellent idea for an anthology. 'Temporal displacement' falls into that sweet zone where you have enough options to fuel a lot of ideas, but where you're restricted enough that these ideas would need to be innovative. Definitely one of the more interesting collections I've come across.I'm not going to describe each of the individual stories, because (a) there are a lot of these and I try to keep my reviews as low effort...
This is not my normal genre and I only read it because one of my favorite authors, Gini Koch had a story in it, Alien Warp. I loved that one, but was pleasantly surprised when the other stories held my attention. It's a fast read and great when you are looking for something a bit different to read.
Nice set of short stories with a time twist. Lots of different ideas on how time being "temporarily" out of order can affect people.
just read the Jane Yellowrock story.
Reading Lists by Seanan McGuire - 5/5 stars *FAVOURITE*Salamander Bites by Elektra Hammond - 4/5 starsBlack and White by David B. Coe - 4/5 stars Dinosaur Stew by Chuck Rothman - 4/5 stars Not all is as it seems by Faith Hunter - 4/5 stars Batting out of order by Edmund R. Schubert - 3/5 stars Grand Tour by Steve Ruskin - 5/5 stars *FAVOURITE*'A' is for Alacrity, Astronauts and Grief by Sofie Bird - 4/5 stars The Spiel of the Glocken by Laura Resnick - 3/5 starsThe Passing Bell by Amy Griswold -...
A fun and engaging anthology. Only two stories didn't work for me (interestingly both were set in the authors' pre-existing 'verses). Two made me cry: Sofie Bird's 'A is for Alacrity, Astronauts, and Grief' and Edmund Schubert's 'Batting out of Order', while Juliet McKenna's 'Notes & Queries' was a wonderfully joyous offering.
Uneven, some gems and some clunkersThere were a few fairly good stories in here, though none that stood out as the best I've read. There were some real boring and/or annoying stories, where the point was too obvious and dragged the story with it.
Not All is as it Seems by Faith Hunter — a story from the world of Jane Yellowrock 3.75 stars The sudden appearance of a quaint teapot summons trouble in the form of two vampires to the home of earth witch Molly Everhart and her two children. With her husband, Big Evan, away on business, can Molly keep her death magics under control as she protects her family and solves the mystery?
Read in one sitting which is not why I buy anthologies ... I just couldn't put this one down.One of the best anthologies I have read in consistence of quality. I did not find a single one of poor quality and think at least a few will haunt me for a while. The only down-side is the temporal issues (the theme of the anthology being an artifact making time act wrong) was repetitive; and I am never a big fan of time-travel stuff. Which when I say, every short story in the book is good, means an anti...
As a person who´s first language isn´t english, I didn´t get the joke in the title until the first story - that "temporally" meant "out of time" and "temporarly" would be "for a short while" and the correct term. So, I expected a bunch of stories about broken devices and the trouble they caused. Like "the car wouldn´t start, so I missed a flight which turned out to crash" or just the usual "my handy broke and after a while of panicking I discover it´s not that bad". I´ll admit, I´m not a fan of
Amusing, thought provoking, interesting, and funny, all sorts of stories, and not a dud among them.I enjoyed this collection of stories, and if you're a fan of humor, space, science, fantasy, technology, and any number of other diciplines, you will to, not all stories will appeal to everyone, but this collection seems to have something that should appeal to most folks, so you're likely to find something here to suit your reading style, so feel free to add this one to your want to read list, you'...
Several good ones, several okay ones, a couple I didn't finish. That's a pretty good score for a collection.And as a fan of time travel stories, ALL of them were pretty original idea. A good collection
I picked this up for the Faith Hunter and Seanan McGuire pieces, but all of these were absolutely fascinating. Definitely an enjoyable read!
Jane Yellowrock 8.1 Not all is as it seems
Rated only for the Faith Hunter Story
So much fun. Stories about time travel gone wrong.
This compact anthology was really enjoyable, where stories with lighter and more contempraneous themes dominated over square-jawed stuff. My personal favourites were:1. Seanan McGuire's 'Reading Lists';2. Elektra Hammond's 'Salamander Bites';3. Chuck Rothman's 'Dinosaur Stew';4. Steve Raskin's 'Grand Tour';5. 'The Spiel of the Glocken' by Laura Resnick (Best of the lot);6. Amy Griswold's 'The Passing Bell';7. Laura Anne Gilman's 'Destination Ahead';8. Christopher Barili's 'Cell Service'.A nice,
This is a themed short story collection about Time Travel, but it’s all inadvertent time travel. That makes this collection unique, in my opinion. As is my custom, I will touch on each story in my review.The first offering is “Reading Lists” by Seanan McGuire. There is a room in a library that is out of order due to a “causality problem.” 51-year-old Megan Halprin keeps taking out books, that show her to have taken it out already, and it’s five years overdue. A story of how reading can change yo...
A wonderful concept with some fantastic stories.
