Read two of this collection:- gypsy - the pauper prince Both are 5*. Highly recommended. Big thanks to previous reviewers for the synopsis.

Inevitably a mixed bag, but more good than bad and there are two exceptional stories in the collection - 'what has passed in kinder light sppear' and 'last witness'

Novellas are currently my favourite thing. Longer than a short story so you get some meaty character development and/or world building, but only need half an hour to a few hours to lose yourself in before it sets you free to go flail about it to a friend.This is a collection of the best of the best, and it shows. Highly recommended. Binti by Nnedi OkoraforThis piece I'd already read previously, when reading for voting for the Hugo Awards.This novella packs such a powerful punch in around 100 pag...

Excellent collection of novellas - I'd read some of the tor.com published ones previously, was pleasantly surprised to find the rest of the novellas collected here were of similarly high quality. Bao Shu's "What has passed shall in kinder light appear" is going to linger in my head for a while (and, by translator association, keep me very excited for the upcoming Invisible Planets: An Anthology of Contemporary Chinese SF in Translation)

Originally reviewed at West Coast Book Reviews.If you think novellas are snack sized pieces of full-meal novels, be prepared with an empty stomach for this awesome collection.The 2016 volume of Year's Best Science Fiction and Novellas will leave you unhitching your belt a notch (or three) and you might want to pace yourself for this assortment of dark themes and tight and thorough world building.Each novella is so well done and dense with well formed plots they have as much action and personalit...

I won this book on a Goodreads giveaway, and I've struggled with reviewing it because it is just massively thick. So I'll try to post about the novellas individually, and make my way through it that way. I've read quite a bit of it but I still have more to go. Watch this space :) I'll also add proper formatting once I'm done.General remarks: This is a surprisingly diverse collection, year's bests often aren't. It also has some standout novellas that would be hard to obtain otherwise, especially

A couple of the novellas were fantastic, some of them a bit ordinary

Not a one sitting read.A heavy slog. That no means detract s from the quality of the stories. They were good and a couple were excellent. No I just suggest that the reader leaves a little after each story before starting the next. Overall a good read just not one to read quickly as the reader needs to become comfortable with of the writers' voices.

This is a high caliber annual anthology without a weak story in the bunch. The diversity of the stories ranging from sci-fi to urban fantasy to fantasy is matched by the narrative depth achieved within the novella form. As promised, these are the best of the best.My favorite, meriting 5 stars, was Usman T. Malik's novella, The Pauper Prince and the Eucalyptus Jinn , which blends urban fantasy with a supernatural folktale to explore the generational effects of immigration as a Pakistani-Americ...

After having read a couple of the short story version of this series, I'm glad I had the opportunity to read the novella selection. I found it just as eclectic, with with going from fantasy and folk/myth-inspired tales to quite hard SF. I didn't liked all of the novellas equally, and a couple of them I found dragged on a bit, but it was overall a very good collection. It gives one a good idea, or reminder, of where to find good longer fiction: 3 stories were originally published in Tor.com, 3 in...

In keeping with the convention here..."Binti" - 3/10This is lazy science-fantasy. Moreover, it's full of plot holes and shoddy writing. Other reviewers have said that it's a YA story, which would explain some of the problems, but why would a YA story be in a collection for adults? At any rate, this one isn't particularly good."Citadel..." - 6/10More science-fantasy, only this time with somewhat clearer themes and better-developed characters. There's still too much needless verbosity and opaque,

Review copy courtesy of the publisher via NetGalley.

Great anthology of novellas. I've always thought as people multitask and have shorter spans of attention that shorter works of Fantasy (known for its many doorsteppers) like novelletes and novellas would be the next thing, at least for the more casual/mainstream readers.There are 9 novellas here (I think half is Sci-Fi) with very different stories. As always, preferences will vary, but I was pretty happy with what I read. Also, if you have it on paper, it only occupies the space of one book inst...

Compilación de novellas realizada por Paula Guran. Incluye alguna joya pero la calidad media es discutible. Más aún, se ha dejado fuera algunas de las grandes novellas del año.Reseña próximamente en Sense of Wonder

*** “Binti” by Nnedi Okorafor (Binti, Tor.com)Previously read, as part of the Hugo Voters' Packet."Enjoyable YA space adventure with an engaging protagonist. In this future, the Himba tribe of Namibia are an insular minority, looked down upon by the majority Khoush although the Himba have become specialized experts in math and 'harmonizing,' producing "astrolabes" (which seem to be the future's smartphones). Teenage Binti's skills have won her a coveted scholarship to an intergalactic university...

An enjoyable, fairly diverse collection of novellas. I especially liked Binti, about an African going off to study on another plant, Gypsy, about human's last chance at redemption, The Pauper Prince about magic carpet with a twist, What has Passed Shall Appear in a Kinder Light, about a China (and a world) regressing in time, The last witness, about a guy who can make memories disappear and a futuristic detective story called, Inhuman Garbage. I skipped several stories that I just couldn't get i...

Novellas are a great way to read a story longer than a short story but shorter than a novel. In this book, I found new authors that I look forward to reading and enjoyed reading some of my favorite authors. This is a wonderful way to see what is being written by authors you know and ones that you haven't before. I found myself wondering why I had not read some of these authors before but I plan to now!Disclaimer: I received an arc of this book free from the author/publisher from Netgalley. I was...

This was a wonderful anthology of novellas. The stand out stories are Binti, The Citadel of Weeping Pearls, Johnny Rev and The Bones Swans of Amandale.-Binti 5*: heartfelt novella about an outsider who can feel the harmony of the universe- The Citadel of Weeping Pearls 5*: An entire world of people disappears of its own will. A story that balances past and future with elegance--imagine digitized ancestors in a galactic empire where teleportation and time travel are possible- Gypsy 4*: while the

I read the K.J. Parker novella called THE LAST WITNESS. This was an incredible story. The protagonist was not a nice guy. Psychopath maybe. Narcissist definitely. This was a fun, unique story. He isn't a mind reader, he is a memory eraser. The caveat, they become his memories. As time passes, that gets to be a burden. Then he meets someone just like him but more evolved. Hijinks ensue. K.J. Parker has made me love the sci-fi fantasy genre again. TWILIGHT ZONE quality.

I received a copy of this book for free in exchange for an honest review. This is an excellent collection of fantastic science fiction and fantasy novellas. Fantasy fans and fans of science fiction, this is one collection you do not want to miss! I am a fan of both genres and this did not disappoint at all. This book has it all, from excellent adventure to a wonderful creepy factor! The stories in this collection were very well written and did a wonderful job of drawing the reader in. I did not