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I see a lot of people looking for nonbinary rep in SFF, and I sincerely hope that this anthology gets sufficiently signal boosted that a significant number of them see that it exists. Because it's quality. Several of the stories are good enough and satisfying enough that I'd say they're worth the cover price all by themselves. And a good portion of them are "cozies", i.e. my favorite kind of SFF, where the focus is on character interaction rather than battle scenes or escaping from aliens.I am a...
No review for two reasons: 1. I have a story in this book 2. All these stories are eligible for reprinting in Transcendent, so it's somewhat of a conflict of interest... or a spoiler, if you will!But I enjoyed the book and recommend it :)Source of the book: Print contributor copy
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Sparked joyMany of the stories sparked joy as I read. Loved they different ways pronouns were used. The stories were vary different from each other. Only a couple I didn’t fully enjoy.
I loved this collection so much and have been eking out the stories, i'm rather sad to find them all over and shall have to read them all again. they are wonderful, delicious morsels
Here's my totally unbiased (actually biased) review of every story, as live-blogged to my twitter:The Editorial by A.C. Buchanan15 pronouns/10 gendersAd Astra Per Aspera by Nino Cipri15 lost genders/10 hard-hitting parenthetical asidesVolatile Patterns by Bogi Takács15 space adventures/10 exploding culturally appropriative garment factoriesIsland, Ocean by Lauren E. Mitchell15 beautiful lighthouse floors/10 merfolk beardsSandals Full of Rainwater by A.E. Prevost15 meaningful succulents/10 gramma...
This book is so good! In addition to the enjoyment of reading stories with diverse pronouns, I also really appreciated the themes that the various stories explored. Many of the stories explored serious themes with a hopeful or positive message, and also focused on characters’ relationships and development - a combination of my favorite things to read.
Also for a TCG article. Especially enjoyed "Volatile Patterns."
Some stories appealed to me more than others, but each had something new to offer. My challenge to anyone reading this: hand the first story ("Ad Astra Per Aspera" by Nino Cipri) to someone who hasn't thought much about gender. (I did. It was well received and started an interesting discussion.)
Amazing collection of stories.Ad Astra per Aspera by Nino Cipri - 4/5 stars.Volatile Patterns by Bogi Takács - 4/5 stars.Island, Ocean by Lauren E. Mitchell - 4/5 stars.Sandals Full of Rainwater by A. E. Provost - 5/5 stars.Phaser by Cameron Van Sant - 4/5 stars.Grow Green by Rem Wigmore - 5/5 stars.Walking the Wall of Papered Peaces by Penny Stirling - 5/5 stars.Incubus by Hazel Gold - 5/5 stars.The Thing With Feathers by SL Byrne - 5/5 stars.Glitter and Leaf Litter by Rae White - 4/5 stars.
Putting on this particular reading list because there are some queer protagonists in these stories who identify as female. It is an anthology of wonderfully well-written nonbinary, genderqueer and transgender stories, however, about protagonists who live in worlds of shifting gender, multiple pronouns and orientations, as much as it is about characters who deal with the Fae and dragons and sentient spaceships. My favorite story in the book was "Sandals Full of Rainwater" by A.E. Prevost about a
I was a little disappointed when I first picked this up, because I had thought it was going to be a collection of essays about gender diverse pronouns (which is something I've been searching for desperately and can't seem to find.) That being said, there was probably a lot more entertainment value in a collection of short stories. Reading through them made my week more enjoyable and there was still plenty to learn.There were a couple selections that were a little more "tell" than "show" but over...
This is a short story anthology in which all stories feature a major character who uses gender neutral pronouns, including singular they but also several different others like ze/hir, per/pers, e/eir etc. Some of the stories have pronouns/gender as a topic (like “Sandals full of Rainwater” by AE Prevost where a person from a culture that doesn’t have gender moves to a culture that has three genders and pronouns that change depending on both the speaker’s and the other person’s gender, or “Ad Ast...
