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Wonderful eerie stories exploring our relationship with nature; fantasy, horror and SF combine to create very impressive short fiction collection Full review - https://www.runalongtheshelves.net/bl...
Wonderful first collection from Marian Womack, essential reading for any fans of short fiction, or of 'new weird' writing in general. Some fantastic(al) imagery throughout, especially in the longer stories.
A luminous collection of beautiful and haunting short stories. In every story, the world and the people and creatures in it seem in the process of changing and transforming. Landscapes, animals and humans seem to shiver between dream and nightmare, between one state of being and another and the stories capture that uncertain state in all its dark glory.Dark, weird, and memorable speculative fiction.
Highlights include "Orange Dogs", "Little Red Drops", "The Ravisher, the Thief", "Kingfisher", and the exceptional "Black Isle".
Review coming soon over at Weird Fiction Review.It's up: over there now: check it out!
These are gorgeously written and chilling stories of worlds in which nature has responded to our abuses in strange and uncanny ways. Most take place in post-climate changed worlds, in which animals have taken on the role of mythological beings, the familiar landscape has been warped and changed by encroaching waters and shifting biomes, and the beautiful is made monstrous—though always in the way of quiet, creeping dread. These are subtle stories that stick with you long after reading. "Orange D...
I loved Lost Objects because of its exquisite prose, mesmerizing imagery, and apocalyptic/postapocalyptic vision that was anything but dark and depressing. Womack has the gift of bringing other/future worlds to life such that we lose ourselves completely in her vision. I enjoyed "Black Isle" because of its nuanced exploration of the impacts of bioengineering on an ecosystem. I loved "The Ravisher, The Thief" for its unsettling take on spontaneous black holes popping up around the planet and a su...
If you enjoy apocalyptic, weird fiction with a little bit of horror, you'll enjoy this collection of short stories. Marian Womack speculates what the world might look like in our future if climate change is not addressed. Some of the stories, I didn't really understand. But her prose is beautifully written, and if you read this for nothing else, read it for "Kingfisher"."Perhaps this was what getting older meant, realising that you cannot fix everything.""...after years of expensive academic edu...
Me gusta mucho lo que cuenta, me gusta mucho como lo cuenta, pero no me gusta nada como lo resuelve. Siempre termino con la sensación de un cierre en falso, un "este... ¿Qué acabo de leer? Entiendo que, como lector, se me exige un trabajo interpretativo, pero lo cierto es que doy para lo que doy, y la weird fantasy me supera un poco. Me ocurre lo mismo con Nina Allan, Karin Tindbek o Anna Starobinets. Eso no significa que no me haya gustado, algunos me han gustado muchísimo, pero casi siempre co...
Lost Objects is a beautiful, haunting eulogy to our planet.
This collection lingered long after I'd finished it. It's a beautifully written warning to the modern world about what we're doing to the planet and each other.I had also thought for most of my life that seahorses weren't real, and when Jonas explained to me that they had really existed I laughed at him. I thought they were mythological creatures like fairies or unicorns. No, unicorns had apparently existed as well, he claimed. But I knew he was wrong. He was just too arrogant to admit it. - "Ki...
Womack blends near-future climate-anxiety kitchen sink dramas (a la Kate Marvel) with weird surroundings and storylines and compelling characters to create a story collection that is unlike anything else I've ever read. Highly recommended.
Buen libro de relatos de Marian Womack con un fuerte componente “weird” que explota en los finales, siempre desconcertantes y a un paso de lo inexplicable. Aunque hay motivos que se repiten —la naturaleza en declive, el simbolismo de las aves, la pérdida…— y el parentesco entre los distintos relatos es claro, Womack juega con distintos registros y consigue un libro variado. Personalmente me quedo con “Little Red Drops” y su juego de referencias, lo sugerente de “The ravisher, the thief” y el mun...
Coincido en un 70% con las filias temáticas que se muestran aquí. Si encima la autora tiene ideas buenísimas, y un ojo para la ambientación que da miedo, pues cómo no me va a gustar. Alguno de los relatos es demasiado weird para mí, pero mira, no me voy a quejar.
A day does not go by when the news does not feature global warming or a certain animal on the endangered list. This book contains 10 short stories exploring the impact of extinct creatures, a lack of food and changing climates, Regardless which story your read, you soon come to realise that every story is beautifully written. The descriptive style of this author made me feel that I was going on a discovery and as I followed each character I was instantly submerge in their story. Some of the sto...
