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It is rare to read a short story collection where all the stories resonate with you. It was great seeing more of some of the characters from Defying Doomsday as well as meeting new ones.It was gratifying to see disabled people find their place in the rebuilding process, taking part in creating a new world.
The anthology is extremely well put together, in my opinion; the stories flow into each other very smoothly. That doesn’t mean that they are all the same, which couldn’t be farther away from the truth. In fact, they offer a broad range of diversity, often intersectional characters at their core. But the editor was very sensible in picking out elements that they share and thread them together into a delightful collection of thoughts about how rebuilding our society after an eventual collapse coul...
After the past few years of protests against encroaching fascism and state sponsored police violence on top of an actual real life pandemic, I've lost any interest in reading dystopian fiction. I don't need to read about society crumbling and violence and mayhem rising in the aftermath. For all I know I may be living that right now. What I want to read is stories with hope.That's why when I saw this anthology mentioned on Twitter I jumped on it. Each of the stories in this collection take place
this is!! some of the best and most soul-healing post-apocalyptic fiction I have ever read!! my heart is so warm
A bit biased since I have a story in this anthology, but my rating is based on the other stories in this collection, which are gorgeous, affecting, and complex. Envisioning the resilience and development of disabled communities after disaster is a powerful act of hope and resistance, since we’re so often excluded from those narratives. This collection does an excellent job of presenting multifaceted, deeply engaging possibilities for the future, and I’m thrilled to see the disabled SFF canon con...
Every story in here was great. Utterly inclusive, hopeful, beautiful stories. It was also nice to get follow-up on some of the characters from Defying Doomsday. Made me feel warm inside.
Yes, I am on a kickstarter kick, but yes I backed this kickstarter and probably you should too.
Apparently, hopepunk postapocalyptic stories squarely and thoroughly hit a button I didn't even know I had! I found each and every single story so. incredibly. satifsying. There's just something so delicious about people adapting to circumstances, the survival, farming, things being orderly and intentionally designed... mmmmm.
One of the things I really liked about this was that it really had multiple aims. I was mostly pleased to read stories about recovering and moving on from disaster. Too often, spec fic either is working to avoid the disaster or simply surviving after it. But this anthology was more… optimistic. Survival is not life, only a necessary prerequisite to it. And this book celebrated life.I was also glad to see that it was inclusive: unlike many other stories elsewhere, this book's stories weren't cent...
A follow up to Defying Doomsday, this anthology features stories in which disabled and chronically ill protagonists build new worlds from the remains of old ones. Some continue stories in the previous anthology and it was fun to catch up with those characters. These are interesting, fun, and creative. It's great - and thought-provoking - to see how accessibility, equality, and consideration of others can be built into structures and societies from the start, what changes, and what new problems a...
But obviously I'm biased, since I'm the editor.
This follow-up to Defying Doomsday has both continuations of stories in the first collection as well as completely new stories. Just like in the first, the premise of this collection is awesome - people with disabilities forming new lives and building a future together after an apocalypse. I think a lot of the stories in this were still a bit grim and angsty, though, when I was hoping for something a little bit more hopeful. Even so, there were a bunch of really great stories in this, including:...
I really enjoyed this anthology of post-apocalypse short stories with disabled protagonists.
Excellent collection! It's rare to read a collection with this many stories that are enjoyable. The theme is broad enough not to become tiring and narrow enough to be meaningful #hopepunk
I read this with a friend over a number of months and the generally hopeful vibe of the stories was a balm in difficult times.
Fantastic collection of stories challenging ableist views, with a cast of amazing characters in every story. Would recommend to everyone.
I need this anthology like I need air to breathe.I must know what happpens in the sequel to I Will Remember You
