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Being a microfiction, this is a read that you really have to stick with past the first 70 pages. That's when you really begin to understand just what the heck is going on, and who the characters you're dealing with are. That said, there were many story lines that simply seemed to peter out. For instance, the ones with the orphans on Avenir; I would have loved to see more of them, simply because--yes, please, futuristic Oliver Twist-esque scenarios and little kids stealing things from rich people...
I was dubious about reading this book at first, the concept of a numerous writers creating interlocking stories while simutaniously defining a shared world seemed a bit gimicky. Boy was I wrong. Yes there were some story lines I didn't engage with but the majority made regret the speed at which I turned the pages. I hope Volume Two is available at the next NZ Sci-Fi Convention at Easter.
Review of the Kindle version. It's a lot better than you think, given that it's a shared-world collection of microfiction.The book's a series of tales based on the world of Avenir Eclectia. Imagine Thieves' World, but in space and with shorter, linked stories. Avenir is the space station colony above the planet Eclectia, and it's host to a wide variety of life. Sea-based telepathic fish called Angels, giant bugs people hunt in the deserts, cybernetically enhanced Franks, VR Gamers and Dreamers,
Some good writing but the constantly shifting POVs was difficult for me. A couple of the story-lines were novel worthy and I'd like to see them expanded upon. The overall setting is intriguing. Again, it was the constant shifting of characters and focus that made it difficult for me to maintain interest.
I have to say that I was pleasantly surprised by this impulse buy at the Realm Makers 2013 conference.I was expecting an anthology of loosely related short stories fit only for quick reads during fifteen minute breaks at work. But what I got was an amazingly well constructed story world populated by well developed reoccurring characters. These characters acted in really intricate plots and interacted across multiple story lines constructed by various authors. Major applause goes to Grace Bridges...
I really enjoyed this book, very engaging and full in interesting stories. As with any collection of stories, there were some stories I liked better then others. Travis Parry and H.A. Titus were my favorite authors. Fred Warren was my least favorite and I even skipped some of them because they were to bizarre for my taste.Many of the characters appear in more then one story and over the course of the book, you get to know them and the culture of Avenir Eclectia.I loved the style of this book. I
I picked up my copy of this book at a recent convention because I was fascinated by the concept of a world created to be shared. Each story in this collection is very short (between 1 to 3 pages), which is totally different to my norm - I'm more of a novel person. I discovered that I love this kind of flash fiction. I can devour a few stories then go off and do something else, but the world and its characters are still there in the back of my mind, enticing me to come back and read more.This col...
This was a hard book to read. It's billed as multi-author microfiction. It is an anthology of flash fiction, but many of the stories are serials. Yet instead of stringing each serial separately, the editors have interwoven them. So you spend a couple of pages with Ernsto, then you get yanked into Zana's storyline, then into Reece's, and by the time you get back to Ernsto you've almost forgotten where he was… The jumping back and forth is distracting, and kind of frustrating.Novels do this kind o...
