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As the range of the stories extended from genre to genre it is hard to judge the book justly, or on face value. Each of these short stories deserve an individual rating as there were a few that personally I felt were not merely written, but rather crafted by solid penmanship and storytelling wit. But alas, there were a few that I couldn't continue reading due to their jargon and fast-pace.
surprisingly good anthology of "real" SF. hugely enjoyable.
A stunning science fiction anthology that has something for every taste. Contains stories from a diverse set of authors covering the whole spectrum of the science fiction genre. Highly recommended! Read full review
17 stories launched by objects in our cosmos, from Mercury out to Voyager I. What stories. What imagination. What tales of wonder. Adam Roberts’ 18th Century tale of a voyage to the moon turns itself inside out. Kaaron Warren delivers dreamchills in hallucinatory fashion. This idiosyncratic collection that fits together, somehow, like family, only without the awkward holiday dinners. Further shouts-out to Kameron Hurley’s “Enyo-Enyo” wanders through the system in an mysterious cycle, much like E...
The Lowest Heaven is the fifth Jurassic London anthology and the first to concentrate on a specific corner of the speculative fiction genre, science fiction. Of course, as it's been inspired by bodies in the Solar System, this isn't surprising and the stories included in this anthology show the breadth and depth of SF stories. There are some stories that are hard SF, some alternate history SF, some stories that could almost be considered mainstream, and everything in between. What results is a c...
https://nwhyte.livejournal.com/3604917.htmlAn anthology that seems to have coincided with an exhibition in Greenwich, with stories themed around parts of the solar system - starting with Mercury and working out to Voyager I. Got it as a prize from Strange Horizons. I thought a lot of these were very good, and wished I had got to them in time for Hugo nominations that year (2014). In particular the very first one, "Golden Apple" by Sophia McDougall, about a child dying of sunlight, and "The Comet...
An excellent collection, with an intriguing premise. I didn't love every story, but I didn't feel that there were any duds -- every story felt like a thoughtful, imaginative response to the challenge: writing stories inspired by the elements of our solar system, major, minor and even man-made.I was going to give this book 4 stars, out of sheer awkwardness, and the desire to resist "grade inflation," but then as I scanned the Table of Contents to remind myself of my clear favorites, I realized ho...
I enjoyed most of the stories in this. A couple I loved, one was written like 18th century military letters and I couldn't handle the stiffness of it so skipped.
The anthology begins with "Golden Apple", a story by Sophia McDougall about a sick young girl who undergoes a treatment that imbues her with light. Like Blake Charlton's story, "Heaven in a Wild Flower", in Unfettered, there's nothing more poignant than watching parents struggling with an ill child. McDougall grabs hold of that idea with both hands. The child suffers. Her parents and doctors and the reader orbit around her. There's symbolism there from a story written to represent the sun, aroun...
I like science fiction short stories; every writer should have to hone their art through the competitive publishing mill and master well structured and concise storytelling. This collection is a bit of mixed bag, as is often the case, with some excellent and original stories from new authors (well, to me anyway) nestling side-by-side with contributions from well established names like Adam Roberts (whose story I did not enjoy at all) and Alastair Reynolds (always a pleasure). There are definitel...
Some odd ones in this anthology. Recommended.
E.J. Swift's story Saga's Children was nominated for the British Science Fiction Association Award for Best Short Fiction in 2014. It's the only story in the book that I've read so far, though the book looks great and I hope to get to it soon. I'm a bit overwhelmed with short fiction at the moment. If you'd like to read Swift's story it's also posted online, at least as of the time of this review.Saga's Children was a pretty good story most of the way through, the kind of story people who vote f...
My friend has a story (I just like saying that) in this lavish anthology, with its beautiful cover and an appropriate image from the collection at the Royal Observatory paired with each tale. The collection is themed around the solar system, with a diverse range of subjects. Some stray more towards horror than sci-fi, others are set firmly on Earth but feature a celestial object as story catalyst. Standouts for me were "An account of a voyage from World to World again, by way of the Moon, 1726"
Three stars, because this is such a mixed bag of contemporary science fiction - by design - that the great ones are roughly equal to the dreadful ones. Conceptually, these stories are sequenced by proximity to the center of the solar system. The opening story begins with the sun and we move outward along planets, moons and comets on our way to the final story about Voyager I. As chance would have it, this collection starts and ends with fantastic stories. Alastair Reynolds' familiar themes of hu...
