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Aqueduct Press is a Seattle publisher of feminist science fiction. I have been working my way through their catalog. I liked the idea for this anthology but most of the entries were mediocre.Contents:Caveat Lector; Or How I Ransacked Wikipedias across the Multiverse Solely to Amuse and Edify Readers by L. Timmel Duchamp (2 stars)The introduction is only a single page and pales in comparison to the work of Ellen Datlow or Terri Windling.Mystery of the Missing Mothers by Kristin King (2 stars)I th...
This is an interesting study of how much cultural context is found in any wikipedia article. Fake articles from various (real) contributors, on obscure subjects, written in the stilted, encyclopedic style, paint vivid (and humorous) pictures of alternative realities: where time-machines are common household appliances; where Tolkien's mythos is taken seriously as a religion by a post-singularity consciousness; or where fictional characters are real and vice-versa.It could be a satire of wikipedi...
An enticing mix of fact and fiction - this right here is what I love, and also hate because I want to know more about thr stuff that isn't real! I absolutely enjoyed reading this and I wish there were more stuff out there like it.
science fiction
The thing I don't like about the five-star rating system is that a two star rating looks bad. It's not. I don't know why I feel the need to clarify that. This book is a collection of fake Wikipedia entries from alternate universes. Mostly what that means is that they're mash-ups of previously existing stories and "real" stories based on myths and fairy tales. Each story is formatted like a Wikipedia entry, with links embedded in the text. (Not much good on paper, but potentially fun if they're a...
