This anthology of stories on the theme of being stranded shows how differently a group of authors can deal with a subject. From the title and the cover image I envisaged a clutch of tales about people left behind on alien planets but the authors interpreted the brief far more widely than that. There were inter-planetary stories of course, and a favourite of mine was XE, or People are Crazy. This was a really exciting adventure story with a great twist. I also particularly liked The Happy Place w...

I loved almost every story in this anthology, and still enjoyed the others. The idea for the No Way Home anthology something in each story has to relate to there being “no way home.” This leaves a lot up to the imagination, mixing classic science fiction tales in space with futuristic political rebellions. Either way, these stories were awesome.Even though the stories were short, there were unexpected twists and exciting endings. My favourite thing is when a short story ends on an unresolved not...

No Way Home was a solid read, and like every anthology I have ever come across, it had it's ups and downs along the way.When I first read the premise of these short stories, I thought it both an interesting and a hard theme to pull off in short story form. Establishing a concise and well-formulated beginning, middle and end is always a challenge when writing shorts, but the "No Way Home" theme invites the use of elaborate back stories and complicated plots that require a deftness of writing not

I thoroughly enjoyed this anthology of short stories. There's some excellent takes on the theme. A couple of them really stuck with me. One set in the near future America and the other about a soldier trapped in an endless war. All the stories are really good but those were the two that really stood out for me.

I was lucky enough to receive an advance review copy of this book. This is an excellent collaboration by some amazing authors. The unifying theme of no escape delves into the psyche and presents you with some stunning creativity. What would you do to survive? Would you go so far as to kill? These stories represent a promising future for those authors gifted in sci fi dystopian creativity. I am in awe of these authors.For my full, in depth review please go to www.akhinchey.wordpress.com. I tell y...

I received an ARC of No Way Home in exchange for an honest review:This anthology has a great premise. The unifying theme of being stranded grabbed my attention immediately, and the myriad ways that the authors explored the theme kept me interested all the way through. Every story was interesting, well-written, and utilized the theme in a different way. I really appreciated that diversity; reading a book-full of people simply stuck somewhere over and over would have been nowhere near as wonderful...

As you might guess “No Way Home” is a bunch of sci-fi short stories dealing with being stranded. Each of the short stories are excellently written - sometimes dark, saddening or scary, but each are page turners!Long live the reign of short stories!

Received Free ARC (Advanced Readers Copy) for Read-for-Review : Goodreads Group : Pro-Active Destruction: Harry MannersTo Sing of Chaos and Eternal Night (Lucas Bale): with the Widows, a soldier can fight forever, dying on the battlefield only live again to fight another day. In such a war the only very real question becomes, what are you fighting for? And what would you do if you knew the truth...XE, or People Are Crazy (S. Elliot Brandis): sometimes it doesn't matter how far you get from peopl...

One of the best Science Fiction Anthologies I've read. I found the whole book entertaining and gripping. The individual stories are linked by theme but not by content. Each of these authors have done a wonderful job. I cannot wait to read their individual works as well.

This anthology brings together a handful of authors and their stories under a common theme of being unable to return home. Each story brings something different to the theme and that, along with the quality of the writing that I enjoyed about reading this collection.A common issue with collections like this is the variance in quality between the stories. The anthology starts out strong with a couple of authors that I was already familiar with and after that point I half expected some filler, but...

Review: No Way Home, novella collection by Lucas Bale, J. S. Collyer et al Publication Date: 26th February 2015 ASIN: B00U2YDP24 Source:  Author provided review copy  Rating: 3* Synopsis:Stories From Which There is No Escape. Nothing terrifies us more than being stranded. Helpless, forsaken, cut-off. Locked in a place from which there is no escape, no way to get home. A soldier trapped in an endless war dies over and over, only to be awakened each time to fight again - one of the last remaining

“No Way Home” is an excellent collection of sci-fi stories based around the theme of being stranded. Every single story is a winner. As soon as I finished one, I was quickly intrigued by the next, from Lucas Bale’s haunting tale of a soldier programmed to fight endless war, to S. Eliot Brandis’ space explorer wandering a strange new earth, to S.W. Fairbrother’s tale of tourists returning to a desolate and dangerous Old Earth, to J.S. Collyer’s gritty “Grist”, a story you can taste and smell; to

Good, solid anthology with the premise of being "stuck" with no way of escape, no way out. Each story was pretty strong, with its own take on the main concept, from time travel to space travel to self-sacrifice.When I first picked up the book, I thought it was going to be a depressing read, but found most of the stories to be kind of uplifting.

I received [No Way Home] from author [Harry Manners] in exchange for a honest review. This collection of short stories with the theme of being stranded, in one way or another, was a thought provoking read.[To Sing of Chaos and Eternal Night] by [Lucas Bale] took me a few days to get past the beginning. The concept of a soldier who has lost all being and is just thought sent to robotic bodies and told to fight the enemy was interesting. As I stated, unfortunately, it was a slow start but the endi...

Usually I don't take to short story anthologies, I'm not a huge fan of shorter fiction because I feel like they either finish at the point where I'm beginning to really enjoy the story, or they end abruptly leaving the reader to draw their own conclusions as to what happens at the end. I'm lazy, I like to be spoon-fed by the author and I like neat endings tied up in pretty little bow! However this defied my expectations. And to be fair and open I should say that I know A.S Sinclair's work as Ale...

No Way Home is an anthology of speculative fiction containing novella-length stories from eight writers. This collection has been curated by Lucas Bale and edited by Alex Roddie, both accomplished authors in their own right who also contribute their own tales. I was offered an Advance Review Copy.The theme of this anthology is ‘stranded’, and it’s clear from the striking cover that this is going to be a bleak read! Fans of dystopian and post-apocalyptic fiction will adore No Way Home from cover

Strong, dramatic and thought-provoking stories, all with a powerful take-home message. I particularly enjoyed Renata, by Nadine Matheson -- truly well written, loved the descriptions of London -- and Revolver, by Michael Hicks -- hard to digest and scary, and yet if you look at the news you start wondering whether or not we are heading in that direction for real. All stories have unique takes on life and unique twists on the human race. A very enjoyable read.

Of all the authors of this anthology I already knew only its curator Lucas Bale. I'm happy I read it because the great cure he puts in his novels can be found here, it pervades every short story. All the authors are great and their stories left me wanting for more. Of some of them I'll surely read more in the near future.

As as a longtime friend of Lucas Bale, I begged him for an advance review copy of No Way Home in exchange for a honest review of the book. I'm glad he sent me that copy as overall I enjoyed the anthology of short stories and the different worlds exhibited through the text. The collection centres around stories with a single core theme of being stranded. It proves to be a premise which allows much scope for interesting development and diversity across a wide spectrum of variations; from physical

I do enjoy a good sci-fi read, so when I received a copy of this book, it was a little slice of heaven. With the overall theme of 'no way home', literally being stranded in some way, all of these short stories were fascinating reads of the various authors' interpretations of that theme. The following are some that particularly resonated with me:More of a blend of sci-fi and dystopia, Revolver, by Michael Patrick Hicks, was difficult to read because of its subject matter, but that didn't make it