This book is full of thought provoking stories! I expected an over-riding "anti-social justice warrior" theme, but that was not the case. In fact, one of the later stories dealt with the dangers of racism and police profiling. I was particularly interested to read about the Hugo awards and the Sad Puppies controversy. This definitely gave me a different perspective on the whole situation. As with all anthologies, some stories were better than others but all of these are worth reading in my opini...

LMAO through most of these parodies of Social Justice Warriors group think and social posing. Humor helps a lot in dealing with people who are obsessed with the color of skin, their genitals, their religion affinity, how their ancestors were treated 500 years ago, the use of (pre-designed by them) "trigger words" and all things shallow and superficial to define themselves and everyone else. To outsiders they appear to be mentally ill but these stories do help those who eschew this hive mind life...

Thought-provoking, no pun intendedWhat could happen if society and the state decide that no one can be made uncomfortable or doffernt6? When equality in all ways is enforced? I particularly loved the stories by Brad Torgerson and L Jagi Lamplighter Wright

Most of the stories try too hard to make their point. A few are good, including the pieces by John C. Wright and Vox Day.

This book got a lot of play in the last year or so as "Milo" rose to (in)fame with his various political antics. And antics they are, watching him speak or reading his rants, it's pretty clear that regardless of whether he believes what says or not, he's not actually interested in anything but self aggrandizement. Mostly his positions are pretty poorly formed and rely on the misdirection of using non-PC language and/or personal attacks, taking everyone's attention off of the lack of substance to...

★★★½☆ Although this anthology starts with a very anti-SJW bias, not all stories shared that bias. True, some were too much on the nose—too polemic—too partisan—especially in the front of the anthology. Those authors littered their stories with SJW conceits, and told what I considered to be morality tales. Message fic is dreadful to me, no matter the ideology. However, many stories stood out as exemplary science fiction and fantasy. They envisioned a future or society where SJW dreams came true,

The Evil Legion of Evil Authors over an anthology of unabashedly Politically Incorrect visions, guaranteed to trigger correctthinkers! With an introduction by THAT MAN! (No, he did not write or edit the book, Amazon). I have already been blocked by Twitter three times for posting quotes. (But that isn't censorship when they do it, oh, no. #jesuismilo) I particularly recommend the non-fiction account of the true story of Sad Puppies, and John C. Wright's convoluted time travel story. I reserve t

Fun if uneven anthology. If it matches your worldview, you'll probably find this up your alley, and if not, you'll be unhappy with a sometimes heavy handed take on the Left. The nonfiction pieces were meh, but there were good short stories to be found. My favorites were Hymns of the Mothers by Brad Torgersen and World Ablaze by Jane Lebak, and honorable mentions to the contributions of John C. Wright, L. Jagi Lamplighter, and Vox Day. Alas, there were also some hamfisted duds (I now know to not

Some quick thoughts about Forbidden Thoughts overall: This is an all star lineup. I really enjoyed getting a chance to read so many of my favorite authors in one volume. The additional authors were awesome as well and really were additions to the book. The addition of a bit of nonfiction added to the work as well, giving a break when necessary to let the emotions catch up to where I was in the book. It was a good time and a good investment. There is one issue with FT though.Granted, I know this

Best SF anthology I've read in many years. Had given up on SciFi for a while because I'd lost interest. Read about the Hugo debacle and the Sad Puppy group and started checking them out. I enjoyed Milo's forward. He may be a provocateur, but he's interesting and thought provoking. The Razor Blade of Approval by Ben Zwycky was short, yet I relate to the inability to please the SJW crowd. Safe Space Suit by Nick Cole I thoroughly enjoyed. It was about the consequences of following progressive poli...

Научната фантастика още от създаването си флиртува с контра-културата, с антиестаблишмънта, с новите хоризонти на човечеството, с утопиите, с довеждане на различни тенденции в съвременното общество до техния абсурдистки резултат в бъдещето. Това е характерно общо взето за целия творчески свят - литература, кино, музика, журнализъм. За съжаление в последните двайсетина години голяма част от творческата "гилдия" в западния свят по някаква причина изостава от развитието на обществените идеи и настр...

A mixed bag. The usual suspects, such as Vox Day, are excellent. However, there are some stories, especially towards the end, where you have the me too crowd pretending to be part of the crowd.

A collection of mostly-bad, ham-handed message pieces written by political conservatives in response to mostly-bad, ham-handed message pieces written by political liberals over the last 20 years or so. Ironic? Well, only if you think that protesting the elevation of poorly-written science fiction with a politically liberal message (and therefore overlooking great science fiction lacking such a message) in the Science Fiction literary awards by writing terrible science fiction with politically co...

This is, at best, a mixed bag of "edgy" and "politically incorrect" science fiction stories. The good stories (more on those shortly) are very good or excellent. The rest are either amateurish, hastily written or so blatantly trying to shock that they are unappealing.I happened on this book while looking for something by Milo Yiannopoulos, someone who, up until three weeks ago, I'd never heard of. Suddenly his name was all over the news feed on my phone, children at a Berkeley set fire to their

I purchased and read Forbidden Thoughts. For the most part, I found it neither forbidden nor thoughtful. Rather, it was heavy-handed to the point of immobility, (mostly) poorly-written and consistently poorly edited. A couple of stories saved this book from the shame of a one-star review, but only barely.There were several non-fiction articles in the book, all but the introduction being recycled blog postings from the Big Three of Sad Puppydom, Tom Kratman, Larry Correia and Brad R. Torgersen. T...

Glad I stuck with itI didn't really care for the early stories in this book. A problem with "message fiction" is the risk of too much emphasis on the message, not enough on the story. That's what I felt was happening here; the message was so strong in some that it interfered with my ability to suspend disbelief in the setting.The later stories, though, were ones I enjoyed more. Oh, certainly the message was still there, but I didn't feel like I was being beat about the head and shoulders with a

I like the idea, and support what the authors are trying to do. But the book needed better editing. Both copy editing ("this is spelled wrong") and thoughtful editing ("this story doesn't work"). Too many of the stories were far to hamfisted in making their point. Overall, it's like a collection of fanfic, not a professional collection.

Like most thematic collections the stories range in how much I like them. There were certainly a good grouping of five star stories.Since the theme is sort of a reaction to SJWs you get everything from the basic parodying of their ideas, dystopias of their result of their ideas, to intricate stories where this plays a part.Nick Cole's "Safe Space Suit" (great title) takes a humorous road with serious consequences. I enjoyed it for the refrain and what actually happens when people become valuable...

The thought police. Abortions into school aged children. Gender transformation / surgery on toddlers. The future it pc culture didn’t take a massive hit. This book is amazing. And I love each story. Definitely recommend.

A collection of masturbatory far-right stories told by people increasingly angry that nobody wants the world they envision. Also, I’d strongly advise followers of Jesus Christ to avoid this book as it is an absolute affront to God.