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I absolutely loved this collection! All of the nonfic is really fantastic and I really liked most of the fiction pieces too. My favorite stories were The House on the Moon by William Alexander, Birthday Girl by Rachel Swirsky, An Open Letter to the Family by Jennifer Brozek, Heavy Lifting by A.T. Greenblatt, and The Frequency of Compassion by A. Merc Rustad, I would highly recommend reading at least those, though the whole issue is definitely worth reading.
I'll be delving into the rest of the tales in this anthology during my Short Stories 366 project over the year, but suffice it to say I really enjoyed the collection as a whole (the fiction portion especially). Unlike Queers Destroy Science Fiction!: Lightspeed Magazine Special Issue; The Stories (which I also enjoyed), this anthology didn't strike me anywhere near as relentlessly dark, and in fact, I'd say the majority of the stories came down on the hopeful/optimistic side. Story-by-story revi...
The collection of short stories and essays (I skipped the poems since I never reap any value from them) showed a variety of perspectives from people that experience different kind of disabilities and their take on old and new science fiction literature and cinema. It was quite opening and made me think about the sides of the story that I never before considered.The quality of short stories was rather uneven, but on the other hand I found all of the non-fiction very interesting to read, even the
My two favorite stories from this issue are "The Stars Above" by Katharine Duckett and "By Degrees and Dilatory Time" by SL Huang (one of the reprints, and a reread for me - it still really holds up!).
This collection made me want to read more short-form scifi because these stories were GREAT. They bring SO much creativity to visions of the future and meaningful representation of differently abled bodies, chronic illness, neurodiversity, etc. It includes fiction, personal essays, media critiques, and poetry. The main through line is that given the literally unlimited sandbox of SFF, it feels pretty fucking terrible to be a disabled reader and not see yourself imagined in these expansive future...
Absolutely, incredibly thankful I supported this book on Kickstarter.This is technically 4 stars for my rating, but I'm upping it to 5 due to it coming into my life at the perfect timing for two personal reasons: The first thing is that there a very high plausibility that I am autistic. I've been on and off considering getting diagnosed. Seeing all the autistic voices (and there were many!) in this book made me *cry*, and I've decided I want to go through with getting diagnosed. I also carry the...
Personal preference: I am going to pass on rating personal essays. I do not feel comfortable judging other people's life experiences, that is just not my place.That being said, the rest of the work was excellent and touched on aspects of ableism that I barely notice myself as a disabled, chronically ill person (whether that's due to internal ableism or just a lack of thought is another question, frankly I am not opening that can of worms in 2020).A quote that really had me weeping, however, was
