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Every story, worth the read.
This was mind blowingly good. I need to buy a copy.
Two of these made me cry so, thnx kaitlyn for the find
3.5 / 5 starsTo be honest, I'm not the biggest fan of sci-fi/fantasy writing but I thought this anthology would be a nice way to ease into the genre because if I didn't like one story there would be another shortly after. At the beginning, I really liked the concept of some of the stories (like major cities being flooded and tourist sites for diving etc) but I wasn't overly vibing with the style. The more I read the book however, the more I got into the right frame of mind and by the end of it I...
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Such an impressive collection. I thoroughly enjoyed most of these, which is not typically the case when I read anthologies. I found some new authors to follow and really connected with a lot of these in a surprising way!
I reallllly enjoyed this anthology!!! My two of my favorites were "Cat Pictures Please" and "Calved". I think they saved the best for the last. There were a lot of great stories in this, not anything I didn't much like. Others I enjoyed were "Otherwise", "Ours is Prettiest", "Driving Jenny Home" and the end story "The River's Children". There was one story I couldn't figure out why it was queer . . . ? Unless you consider age gap relationships queer? Maybe they are? Great, maybe I'm even queerer...
Most of these short stories were five stars, but I had some difficulty reading an anthology where each story had a different world and a different writer, so I’m going to round down. But definitely a 4.5. More thoughts to come
These stories are incredible. They are not only mind-blowing, but also so refreshingly inclusive of queer, trans, and non-binary folks. I found the first 3/4 of the anthology to be near perfect and at times extraordinary. The last 1/4 wasn't as strong, but I'm not deducting anything for that, because the majority of the selections were absolutely superlative. The list of contributors is impressive in itself. I hope SFF readers don't miss this opportunity to read some of the best writing of this
I had a whole bit to write about here that I decided to scrap. It was quibbling about whether the queer representations were necessary to the stories. It was in response to the forward by the editor. I get that there is a focus on queer anthologies but I guess I have always seen Spec Fic as being queer at its core. Star Trek, which can be argued isn't quite sci fi, has always had the captain pulling on his boots and interspecies relationships can be read in a multitude of ways. It just hasn't al...
This is an excellent collection of short stories who all have LGBT characters in them. Some of the stories are focused on the queer aspect, while others are about other things and happen to have queer characters. There is quite a variety of stories, including: near-future sci-fi, folktales retold, some historical fantasy, a story with drowned gods, a time travel story, a ghost story, far-future sci-fi, and assorted fantasy. Almost all were very excellent or really good, with only a couple that w...
This is a pretty fantastic collection of LGBTQ+ collection of stories. While maybe there was the odd one or two which maybe I didn't enjoy as much as the others I don't think there are any duds. Also, while it might seen silly given the theme of the anthology, I enjoy being able to pick up a story and see myself / us in it. Other than the selection of stories I also appreciated the introduction with the history of queer themed anthologies the editor was aware of, most of which I didn't know of b...
I really enjoyed 90% of this book. A couple of stories didn't do it for me--but that's pretty amazing odds when you're looking at a subject as broad as recent, Queer, Sci-fi and fantasy. These stories ranged from shapeshifter fiction to speculative fantasy and magical realism fairy tales. The definition of queer is broad and inclusive, and I was captivated by most of the stories. Pick this up and find some new favorite authors!
Real rating more like 3.5This was a good, varied bunch of stories that ranged from dark and heavy to light and fluffy. As a queer person it was really wonderful to *know* that I was going to see representation in every single story, even if it wasn't the main focus. It's hard to describe how amazing it feels to just securely know that you're going to see yourself/your community in what you're reading. The only reason I didn't give it a higher rating is because a lot of the stories didn't persona...
Like all short story collections, there were some great stories in here and some that were a little bland. Overall though I felt there was a very solid covering of a wide variety of queer idernjtient