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As with any anthology or compilation, this is hit and miss. Happily it's mostly hit, but when it misses, it really misses.Ray Bradbury's introduction is revealing yet neither as smart nor as poetic as we've come to expect from the master. Jay Lake's story Lehr, Rex is peppered with ridiculous sexist language yet still manages to be a fascinating speculative work. Adam Robert's Me-Topia starts out fine and continues on strong, but ends on a big "What?" Seriously, the ending is beyond puzzling.The...
Not one of my favorite anthologies.
This is a collection of short stories with an introduction by Ray Bradbury. As the title indicates it is an homage to the film "Forbidden Planet" now some fifty years old. Also as usual with collections some stories appeal more than others. The ones I liked best include 'Lehr, Rex' which contains not only references to Shakespeare's 'The Tempest,' which was the template for 'Forbidden Planet' but 'King Lear' as well. Also enjoyable were 'Passion Ploy' and 'Tiger, Burning.' That last is a very ni...
Like all anthologies, the quality of the stories varies, in this case, some 3's, 4's. and 5's. Hence, my final rating. I don't think any rate worse than a 3, so there is that. On the other hand, made-for-themed anthologies feel a bit stressed at times. Some stories feel like they were waiting for their moment and got massaged into fitting this particular tome, and others were specific efforts to supply a story meeting the required homage. It felt a bit thin at times and the King Lear/Forbidden P...
Added to Mt TBR because Dozois had many stories from this in his "Honorable Mentions" in the back of his 24th Year's Best. Now on hand, 2/9/21 TOC: http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?2...DRAFT, reading &review in progress. Promising.... • Introduction (Forbidden Planets), short essay by Ray Bradbury. Bradbury was asked to write the screenplay for the movie! He declined.• Passion Ploy [Luff Imbry], novelette by Matthew Hughes. A fine opener, an amuse bouche of considerable style by an old pro.
