A bittersweet tale of the arts in a collapsing world. The story spends a lot of time in the friendship drama, but does it well, showing how build world events affect children’s daily lives. This novella stars one preteen girl whose family is hiding her from this reality in elite private schools. So society has decided to mask women in public: leading to Bloody Thirteen parties where teenaged girls are masked publicly. This pandemic kills men horribly, but women of child bearing age are silent carriers. Great YA coming-of-age story set in a world where a global pandemic has made mask-wearing mandatory and controversial, just not the pandemic you like. A very literary story with a sense of wonder emanating from the span of a human life and what does or does not change. A wonderful character study of an elderly African woman who reminiscences about her life on the morning she wakes up early to watch her grandson’s voyage to asteroids for mining. A group of teen girls balance school, friendship, work, and building a rocket ship to travel to the moon. A gender-bent tale of backyard rocketships amongst friends. A great main character, really interesting use of full sensory life recordings, and a rich middle eastern world of description. After reliving many kinds of death she stumbles one apparent suicide that inspires an obsession to know more about that woman. An elderly woman escapes into the illegal parts of the Bahrain Bazaar to experience the recorded full-sensory deaths of other people. Quite the impressive story dealing with terminal illness through a science fictional lens. Over 65+ Science Fiction Anthology Reviews at Six Stories made The All Time Great List: It is also a long book, packed with stories. This is an excellent book, especially if you like fantasy as well. So it is a strong complement to Horton that this anthology recieves 88pts overall and a 3.94/5 average story score.
My tastes run much more exclusively towards the Science Fiction genre, so SFF joints tend to score lower on my scoring system.
That is what makes his anthologies so popular. He pulls stories from far beyond the traditional genre outlets without sacrificing the core of genre storytelling. Rich Horton has eclectic tastes in Science Fiction and Fantasy. STORY SCORE 3.94 OF 5ģ4 STORIES : 6 GREAT / 21 GOOD / 6 AVERAGE / 1 POOR / 0 DNF THE YEAR’S BEST SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY: 2021 EDITION
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