I wasn’t expecting that, as I really like several of the authors included. But even their stories were rather disappointing.
The first stories fit the best. They were short story length, felt complete, provoked thought and had some emotional impact. Many of the stories later in the book were a slog. They lacked centers or emotional content, or the characters and their situations were mildly unpleasant and pointless.
There were two stories I really looked forward to, but neither was very satisfying.
Sharon Lee/Steve Miller’s story I expected would be good, but I felt divorced from the main characters—they clearly loved and lusted for each other, but as they spent all their time working to become overlords for the entire human race, it was hard to like or respect them. The end was poignant, but not as strongly as it would have been had I felt any sympathy for the characters.
I bought the book for the Susan R. Matthews story, as she had dedicated her newest book to its main character. That one almost worked, but I felt there wasn’t enough character building done for the two men at the heart of the story, so I didn’t get enough of a sense of them until right at the end. That story felt like it should have been a book—it needed that much time for the plot to really engage you as deeply as it could/should have. I think I would have really liked it as a book. I am planning to reread that one to see if I was just missing something that would have it all make sense.
On other pieces: the issue is i’m not a weapons or tech person, so including lots of verbiage detailing armament, propulsion systems, etc. are words wasted on me. Several of the authors lapsed into tech idolatry and I had trouble keeping any interest in their stories. A few writers wrote stories that were a slog to read and felt like too much work for too little enjoyment.
I rarely regret buying an anthology as there’s generally somethin I’ll enjoy, but this book just left me feeling dissatisfied and tired of reading it.
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