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4.0 out of 5 starsThere is such a variety of sci-fi sub-genres I'm sure any reader will find plenty to enjoy
Reviewed in the United States on July 17, 2021
This anthology is made up of short stories written by members of the Science Fiction Novelists Facebook group. Disclaimer: although I don’t have an entry in this anthology, I am a member of this group. But that shouldn’t disqualify me from reviewing a book I thoroughly enjoyed. Science fiction is my favorite genre to read. I’m sure you would assume that since I just stated that I belong to a group of science fiction novelists. This anthology is a varied collection of all kinds of sub-genres. So you get a good mix in this collection. The stories that stood out for me was the wry humor of ‘Fine Print’, by Claudia Blood; the inventiveness of ‘Bounce’, by Marc Neufer; the justified surprise endings of ‘Formation’ and ‘Mate For Life’, both by David Viner; and the virtual realities of ‘The Unreality Onion’, also by David Viner; the richly-drawn alien world in ‘How the Forest-Watcher Undertook to Devise a Game’ and ‘Tumet’s Trap’, both by Jon Anthony Perrotti; the hard-hitting action of ‘Once a Commando’, by Frank Booker; the inept robots of ‘Upgrade This’, by Kayelle Allen, and ‘Millington’s Last Game’, by JJ Toner; and by JJ Porter is an exciting cat and mouse battle between an alien and a human. This list of favorites is purely subjective, other readers I am sure will choose their own favorites, but as the list is over half the stories this shows how much I enjoyed this collection. I’m sure any reader will find plenty to enjoy, also.
