The Dog Said Bow-Wow
by Michael Swanwick
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A really fun collection by Swanwick, for the most part lighter in tone than his death haunted collection Tales of the Old Earth. These tales use tropes of science fiction, fantasy, mythology, and trickster tales but plays with them and the reader’s expectation of the story. There is great range from dark jokes, pastoral visions, to epic battles. Highlights include all the Darger and Surplus tales (three of them…I hope Swanwick makes of novel on them), who are con men in a flamboyant bioengin...more
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Read in February, 2008
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Swanwick's one of the best science fiction writers around, and perhaps unequalled in the short story there. He is both a blast to read and a genre bomb-thrower, writing stories (like this collections "Legions in Time") which pointedly recreate some generic styles and conventions yet fully inhabit them as well. I find myself fully engrossed (what a story!) and reflexively analyzing (what kind of story?).
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Read in April, 2008
Absolutely fantastic short stories. Swanwick writes with a verve and imagination I have rarely seen in sf, and his fantasy is always fresh and fiesty. The only story I didn't love was "The Skysailor's Tale," which meandered.
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Read in December, 2007
Even though I am only halfway through it I am still going to go ahead and give it four stars. Between Swanwick, Willis and Kelly Link you would be hard pressed to find three better short story SF/Fantasy writers.
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Read in October, 2007
A fine collection of short stories. I rather liked the ones about the rogues in a post-singularity-type world ruled by bizarre biotech.
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Ok this looks really good it has science fiction stories in it which i always enjoy so this should be an interesting book to read.
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