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After: Nineteen Stories of Apocalypse and Dystopia

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If the melt-down, flood, plague, the third World War, new Ice Age, Rapture, alien invasion, clamp-down, meteor, or something else entirely hit today, what would tomorrow look like? Some of the biggest names in YA and adult literature answer that very question in this short story anthology, each story exploring the lives of teen protagonists raised in catastrophe’s wake—whe...more

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Published October 9th 2012 by Hyperion Book CH

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Oct 26, 2012 karen rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: why-yes-i-ya, the-end, hey-shorty

i know that this collection is a YA collection, but it really doesn't read like one. usually in YA collections, there is sort of a range of stories, qualitatively, that reflect the range of teen readers, from stronger to more reluctant readers. but these stories, even the ones i wasn't totally crazy about, are completely sophisticated and could be included in any adult fantasy collection. well, mostly. there is the "meh" one that didn't really do anything for me, and seemed a little young.

oh, YA...more

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Jul 02, 2012 Trudi rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: apocalyptic-types, dystopia, short-stories, young-adult, netgalley, arc, on-my-kobo, 2012-reads, science-fiction

Short story collections and anthologies are always a mixed bag for me. Not only do I struggle with my own personal hang-ups when it comes to the short story format itself, you pretty much know going in to any anthology there will be hits and there will be misses. If you're lucky, a few will emerge as outstanding pieces of awesomeness, and I'm thankful to report I experienced that here.

Two things attracted me to this collection: 1) Ellen Datlow (editor extraordinaire) and 2) you had me at dystopi...more

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May 13, 2013 Hailee rated it 4 of 5 stars

Hailee Christman
Datlow, E., & Windling, T. (2012). After. ; Nineteen Stories of Apocalypse and Dystopia. Hyperion Books for Children.
Short Stories
Selection Process: Reviewed in VOYA, December 1, 2012

The subtitle of After states that the collection entails “nineteen stories of apocalypse and dystopia” and each story centers around one specific question: What would happen if the world ended? A well collected mix of up and coming and popular young adult authors answer this question through shor...more

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Dec 11, 2012 Aditi (READioactive Book Blog) rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: anthology, read-in-2012

The main reason I was waiting for AFTER was because it contained a story by Sarah Rees Brennan and being a big fan, I could hardly contain myself.
The other contributors include Carrie Ryan, NK Jemisin and Beth Revis but I haven't read them yet.

FAINT HEART by Sarah Rees Brennan

Wow. If Unspoken made you laugh till your stomach cramped then Faint Heart would make you sit up and notice the complete turn-about of Sarah Rees Brennan. Here I used to think she had a gift for making people laugh - but F...more The main reason I was waiting for AFTER was because it contained a story by Sarah Rees Brennan and being a big fan, I could hardly contain myself.
The other contributors include Carrie Ryan, NK Jemisin and Beth Revis but I haven't read them yet.

FAINT HEART by Sarah Rees Brennan

Wow. If Unspoken made you laugh till your stomach cramped then Faint Heart would make you sit up and notice the complete turn-about of Sarah Rees Brennan. Here I used to think she had a gift for making people laugh - but Faint Heart is a story about a futuristic world all gone wrong. Violence runs like blood in the streets of the city. The utilitarian, oppressive governing bodies all hell-bent to make the world a "perfect" place. This is no laughing matter.

To contain the crime rate within acceptable limits, unmarried men are bound to participate in Trials that are held every 25 years. They fight each other to death. The prize, the "bloodstained trophy" the winner gets - is the hand of the Queen. Such an ironic mix of the age old fairy tale in which the champion wins the hand of the fair maiden and The Hunger Game-ish fight till death senseless violence that is Dystopia. The prize - the Queen, is considered to be less of a person and more of a perfect face - perfect symmetry, flawless skin, clear blue eyes. An ideal standard of beauty : not natural but made with human technology and coveted by the ordinary women in the city. What if she had feelings and a mind of her own?
The Queen never changes. She is eternal. A nod to cloning here.
The Trials are in itself supposed to be how they were in the medieval era. replete with a hybrid technologically created Monster to wage a battle against.

The characters are brilliant. In such less page time, SRB manages to create memorable characters. I don't know how she does it.

The killer ofcourse is the cliffhanger ending. Such a terrible cliffhanger that I turned the page mechanically, completely absorbed in the story --- and jerked to a stop. That was it. The story ended right after a twist.
My reaction was -
WTF. This can't be true. *turns back pages* It is true. WTF!!!

Cruel That Brennan woman is just plain cruel!! And a brilliant story teller, but mainly cruel.

I recommend all fans of Dystopia to check out this story. With time, I will read the rest of the anthology but at the moment I am satisfied having my mind blown by this one gem.

ps. Have you realized, the Dystopian future of our world looks so much like the past that has gone by? Specially the medieval times. The violence, the oppression, the great acts of love? (less)

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Oct 25, 2012 Skyla rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: apocalypse, american-author, awesomeness, bad-government, books-i-own, brit-lit, canadian-author, aussie-fiction, cool-author, cover-matches-book, creepy, dark-subject-matter, dystopia, dystopia-romance-fail, first-time-reading-this-author, given-as-gift, international-stories, ya, what-if, real-life-issues, short-stories, romance-with-dirty-windows

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The Segment by Genevieve Valentine:
(American)
At first I was like "This makes absolutely no sense", but as time went on I realized what these "segments" were and then I was truly frightened. Hiring kids to act out things like a war and have propaganda videos made and shown to the upper public as if the war is real is kind of an awesome idea.

4/5

After the Cure by Carrie Ryan:
(American)
At first I thought this was set in The For...more

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May 09, 2013 librarianemily rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: pllnj-review

"After" is a collection of stories about dystopian societies and post- apocalyptic life. This was a great collection for anyone (teen or adult) who is interested in dystopian fiction- most of the stories were well-developed and worked as short stories, although a few fell short of the mark. There were at least two I am hoping the authors develop into full-length novels- Carrie Ryan and Sarah Rees Brennan, I’m looking at you! I really loved Susan Beth Pfeffer’s section too- I’ve read her Moon boo...more

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Apr 08, 2013 Bonnie McDaniel rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: dystopia, young-adult, fiction, anthology, post-apocalyptic

With any anthology, there's always something of a risk. The subject matter may not appeal, the story quality may vary, the editor's tastes may not line up with yours. On the other hand, if you do run across a bad story or stories, there's almost always good ones to balance them out. In this anthology most of the stories are good (with one glaring exception). The subject matter--exploring what takes place after the world ends--is as varied as the authors' imaginations. (Surprisingly, there's no p...more With any anthology, there's always something of a risk. The subject matter may not appeal, the story quality may vary, the editor's tastes may not line up with yours. On the other hand, if you do run across a bad story or stories, there's almost always good ones to balance them out. In this anthology most of the stories are good (with one glaring exception). The subject matter--exploring what takes place after the world ends--is as varied as the authors' imaginations. (Surprisingly, there's no post-nuclear-war scenario. I guess that's too cliched.) Within these pages are zombies, nanites, climate change, societal breakdowns of various kinds, and a wide array of young men and women trying to cope with their strange new worlds.

My favorite stories are "Blood Drive," by Jeffrey Ford (hands down the best story in the book), which had me alternately laughing and being horrified by his dead-on depiction of the NRA's ideal world--teenagers packing guns to school and killing each other, grafted onto a backdrop of a Tea Party government on steroids: mandatory church attendance, abortion bans, "standing up to the Mexicans," (whatever that means; the overall theme of the story gives it an ominous tinge) and discrimination against gay people. (What's most disturbing is that with the current political scene in the United States, how plausible this scenario actually is.) "Fake Plastic Trees," Caitlin R. Kiernan's offering, sucked me in with its clever unreliable narrator, to the point where even after I finished the story, I wasn't sure how it ended. Susan Beth Pfeffer's nasty little tale "Reunion" is a shocker, a quick stab to the heart.

The only clunker is Gregory Maguire's "How th'Irth Wint Rong by Hapless Jory @Homeskool.Guv." (Just typing that title made me dislike it all over again.) The idea is interesting--the Hadron Supercollider plunges half the earth into some sort of mist-shrouded alternate dimension--but the execution is horrid. The story is written entirely in an ungrammatical, misspelled, brain-twisting dialect that drove me straight up a wall. Thank goodness the story was only seven pages long, or I would never have finished it. I hate hate hate cutesy gimmicks like this. (Of course, this is a personal pet peeve--your mileage may vary.)

I checked this book out from the library, but I think it would be worth your dollars. (less)

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Mar 03, 2013 Paula Phillips rated it 3 of 5 stars

With Dyslit on the rise in teenage literature, several authors decided to bond together and create an anthology of contributions which lead to the release of the Dyslit Anthology "After" which contained nineteen stories of both the apocalypse and dystopia. Each story represents the aftermath of the society whether it be from the catastrophic event of the Apocalypse or the aftermath of an accident like an earthquake which released a virus into the air causing the humans to become infected ?
There...more With Dyslit on the rise in teenage literature, several authors decided to bond together and create an anthology of contributions which lead to the release of the Dyslit Anthology "After" which contained nineteen stories of both the apocalypse and dystopia. Each story represents the aftermath of the society whether it be from the catastrophic event of the Apocalypse or the aftermath of an accident like an earthquake which released a virus into the air causing the humans to become infected ?
There were like most short story anthologies, tales that I tried to read and couldn't get through as they bored me but then amongst them were tales that I was engrossed in and loved. Some of my favourites included "The Segment" by Genevieve Valentine - in which the news is now faked and it is the job of the lowers to provide im
ages of what might have been on the news for those Uppers to see. However, doing a great job and fooling the world is not as great as it is cracked up to be and can end in some deathly consequences as Poppy will learn. After the Cure by Carrie Ryan who is famouse for her Supernatural books takes us into the world of what happens when Vampires are cured from a disease and allowed to return to their former human self. Valedictorian by N.K Jemisin reminded me a cross between the Eve series by Anna Carey and Bumped/Thumped series by Megan McCafferty as we meet Zinhle who if given the chance has the possibility to live outside of the Firewall and in a world filled with A.I. Reading this anthology, you will also come upon authors who tend to write a specific genre e.g Beth Revis with her science fiction series which is reflected in her short story " The Other Elder" which is set in Space.
Like most anthologies, in "After" there is a story and something for everyone. You might not enjoy all of them but their will be a couple or more favourites hidden in the pages just for you.

This book will be enjoyable for those who have also read the anthologies by Trisha Telep and the new Dystopian Fantasy anthology Shards and Ashes by Kelley Armstrong and Melissa Marr.
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Feb 02, 2013 Grace rated it 3 of 5 stars

I really have to stop trusting io9 reviews. Every few months I fall for a glowing review, and each time I end up remembering that the reviewer and I clearly have very different tastes.

I intentionally didn't read the author names until right now, so I note with delight and a bit of "well, duh" that one of the stories ("Valedictorian") I liked most was penned by NK Jemisin. Some stories I liked for the writing, others for the concepts. Here they are grouped:

Hooray!
The Segment, Genevieve Valentine
A...more

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Jan 06, 2013 Eric Townsend rated it 2 of 5 stars

I received an ARC of After which is a collection of nineteen different post-apocalyptic dystopian short stories from the awesome people at ARCycling, whom I sincerely hope will forgive this review for taking so long to surface. I had initially intended on just writing about my top three stories (because I like to focus on the positive) but I really struggled to get into this collection and an honest representation would be to do my top three most memorable ones instead (good or bad) in reverse o...more

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Dec 23, 2012 Charlotte rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: advanced-readers-copy, nook

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After consists of nineteen stories by some of your favorite YA authors like Garth Nix, Susan Beth Pfeffer, and Gregory Maguire to name a few. The stories range in varying degrees of terrifying. Like teens who live in a world where everyone carries a gun to school. Teens who are on a spaceship, and another story features a crucial game of baseball played with the Creepies are just a few examples of what imaginative stories you will find in this book.

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Sep 23, 2012 Savannah (Books With Bite) rated it 4 of 5 stars

I love dystopian stories. There are so many possibilities that any story facing some uncertain future always manages to capture me.

Now, I know most don't like short stories, but I do. Let me tell you why? Short stories are quick to the book and for me, leave me wondering what more could happen if the author expand the story? I love that short stories gives the reader a quick glance of what life is like and then close with questions.

As I read through these stories several stood out to me. Now onl...more

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Mar 22, 2013 Joti rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. It was great! There was a lot of different takes on what the world could look like after some sort of disaster went down/end of the world stuff
My favourites were definitely "AFter the Cure" By Carrie Ryan about how people were rehabilitated after being monsters & how they killed & ate people & now, Vail, a girl who used to be a monster, still feels that bloodlust & she knows this boy James who she saves one night when the monsters come to her door.
"The Other Elder" by Beth Revis...more

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May 21, 2013 Spike Gomes rated it 4 of 5 stars

I don't usually read YA Fiction for a variety of reasons. If I had known it was a YA collection, I probably would never had gotten it, despite my love for dystopian literature. All in all, I was pleasantly surprised by how dark and complex most of the stories were. I'm not going to go into a detailed breakdown of each one. Some are better than others. Some grated on me a bit by having some rather ideological ham-handedness to their plot and characters (generally speaking, if I can figure out the...more

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Mar 04, 2013 Candace rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: locus-recommended, young-adult, dystopian, short-stories, post-apocalyptic

Datlow and Windling's YA anthologies are always worth reading. The first one I read was The Faery Reel: Tales from the Twilight Realm in 2004. That book was worth reading for its introduction and its list of Further Reading alone. It introduced me to The King of Elfland's Daughter and Stardust . For months, I was obsessed with faeries, reading novel after novel from the list. I also read their anthology The Green Man: Tales from the Mythic Forest which has all the same great information, Further...more

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Feb 06, 2013 Melissa rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: dystopia-post-apocalyptic, cover-lust

I was really excited for this book, like hyperventilating in a bag excited cause i LOVE post-apocalyptic stuff, but i have to say it wasn't as mind-blowing as i thought it would be. Some of the story didn't seem to even belong in this book let alone the genre. A couple authors wrote stories in the world as their other books, which i don't mind. I mean, they're supposed to be post-apocalyptic/dystopian masters right? Like with all anthologies i read, i give each story its own review because each...more

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Feb 12, 2013 Whitney Garrett rated it 2 of 5 stars

This book was a mixed bag. Which, given its short-story-by-different-authors nature, is understandable. While I didn't enjoy over half the stories, a few did stand out to me: "The Segment," "After the Cure," "Valedictorian," "All I Know of Freedom," "Faint Heart," and "The Easthound." The only ones that I would like to read more of were "The Segment" and "Faint Heart," especially "Faint Heart." I did enjoy "The Other Elder," but this may only be because I've read "Across the Universe."

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Jan 30, 2013 Celeste_pewter rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I was really excited when I heard about this collection. I was in the middle of a apocalypse/dystopian mood, and this collection seemed like it had everything I would want. Unfortunately, it didn't really turn out to be the case.

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Book overview:

Nineteen authors come together to write stories about the apocalypse/dystopian settings. Authors include Beth Revis, Susan Beth Pffefer and Carrie Ryan.

***

I think where the book suffered, was that it felt like more of a vehicle for authors to promote t...more

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Aug 21, 2012 Ellen rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: written-reviews

I’m not much of a fan of short stories because I always want more. I adore dystopia books and that is what drew me to this book. Unfortunately the not being a fan of short stories took over and the book was unable to grab my full attention. I did not read this in one sitting or a few days, instead I would read one story, walk away and read another some other day.
All the authors are very talented and I wish I could say I loved the book, but if there was a single full length novel of some of the...more

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Apr 11, 2013 Andrew rated it 4 of 5 stars

This is a fantastic book and I will not try and compete with all the other great reviews out there. However two things I would like to draw attention to. The first is the introduction which tells of the history of dystopia literature and tries to explain its appeal - in sensible and mature ways. Sometimes I find a style or type of work gets a label and that label then becomes almost a derogatory designation for that work. And this introduction goes a long way to not only dispel that but also sho...more

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Aug 20, 2012 Reving rated it 4 of 5 stars

After is a volume of collected short stories all with a dystopian theme. Some of these stories are un-put-down-able! If that isn't a word, it should be. There were many that I want more, more, more from and wished that I could find out what happened before and after After.

The variety is wide. There are some that were good, but were too science fiction for my taste- no fault of the story, I just don't love science fiction. Some were too high fantasy for me as well. Again, good writing, just not...more

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Apr 02, 2013 TheSaint rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: post-apocto, ya

A little uneven, but the best stories are truly top-notch.
Any writer who wants to take a stab at non-standard English should read the Gregory Maguire super-short offering. It doesn't get really creepy till the last paragraph, but it makes you want to read the whole thing over again.
I also liked Caitlin R. Kiernan's exploration of a world where nanobots were pressed into service to feed 9 billion earthlings, but spectacularly over-promised and under-delivered. At least there weren't 9 billion of...more

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Nov 17, 2012 Tim rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: science-fiction, fantasy

I won this book in a giveaway.

The book started out pretty well, a few interesting stories and one exceptional one "After the Cure" by Carrie Ryan. That story was evocative and haunting and moved me and stuck with me. I felt changed by it. Everything I want in a story.

Heading towards the middle of the book there was a run of stories that were awful. My particular point of view is that no matter how "well written" a story is, if the subject matter is just unrelenting awfulness I'm going to dislike...more

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Jan 21, 2013 Lori rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: apocalyptic, young-adult-fiction, short-stories

This is a collection of 19 short stories of apocalypse and dystopia.

It's a mixed bag for me as are most short story collections. Some stories grab you and some you just can't get into. I had high hopes though because these were all apocalypse/dystopia based. I have a hard time with short stories. I always want to know what happened before, what happens after. After I've read a couple that feeling usually goes away and I can appreciate the brevity and just enjoy the snapshot of a story.

All that b...more

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Nov 05, 2012 Lynne Premo rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: young-adult, postapocalyptic

Short stories are a hard literature form to do well: Despite being the soul of wit, brevity is often not a strong suit for writers. "After" demonstrates that you don't need a 7-book series of 700-page tomes to do good storytelling. Dealing with topics of dystopia and apocalypse as they relate to young adults, the 19 individual stories (well, one is a poem) vary widely in their approaches and specific subjects. Although all rate a "pretty darn good" IMHO, some will linger longer than others. For...more

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Nov 20, 2012 Lianne Burwell rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: apocalypse, short-stories, ya, library

After hits the currently popular overlap of young adult dystopian and apocalyptic fiction. The Hunger Games really kicked off the craze lately, although the resurgence of zombie stories help as well. Most of the stories were centered on female heroes, which seems to say something about who is particularly drawn to these stories.

I won't go into all of the stories, but here are a few of my favorites

After the Cure by Carrie Ryan (author of the zombie series that starts with Forest of Hands and Teet...more After hits the currently popular overlap of young adult dystopian and apocalyptic fiction. The Hunger Games really kicked off the craze lately, although the resurgence of zombie stories help as well. Most of the stories were centered on female heroes, which seems to say something about who is particularly drawn to these stories.

I won't go into all of the stories, but here are a few of my favorites

After the Cure by Carrie Ryan (author of the zombie series that starts with Forest of Hands and Teeth) tackles the question of what happens if you can cure the zombie (28 Days Later style, not walking dead). Society doesn't want the cured people back, and the cured people may want to go back to what they were, where things were simpler, but the cure is permanent and cannot be undone. The heroine in the story lives on the edge of society, torn between what she is and what she was.

NK Jemisin is an author I have recently discovered, and really enjoy. In Valedictorian, we get another outsider. The heroine lives behind the Firewall. The lands outside have been conquered? Taken over? No one really seems to know for sure. All they know is that every year, a tithe is paid out of the graduating classes of the bottom ten percent, and the top grade earner. The heroine is too stubborn to not try to be the best, and too proud to not take the easy way out (pregnant girls are not taken).

Reunion by Susan Beth Pfeffer is a rough one to read. After a horrific regime is overthrown, a mother looks for her lost daughter with the help of her less-favoured daughter, and you begin to wonder if the new regime is truely any better.

I really enjoyed Rust With Wings by Steven Gould for reasons outside of the story. The story is set in the early days of the event that created the setting of the author's recent novel, 7th Sigma, which I read recently and thoroughly enjoyed. As the metal-eating bugs start to spread, a family tries to drive out of the affected zone, only to run into trouble. My only real complaint was that the mother was a little *too* innefectual.

The Easthound by Nalo Hopkinson reminds me a lot of the episode of classic Trek, where kids are the only survivors of a plague that kills everyone as they hit puberty. Except, instead of killing them, this plague turns them into something like a werewolf that hunts and kills kids. This is definitely an end of the world scenario, since no reproduction can happen before a kid 'ripens' and becomes a killing monster.

Fake Plastic Trees by Caitlin R Kiernan felt like a version of Greg Bear's Blood Music. Nano machines that convert any type of fuel into plastic escaped the lab and converted a lot of the world into plastic before a 'switch off' is found. A girl in one of the protected compounds decides to see what is on the other side of the bridge, and finds something that changes everything.

The Marker by Cecil Castellucci is set in a future where 'Paters' check all babies to decide if they have deviated too much from the norm to be allowed to live and reproduce. When a new illness kills everyone who is 'four for four' (you must be at least 'three for four' on the checks to be allowed to live), a young pater/counter must decide whether or not to follow the established plan.

There were a few stories that didn't work as well. The illiterate scrawl of the narrator in Gregory Maguire's story annoyed the heck out of me, despite the interesting ideas of the story. The Garth Nix story is a prequel to an older book of his, and it just didn't work for me on its own. And another story, built around fairy tales tropes, just stopped, like it was the opening chapter of a middle-grade book.

Still, a very strong collection of stories.(less)

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Dec 30, 2012 Ariadne rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: short-stories, dystopian-post-apoc

I was lucky enough to have won a copy of this book through Goodreads! Many thanks to both Goodreads and the publisher for giving me the opportunity to read and review this title.

I should start by saying that I don’t read many short story collections. I often find myself listless when I do – I grow weary of the short form easily. That said, I am glad I read this book. It is such a varied collection of ideas. And what ideas too! I was impressed with how unique and distinct each story was.

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Jan 03, 2013 Nikki Abernathy-Francis Whiteley rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: won

I am enjoying reading one or two of these each night before drifting off to sleep. My favorites so far are Reality Girl (interesting characters), The Easthound (really clever story structure and writing), Valedictorian (wanted more, creative world building), The Segment (interesting concepts) and After the Cure (though provoking and innovative twist to zombies). Visiting Nelson dragged for me and I didn't find it worth my while at the end. Faint Heart could have been better but I felt like there...more

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Mar 19, 2013 Lori rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: first-reads

I love this collection of short stories. Then again, I love dystopia/post-apocalyptic fiction, so I was probably bound to love it. The Segment was a perfect intro book for this collection. Blood Drive was eerie to read given the current events/discussion related to guns & schools. After the Cure was excellent (as Carrie Ryan always is). The Other Elder made me wish I could read a whole book series set on that ship.

Only two of the stories have been less than 5 stars in my opinion, and some of...more

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Nov 28, 2012 J.A. Dalley rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: dystopian, short-story, young-adult

Detailed Review of After

The Segment
Really interesting world and characters. Reminded me of Hunger Games. 7
After the Cure
Interesting take on a zombie apocalypse. Great characters!
9
Valedictorian
Great setting. I really enjoyed it.
9
Visiting Nelson
I couldn't read more than two pages because the narrative is written from the perspective of an illiterate teenager, i.e. Sint Paul, useta, coz, etc.
0
All I Know of Freedom
This story was really weird. I didn't like it because it was a green global warming st...more

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BBCode	[url=http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13455518-after?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_book][img]http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1330962815l/13455518.jpg[/img][/url] [url=http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13455518-after?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_book]After: Nineteen Stories of Apocalypse and Dystopia by Ellen Datlow[/url]

After: Nineteen Stories of Apocalypse and Dystopia

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