Review of the short story anthology Quantum Zoo…

(Quantum Zoo, D. J. Gelner and J. M. Ney-Grimm, eds., Orion Comet, 2014, ASIN B00L0MZFVQ)

This is an anthology of similar-themed stories. The theme can be summarized by one word—zoo. Add to that the genre speculative fiction and you have the logic of the title, although quantum mechanics doesn’t play any role here except for making a catchy title. Note that I said “zoo” is the theme. Theme lurks behind plot and other writing elements in these stories as varied as the people who wrote them. I a...