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I have been thinking about all these stories. They range from really good to simply meh. I am going to borrow the format some other folks have used, this was a group read for Apocalypse Whenever. I don't think they will mind.
The End of the Whole Mess: Let me just say they didn't think about the unintended consequences of their actions. Folks, let's remember the big picture.
Salvage: First time I have read this author. Felt like the first chapter to a good story.
The People of Sand and Slag: Seco ...more
The End of the Whole Mess: Let me just say they didn't think about the unintended consequences of their actions. Folks, let's remember the big picture.
Salvage: First time I have read this author. Felt like the first chapter to a good story.
The People of Sand and Slag: Seco ...more
The worst:
The End of the Whole Mess by Stephen King: Reviewers keep talking about what a great story this was to open the collection. Nope. It's crap.
Waiting for the Zephyr by Tobias S. Buckell: This was a really short and seemingly inoffensive story about a girl trying to escape her family and get on a wind-driven landship out of town, but I hated it. I don't even really know why. It was like 4 pages long but it managed to infuriate me anyway.
Salvage by Orson Scott Card: Mormon propaganda.
A Son ...more
The End of the Whole Mess by Stephen King: Reviewers keep talking about what a great story this was to open the collection. Nope. It's crap.
Waiting for the Zephyr by Tobias S. Buckell: This was a really short and seemingly inoffensive story about a girl trying to escape her family and get on a wind-driven landship out of town, but I hated it. I don't even really know why. It was like 4 pages long but it managed to infuriate me anyway.
Salvage by Orson Scott Card: Mormon propaganda.
A Son ...more
The End of the Whole Mess by Stephen King ★★★★★
"The world needs heroic measures, man. I don't know about long-term effects, and there's no time to study them, because there's no long-term prospect. Maybe we can cure the whole mess. Or maybe—"
I read Nightmares & Dreamscapes when it first came out in the early 90s, and was ridiculously proud of myself (huge book); this was the story that stayed with me. It was my first apocalypse story, and it felt real because there were no zombies, no aliens ...more
I don't think John Joseph Adams and I have similar taste at all. I admire all the work he's done for the writing community. I just don't think I like his editorial senses. There were a few classics in this one though. But a lot of it was just alright.
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