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The Mammoth Book of Fantasy (April 2024)
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What Members Thought
Who Do You Love? by Kathleen Ann Goonan ★★★★½
“We aim to form a planet-spanning reef that communicates with humans, so that humans will care. We’re going to try and do it right this time.”
I loved this! It could have been Solarpunk. It was a deep exploration of love, our relationship with the natural world, and unrelenting hope!
Last Gods by Sam J. Miller ★★★★½
“I stood there, shivering and wet beneath a useless sun, and watched my Gods abandon me.”
A post apocalyptic water world has chosen new ...more
What I rated each story is in the updates. 15 stories. Average 3.25. I enjoyed most of the stories. My favorites being "Who do you love?" and "Last Gods".
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I have been reading this for months now and I really don’t care about this anthology. Out of the eight or nine stories that I’ve read, I only enjoyed two, the other ones were just meh or boring. I have tried to pick it up several times but it never managed to grab my attention and so far, having this one my Currently Reading shelf only has prevented me to start other anthologies because I absolutely wanted to finish this one.
The themes and ideas were interesting on the paper but the execution wa ...more
The themes and ideas were interesting on the paper but the execution wa ...more
3.5 stars
This collection starts and ends at a High Point but is consistently strong with only a few less interesting exceptions. It presents multiple possible adaptations to a more water bound world but largely struggles with the question of whether to adapt at all.
This collection starts and ends at a High Point but is consistently strong with only a few less interesting exceptions. It presents multiple possible adaptations to a more water bound world but largely struggles with the question of whether to adapt at all.
Aug 07, 2017
Paul Perry
marked it as to-read
Aug 20, 2018
Marti Dolata
marked it as to-read
Dec 14, 2020
Steph S
marked it as tbr-short-stories
