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Someone in Time: Tales of Time-Crossed Romance

Jonathan Strahan (Editor),

Nina Allan

Start date: February 15, 2023

Finish date: March 14, 2023

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Mar 15, 2023 Fiona Knight rated it really liked it

Shelves: anothologies

Really enjoyed a lot of these. Full review to come!

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Mar 15, 2023 Lena rated it liked it · review of another edition

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Bergamot and Vetiver by Lavanya Lakshminarayan ★★★★½
“How do you think their civilization came to an end? It was always us, all along.”

Ouch. It stings but I love this kind of story. Dear hero, didn’t you know? You’re the bad guy.

Roadside Attraction by Alix E. Harrow ★★★★☆
“I think the stone takes you where you’re supposed to be. Where you make sense.”
“Doesn’t the stone keep taking you back here?”

A layered story of the extraordinary and common colliding! A time travel device is found but, a ...more

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Mar 02, 2023 Joe rated it liked it

A mixed bag - d'uh, it's a short story collection - but despite some quite strong writing examples, falls very much within the Time Traveller's Wife category rather than the Roger Zelazny category. Which is fine, but over the course of an anthology, can start to feel a bit paint-by-numbers. ...more

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