Reviews

Return to Avalon by C.J. Cherryh, Adrienne Martine-Barnes, Deborah Wheeler, Judith Tarr, Dave Smeds, Melanie Rawn, Elisabeth Waters, Andre Norton, Dave Wolverton, Lawrence Schimel, Kate Elliott, Diana L. Paxson, Eluki bes Shahar, Charles de Lint, Jennifer Roberson, Laura Resnick, Karen Haber, Paul Edwin Zimmer, Katharine Kerr, Susan Shwartz, Esther M. Friesner, Jane Lindskold

katmarhan's review

3.0

7/10
This collection of short stories, loosely connected to the sagas of Avalon and Camelot, is a tribute of sorts to Marion Zimmer Bradley, author of The Mists of Avalon. Several of the authors are familiar favorites of mine and several of the stories are enjoyable. A few seemed did not seem to fit the overall theme of the book and some were just plain boring to me.
I am not a fan of short stories; if they are well-executed, they just make me want a fuller and more expansive story, and if they are not, then I am disappointed and dissatisfied. So it is difficult for me to review this book other than to say, if you like short stories and the tales of Avalon and Camelot, you would probably enjoy many of the stories in this collection.

xeni's review

4.0

I suppose some stories, as sad as they are, need to be told as well. This is one of them.

As sad as it is, to go up against the forces of evil (in this case the priest) and be taken as a witch, a heretic, just for speaking the truth, it is still necessary for people to do this. Stories like this rally us forth, to go against evil, even when it's in the guise of good.