wayfaring_witch's review
4.0
A range of comics exploring our world if everyone had easy access to FT build a cheap FTL engine... As any collection goes I enjoyed some more than others. Quite often though I wanted to continue each story! Fun prompt to explore!
domdiggs's review
3.0
I'll be honest, I'm giving this 3 stars because of my expectations. This is an anthology. I'm not too keen on those. But all in all, some of the stories were great! One made me burst out laughing when I read it. A few left me scratching my head. And one left me saying, "What was the point of that?" I had my book club kids read this, and our overall thoughts were that we'd love to flesh out 3 or 4 to longer GNs, but we'd gladly leave a lot on the editing floor.
pathfinder's review
ÄLSKAR scifi, väldigt många gems här, men kanske främst potentia . Det mesta kändes inte som fully realised stories och jag ville ha mer från dem. Men kul! Grandpas new wife va LÄTT min favorit.
caedocyon's review
5.0
There are not a lot of anthologies that are as solid all the way through as this one, with little to no repetition. Wonderful.
crookedtreehouse's review
3.0
This is a pretty good anthology of sci-fi stories involving space travel and lesbianism. It's sometimes tough reviewing an anthology, not only because there are a variety of different art styles and stories, but also because placement is so important.
The first story wasn't for me. The use of Youtube style comments to serve as conversation distracted me from the story, though I enjoyed the premise. This turned up as IMs in another story.
Overall, I liked the stories in this collection, as well as the art. I'm always impressed when an anthology can showcase a variety of different art styles using no colors but black and white.
While I didn't love the book, I do recommend it to anyone who enjoys science fiction anthology, comics or otherwise. People looking for better representation in comics will also enjoy this book. And hopefully, if you do pick up this book and you enjoy a particular story, check and see if the creators have any other books available.
The first story wasn't for me. The use of Youtube style comments to serve as conversation distracted me from the story, though I enjoyed the premise. This turned up as IMs in another story.
Overall, I liked the stories in this collection, as well as the art. I'm always impressed when an anthology can showcase a variety of different art styles using no colors but black and white.
While I didn't love the book, I do recommend it to anyone who enjoys science fiction anthology, comics or otherwise. People looking for better representation in comics will also enjoy this book. And hopefully, if you do pick up this book and you enjoy a particular story, check and see if the creators have any other books available.
mjfmjfmjf's review
3.0
Well huh. I can't say that this kind of thing is my preference, but it was interesting. This all was both overwhelming and underwhelming at the same time. There were just so so many stories, it was hard to take them in. But they were short that they were barely a taste. As a whole they were better than I expected. I don't think any of them were actually bad - and the art and writing was good throughout. Some of them were more interesting and others more or less original. As a discussion point this would probably work. As an interesting book, I think I would have preferred less stories but longer.
e_t_smith's review
3.0
Pretty good, though it would have been nicer if all the stories had stuck to the premise more consistently. Several drift pretty wide from the precepts of the "$200 Warp Drive," though perhaps I'm over-aware because I've read the original forum thread this book is based on, where the premise was rigidly examined from world-building and technical perspectives rather than narrative ones. In particular "M.S.P.I.P.S.P." by Kay Rossbach while a decent story on it's own terms is widely off the mark, abandoning the democratizing influence of the drive to recycle old air-travel cliches. And while "Space to Grow" is both charmingly illustrated and built around a good theme, it feels too general to be here. On the other hand, "Story of a Rescue" by Nathaniel Wilson and "Soft Physics" by Blue Delliquanti both give strong depictions of unique and well-envisaged experiences that can only happen when anyone can leave Earth.
notesfromthebookdrop's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
geolatin's review against another edition
3.0
As with any anthology, some are better than others, but an enjoyable read overall.
1librarianspath's review
For once I’m not giving a rating. I don’t feel I would be happy with any rating I give this, because it is a collection of 19 comic stories, with wildly different illustration styles and storylines. Obviously there is a common thread; the FTL (Faster Than Light) warp drives, and the use of black and white illustrations rather than colour. Some were funny, some were poignant, some were bleak. There’s a real range, and I appreciate that. There’s also a fantastic range of characters and identities which is so nice to see.
Out of the 19 stories, I particularly enjoyed 11 of them. That’s not to say that the other stories were badly written, or drawn, they just didn’t capture me in the same way. Here are my favourites (in order read, not order of favourites):
- Lia by Alexxander Dovelin
- Passing Through by Jamie Kaye Sunny
- Space to Grow by NN Chan
- Microwave by Jay Eaton
- Prodigal Sunset by James F Wright and Little Corvus
- Story of a Rescue by Nathanial Wilson
- Words From the Dead by Jonathon Dalton
- Solitary by David Andry, Paul Schultz and Lucas Gattoni
- Granddad’s Second Wife by Cheez Hayama and Earl T Roske
- The Senior Project by Maia Kobabe
- Wayhome by Evan Dahm
I realised I prefer the cleaner graphics of a lot of them, and the less technical stories in general. I enjoy reading about the human (or living being) experience, rather than the science. Again, that’s personal preference.
Out of the 19 stories, I particularly enjoyed 11 of them. That’s not to say that the other stories were badly written, or drawn, they just didn’t capture me in the same way. Here are my favourites (in order read, not order of favourites):
- Lia by Alexxander Dovelin
- Passing Through by Jamie Kaye Sunny
- Space to Grow by NN Chan
- Microwave by Jay Eaton
- Prodigal Sunset by James F Wright and Little Corvus
- Story of a Rescue by Nathanial Wilson
- Words From the Dead by Jonathon Dalton
- Solitary by David Andry, Paul Schultz and Lucas Gattoni
- Granddad’s Second Wife by Cheez Hayama and Earl T Roske
- The Senior Project by Maia Kobabe
- Wayhome by Evan Dahm
I realised I prefer the cleaner graphics of a lot of them, and the less technical stories in general. I enjoy reading about the human (or living being) experience, rather than the science. Again, that’s personal preference.