A review by mjfmjfmjf
The Change by S.M. Stirling

3.0

Inconsistent but that's to be expected. No absolute stinkers though. Unfortunately also no incredibly amazing winners that just step out of the world. Most of the stories have kind a smell to them of the author stepping in to the writing and writing themselves into the world - and that's not including the one in which the author actually did write herself in. Part of what works in the series is that Stirling doesn't nearly as obviously do that. And then there was Bernie, Lord of the Apes. At least many of the stories didn't take themselves super seriously. And there was a range - of geography, of distance from the change, of types of characters. Readable and enjoyable but not super impressive.