A review by shonatiger
The New Voices of Science Fiction by Jacob Weisman, Hannu Rajaniemi
4.0
A very good anthology! Loved some of these stories very much, and this anthology has one of the best science fiction stories I've ever read (and which won awards): The Secret Life of Bots, by Suzanne Palmer. Nb: You should never take my word for anything about science fiction, as I am an unabashed fangirl, and can make no real sense when recommending things. However, this is an excellent story.
Openness, by Alexander Weinstein, essentially a Black Mirror story about our lives and love without privacy, was very thoughtful, and because it's the first story in the book, I knew I'd love the entire book.
The Shape of My Name by Nino Cipri is a frightening and painful story that I'd read before, and will recommend for the plot twist.
A Series of Steaks by Vina Jie-Min Prasad is about printed meat, and grossed me out even as it made me LOL many times.
Mother Tongues by S. Qiouyi Lu nearly made me cry.
Ice by Rich Larson appears to be what a story in S2 of Love, Death + Robots is based on. (What do you mean you haven't watched LDR yet?!!)
*Reviewing the titles of the rest of the stories again makes me realise almost all of the stories nearly made me cry.*
In short, a gorgeous anthology, much more even than many of the anthologies I've read lately, and an unusually good science fiction one.
Will take you a while to read and savour, if this is your kind of thing.
Openness, by Alexander Weinstein, essentially a Black Mirror story about our lives and love without privacy, was very thoughtful, and because it's the first story in the book, I knew I'd love the entire book.
The Shape of My Name by Nino Cipri is a frightening and painful story that I'd read before, and will recommend for the plot twist.
A Series of Steaks by Vina Jie-Min Prasad is about printed meat, and grossed me out even as it made me LOL many times.
Mother Tongues by S. Qiouyi Lu nearly made me cry.
Ice by Rich Larson appears to be what a story in S2 of Love, Death + Robots is based on. (What do you mean you haven't watched LDR yet?!!)
*Reviewing the titles of the rest of the stories again makes me realise almost all of the stories nearly made me cry.*
In short, a gorgeous anthology, much more even than many of the anthologies I've read lately, and an unusually good science fiction one.
Will take you a while to read and savour, if this is your kind of thing.