A review by cj_jones
Welcome to Bordertown by Tim Pratt, Jane Yolen, Catherynne M. Valente, Christopher Barzak, Cassandra Campbell, Cory Doctorow, Annette Curtis Klause, Dylan Meconis, Will Shetterly, Holly Black, Janni Lee Simner, Cassandra Clare, Delia Sherman, Steven Brust, MacLeod Andrews, Patricia A. McKillip, Dounya El-Mohtar, Charles de Lint, Ellen Kushner, Ellen Kushner, Amal El-Mohtar, Nalo Hopkinson, Sara Ryan, Neil Gaiman, Terri Windling, Emma Bull, Alaya Dawn Johnson
4.0
My thanks to Rose who gave me this to read it when I needed to.
If you're familiar with the other Bordertown anthologies, you know what to expect here--even after a 13 year hiatus (if the book is to be trusted), it's still a place you go to start over, to make yourself from scratch. And that can be a dangerous game, or at least a powerful one. A lot of familiar faces show up, and a lot more new ones--both characters and authors. There's still magic, there are still elves, there's still music, and there are still people being people to each other. When I got this book, I was excited and delighted, and when I started to read I was more so. That emotion lasted me through the whole book.
There's a lot more activity in The World in this book, which was a bit surprising to me. A new book after a long break is propitious, and our last story ends with a beginning. So I don't know why this book feels like good bye.
If you're familiar with the other Bordertown anthologies, you know what to expect here--even after a 13 year hiatus (if the book is to be trusted), it's still a place you go to start over, to make yourself from scratch. And that can be a dangerous game, or at least a powerful one. A lot of familiar faces show up, and a lot more new ones--both characters and authors. There's still magic, there are still elves, there's still music, and there are still people being people to each other. When I got this book, I was excited and delighted, and when I started to read I was more so. That emotion lasted me through the whole book.
There's a lot more activity in The World in this book, which was a bit surprising to me. A new book after a long break is propitious, and our last story ends with a beginning. So I don't know why this book feels like good bye.