2024 the best american science fiction and fantasy 2023 review
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“Short stories have to accomplish a nearly impossible magic trick: to introduce a world often much stranger than our own and make you care about it in a matter of pages,” writes R. F. Kuang in her introduction. “The most important part of this magic trick is just a willingness to get weird.” The stories in The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2023 are brimming with bizarre and otherworldly premises. Women can’t lie or fall in love. Fathers feed their children ghost preserves. Souls chase one another through animal incarnations. Yet these stories are grounded deeply in our reality. Out of these stories’ weirdness emerges the cruelty of border enforcement, the horror of legislation restricting reproductive freedom, the frightening pace of AI. The result is a stunning, immersive, intensely felt experience, showing us less of what the world is, and more of what it could be.
The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2023 includes Nathan Ballingrud • KT Bryski • Isabel Cañas • Maria Dong • Kim Fu • Theodora Goss • Alix E. Harrow • S. L. Huang • Stephen Graham Jones • Shingai Njeri Kagunda • Isabel J. Kim • Samantha Mills • MKRNYILGLD • Malka Older • Susan Palwick • Linda Raquel Nieves Pérez • Sofia Samatar • Kristina Ten • Catherynne M. Valente • Chris Willrich
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Publisher : Mariner Books (October 17, 2023)
Language : English
Paperback : 320 pages
ISBN-10 : 0063315742
ISBN-13 : 978-0063315747
Item Weight : 8.8 ounces
Dimensions : 5.43 x 0.79 x 8.19 inches
Reviewer: Cindy
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Really great stories.
Review: Enjoying the book
Reviewer: Brian Gascoigne
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: book
Review: book is as described except it came with minor damage on the back cover
Reviewer: Rhonda A. Atlanta
Rating: 2.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Dissappointing
Review: I expected Sci-Fi. This was more an allegorical, politically-correct ongoing commentary on societal issues and societal flaws from a feminine point of view. Nothing in the way of actual Sci-Fi; I finally gave up half-way. The writing was well-done and skillful; just nothing worthwhile for the traditional sci-fi reader. For this sci-fi reader of 63 years, not worth the money or the time.
Reviewer: East Asian Resources
Rating: 1.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Where is the Science? And the Science Fiction?
Review: Science fiction is something you read so you can let go and imagine the possible, especially the future possible. I see little if any science here, and no science fiction (maybe a little fantasy). It seems like the authors are simply working on their writing while not creating anything approximating interesting reading. Sorry. Some of the most boring reading I have ever done. It was painful.
Reviewer: B
Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars
Title: The mix doesn't work
Review: I'm not sure why the editors insist on marrying the two genres in one volume. Yes, there are a couple of pieces that straddle the boundary. But no, that doesn't justify the price of a collection where you find yourself fast-forwarding about half the stories.
Reviewer: Reader of Lives
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Great look at speculative fiction published last year
Review: I fail a lot in keeping up with short stories during the year, so this was a great way to see some of the amazing work published in 2022. Anthologies are always hard to rate, but this is one of those occasions where I need to round up to 5âï¸because almost every story completely grabbed me. I love speculative short stories because authors are always finding new ways of being weird and somehow making us believe that this weirdness has logic, and this collection is not short in great (weird) realities. Canât wait to go through the longlist to find more new favorites!
Reviewer: Subrata Sircar
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Excellent authors with stories you might have missed elsewhere
Review: Great collection.
Reviewer: Judy Edwards
Rating: 2.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Not a lot of sci fi here. Disappointing.
Review: I have bought this anthology every year for decades, and found this collection to be the most disappointing so far. While I appreciate the attempt to bring in other voices and perspectives, the sci-fi part of the book was MIA, for the most part. If next year is like this I am bowing out.