Realms: The First Year of Clarkesworld Magazine
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| Rating | : | 4.70 (536 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0809572486 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 248 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-03-06 |
| Language | : | English |
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A great anthology Michael Curry An excellent mix of stories chosen from the first year of the online Clarkesworld Magazine, including outstanding pieces like Elizabeth Bear's "Orm the Beautiful" and Caitlín R. Kiernan's "The Ape's Wife." There's also great stuff from Jay Lake ("Chewing Up the Innocent"), Barth Anderson ("Clockmaker's Requiem"), Jeff VanderMeer ("The Thir. Roo Vandegrift said Good stories. Good stories, for the most part, but I had not realized how humble Clarkesworld had started. These don't have the quality of the later stories that Neil published -- maybe they weren't paying as well back then? I was particularly thrown by the tone of the first few stories: there's a lot more of the young-white-male masturbatory fantasy style of . Great great great So I just found Clarkesword a few monta ago but wow, all I can say is if you like sci fi, fantasy, distopian futures and crazy good short fiction, then subscribe, download, sync, buy, read and listen too this magazine.
Selected from the critically-acclaimed online magazine Clarkesworld, Realms collects the work of twenty-four visionary writers of short fiction.. Step into a world of wonder, epiphany, and danger. From the return of old gods to the adventures of the last dragon on Earth, from quantum physics to manticores trained for the circus, this unique anthology takes readers on journeys to realms both distant and oddly familiar
All rights reserved. From Publishers Weekly With this compilation of the 24 stories appearing in the first 12 issues of online magazine Clarkesworld, Mamatas hits at least two of his three targets: brevity and popular appeal abound, while weirdness is less certain. Several stories equate weird with sexual deviance, while others mine folklore and fairy tales. These last four are the collection's standout entries, but only Kiernan fully embraces both the esoteric and the broadly compelling. On balance, the anthology tilts slightly more toward accessibility than to the truly bizarre. The cleverest and most mild-mannered tale is Jenny Davidson's The Other , while the most emotionally gripping may be Caitlin R. . (Mar.)