Reviews

Unplugged: The Web's Best Sci-Fi & Fantasy: 2008 Download by Catherynne M. Valente, Hal Duncan, Merrie Haskell, Nancy Kress, Peter S. Beagle, Cory Doctorow, Jason Stoddard, Rich Horton, Tina Connolly, Will McIntosh, Mercurio Rivera

beththebookdragon's review against another edition

4.0

Clearly I need to explore the world of online science fiction and fantasy further. This collection had a delicious array of inventive speculative fiction. "Air and Angels" painted a gorgeously realized early-20th-century culture, "Snatch Me Another" was chillingly realistic in its portrayal of human abuse of a new multiple-universe technology, "First Rites" was pure beauty amidst the grittiness of the near future, and...explore all these stories for yourself. The stories are more imaginative and less formulaic than in most collections, due no doubt to the comparatively low overhead of online publishing.

soless's review against another edition

3.0

Love the Hal Duncan story, and the Cory Doctorow one. On hold with my other short story collections.