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geekwayne's review against another edition
3.0
'FTL, Y'all!: Tales from the Age of the $200 Warp Drive' is a collection of stories edited by Amanda Lafrenais. The concept is in the subtitle, but I wish a short introduction had been included on what brought the idea on.
It's the near future (or maybe even now!) and warp drives can be made cheap. This leads to a series of people shooting themselves in to space in buses, cars and washing machines. There are stories about how dreary traveling at warp speed can still be, like modern airports. There is a young woman who chooses growing crops because the rest of her classmates have chosen warp drive projects.
It's a varied collection, and the art that accompanies is also varied. Some stories and art work, some don't. There were a couple stories where the art was just hard on the eyes. My favorite story in the collection is Wayhome by Evan Dahm.
I received a review copy of this graphic novel from Iron Circus Comics in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.
It's the near future (or maybe even now!) and warp drives can be made cheap. This leads to a series of people shooting themselves in to space in buses, cars and washing machines. There are stories about how dreary traveling at warp speed can still be, like modern airports. There is a young woman who chooses growing crops because the rest of her classmates have chosen warp drive projects.
It's a varied collection, and the art that accompanies is also varied. Some stories and art work, some don't. There were a couple stories where the art was just hard on the eyes. My favorite story in the collection is Wayhome by Evan Dahm.
I received a review copy of this graphic novel from Iron Circus Comics in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.
dude_watchin_with_the_brontes's review
5.0
Not sure why my library shelved this as YA. Maybe 1/3 of the stories had a teen or pre-teen protagonist, the rest were adults of varying ages.
Amazing stories, taking this premise into such different directions. 10/10 would recommend!
Amazing stories, taking this premise into such different directions. 10/10 would recommend!
readingwithstardust's review
4.0
4.5 stars
Incredible collection of writers/illustrators, fantastic anthology.
Incredible collection of writers/illustrators, fantastic anthology.
grid's review
5.0
Loved this anthology. I didn’t think any of the stories were disappointing, and many were really good! It’s a fun premise and you can tell one that easily inspired a lot of pretty diverse types of story. Definitely worth reading.
marpesea's review
4.0
As with all anthologies, I prefer some stories to others, but overall it was a fun ride. Art styles varied enough it was easy to tell where one story ended and another started and it had a wide range of people represented. Stories range from hard to soft sci fi/fantasy.
Highlights include:
Lia
Finders Keepers
Story of a Rescue
Granddad’s Second Wife
Way home...
That said, the stories vary widely in tone (from bleak social commentary to “Rick and Morty” adventure) and are quick reads, so it’s worth at least skimming them all.
Highlights include:
Lia
Finders Keepers
Story of a Rescue
Granddad’s Second Wife
Way home...
That said, the stories vary widely in tone (from bleak social commentary to “Rick and Morty” adventure) and are quick reads, so it’s worth at least skimming them all.
lispylibrarian's review against another edition
3.0
An interesting futuristic anthology about what happens AFTER FTLs (faster than light engines) or warp drives are made affordable and put online for open source Download.
sucreslibrary's review
adventurous
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
3.25
wayfaring_witch's review
4.0
A range of comics exploring our world if everyone had easy access to FT build a cheap FTL engine... As any collection goes I enjoyed some more than others. Quite often though I wanted to continue each story! Fun prompt to explore!
domdiggs's review
3.0
I'll be honest, I'm giving this 3 stars because of my expectations. This is an anthology. I'm not too keen on those. But all in all, some of the stories were great! One made me burst out laughing when I read it. A few left me scratching my head. And one left me saying, "What was the point of that?" I had my book club kids read this, and our overall thoughts were that we'd love to flesh out 3 or 4 to longer GNs, but we'd gladly leave a lot on the editing floor.