Reviews

Shadows of the New Sun: Stories in Honor of Gene Wolfe by Aaron Allston, David Drake, Marc Aramini, Nancy Kress, Timothy Zahn, Michael Swanwick, David Brin, Mike Resnick, Gene Wolfe, Neil Gaiman, Jack Dann, Judy Lynn Nye, Michael A. Stackpole, Bill Fawcett, Barry N. Malzberg, Joe Haldeman, Judi Rohrig, Stephen Savile, J.E. Mooney, William C. Dietz

ksparks's review

3.0

I enjoyed many of these stories, although only a few actually reminded me of Gene Wolfe's books and a couple were incomprehensible to me. This collection has made me want to read more Gene Wolfe, and I will check out a few of these author's other works.

angielisle's review

4.0

I'm not very familiar with Gene Wolfe's body of work. I expected more out of this book - this compilation reminded me of another anthology, done in honor of Jack Vance, who I also hadn't read. I fell in love with that anthology and it sent me on the hunt for more of Vance's work. I was hoping Shadows of the New Sun would do the same; that's why I requested a free copy for review from NetGalley. Two of the stories in this anthology were written by Gene Wolfe and it's those two stories that compel me to seek more of his work.

The stories that I liked, I really liked: Steven Savile's Ashes; Nancy Kress's ...And Other Stories; and Jack Dann's The Island of Time. I had problems getting into a few of the stories but I strongly suspect it's because I'm not familiar with Wolfe's worlds.

cina's review

4.0

A great collection honoring Gene.

The introductions to each story were nice to read. Some stories were better than others. I won't go into as much detail as some of the others here, but I will say that I particularly felt Jody Lynn Nye's story captured the essence of Urth, and that William Dietz's jarringly did not. His was the one story that felt so wrongly placed with the others. The two felt so juxtaposed. I enjoyed Joe Haldeman's story, and Nancy Kress.