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A review by 8bitlapras
The Long List Anthology Volume 4: More Stories From the Hugo Award Nomination List by David Steffen
4.0
* = favourites
Zen and the Art of Starship Maintenance by Tobias S. Buckell: 5/5*
Waiting Out the End of the World at Patty's Place Cafe by Naomi Kritzer: 4.75/5
Don't Press Charges and I Won't Sue by Charlie Jane Anders: 5/5
Confessions of a Con Girl by Nick Wolven: 5/5*
Utopia, LOL? by Jamie Wahls: 2.75/5
The Scholast in the Low Waters Kingdom by Max Gladstone: 4/5
Paradox by Naomi Kritzer: 3.5/5
Angel of the Blockade by Alex Acks: 5/5* (This one was my absolute favourite!)
The Fisher of Bones by Sarah Gailey: 5/5 (SUPER haunting... I'm still thinking about this one, but I wouldn't count it as a favourite for some reason. However, this is the best story in the anthology in terms of technique and impact, in my opinion)
Crispin's Model by Max Gladstone: 3.5/5
The Dark Birds by Ursula Vernon: 4.75/5
Waiting On a Bright Moon by JY Yang: 5/5
Pan-Humanism: Hope and Pragmatics by Jess Barber and Sarah Saab: 5/5*
A Human Stain by Kelly Robson: 3.75/5
The Worshipful Society of Glovers by Mary Robinette Kowal: 4/5
Final average rating: 4.4/5
Overall, it's an extremely solid anthology of short sci-fi/fantasy/horror stories. Usually when I read short story anthologies, there's one or two standouts and the rest are a slog, but that definitely wasn't the case here. I would recommend every single one of the stories I read here, with one or two exceptions.
Zen and the Art of Starship Maintenance by Tobias S. Buckell: 5/5*
Waiting Out the End of the World at Patty's Place Cafe by Naomi Kritzer: 4.75/5
Don't Press Charges and I Won't Sue by Charlie Jane Anders: 5/5
Confessions of a Con Girl by Nick Wolven: 5/5*
Utopia, LOL? by Jamie Wahls: 2.75/5
The Scholast in the Low Waters Kingdom by Max Gladstone: 4/5
Paradox by Naomi Kritzer: 3.5/5
Angel of the Blockade by Alex Acks: 5/5* (This one was my absolute favourite!)
The Fisher of Bones by Sarah Gailey: 5/5 (SUPER haunting... I'm still thinking about this one, but I wouldn't count it as a favourite for some reason. However, this is the best story in the anthology in terms of technique and impact, in my opinion)
Crispin's Model by Max Gladstone: 3.5/5
The Dark Birds by Ursula Vernon: 4.75/5
Waiting On a Bright Moon by JY Yang: 5/5
Pan-Humanism: Hope and Pragmatics by Jess Barber and Sarah Saab: 5/5*
A Human Stain by Kelly Robson: 3.75/5
The Worshipful Society of Glovers by Mary Robinette Kowal: 4/5
Final average rating: 4.4/5
Overall, it's an extremely solid anthology of short sci-fi/fantasy/horror stories. Usually when I read short story anthologies, there's one or two standouts and the rest are a slog, but that definitely wasn't the case here. I would recommend every single one of the stories I read here, with one or two exceptions.