A review by noemi
The James Tiptree Award Anthology 1: Sex, the Future, & Chocolate Chip Cookies by Suzy McKee Charnas, Joanna Russ, Kara Dalkey, Geoff Ryman, Karen Joy Fowler, Debbie Notkin, Ursula K. Le Guin, Joy Fowler, Sandra McDonald, Matt Ruff, Hans Christian Andersen, Richard Calder, Ruth Nestvold, Kelly Link, Jeffrey D. Smith, Pat Murphy, Carol Emshwiller, James Tiptree Jr.

3.0

The stories in this book varied wildly in quality, from "that was an hour of my life I'll never get back" ("Birth Days" by Geoff Ryman - they had to put it first and scare off a lot of potential readers with this all-agenda, minimal-plot, unrealistic/unlikable characters and graphic unrealistic plot devices) to the amazing Snow Queen trio (the original by Hans Christian Andersen and two beautiful and creative versions by Kara Dalkey and Kelly Link). Most of the stories were pretty good, but they really saved the best for last, so if you've just got it from the library, don't feel bad about skipping to the Snow Queen stories. I also liked "The Ghost Girls of Rumney Mill," "Boys," "Looking Through Lace" and "What I Didn't See."