A review by justiceofkalr
Welcome to Bordertown by Tim Pratt, Jane Yolen, Catherynne M. Valente, Christopher Barzak, Cassandra Campbell, Cory Doctorow, Annette Curtis Klause, Dylan Meconis, Will Shetterly, Holly Black, Janni Lee Simner, Cassandra Clare, Delia Sherman, Steven Brust, MacLeod Andrews, Patricia A. McKillip, Dounya El-Mohtar, Charles de Lint, Ellen Kushner, Ellen Kushner, Amal El-Mohtar, Neil Gaiman, Nalo Hopkinson, Sara Ryan, Terri Windling, Emma Bull, Alaya Dawn Johnson

4.0

I have never read anything Bordertown before. After reading this collection though, it's my new goal to track down the rest of the books and read them. (Curse the fact that several seem to be out of print. D:) It had an interesting variety of authors all putting their own spin on Bordertown. Several authors I recgnize or have read before and several other are now on my "to read" list. Some of the poetry/lyrics pieces were a bit meh, but I enjoyed all of the short stories. The first story in the collection was probably my favorite, and Doctorow's was probably my least favorite. It was an interesting story but a) the technological theme made it feel a bit out of place, and b) I feel like Doctorow gets a bit too preachy on some of his pet topics in his stories. I loved how the book dealt with the gap in publication between this book and the others by making a similar time gap happen between our world and Bordertown. It was clever and led to some amusing happenings between the old crowd and the Bordertown newbies.