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A review by metaphorosis
Some of the Best from Tor.com, 2012 edition by David G. Hartwell, Patrick Nielsen Hayden, Liz Gorinsky
4.0
This is a stronger collection than the [b:2011 edition|13448605|Some of the Best of Tor.com|Patrick Nielsen Hayden|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1328116888s/13448605.jpg|18968570], perhaps because it was less self-consciously global - the stories were better, but had a narrower reach. There were no weak stories here. Some were no more than adequate, but a number were quite strong. The anthology came closer than 2011's to fulfilling the goal of a simple collection of good stories.
In particular, I enjoyed:
"Portrait of Lisane de Patagna", by Rachel Swirsky, about a painter, her instructor, and magic. The ending could have been stronger, but the body of the story was well done.
"The Mongolian Wizard", by Michael Swanwick, about a steampunkish alternate Earth of wizards and espionage. I've not been taken with Mr. Swanwick's other work, but I found this very enjoyable. It suffers from giving a strong feeling of excerpt or prologue, but it does stand alone reasonably well.
All in all, a good collection, and worth picking up (it's free).
PS the information about the generic ebook edition is both wrong (pagination) and less full (contents) than the info for the Kindle edition.
In particular, I enjoyed:
"Portrait of Lisane de Patagna", by Rachel Swirsky, about a painter, her instructor, and magic. The ending could have been stronger, but the body of the story was well done.
"The Mongolian Wizard", by Michael Swanwick, about a steampunkish alternate Earth of wizards and espionage. I've not been taken with Mr. Swanwick's other work, but I found this very enjoyable. It suffers from giving a strong feeling of excerpt or prologue, but it does stand alone reasonably well.
All in all, a good collection, and worth picking up (it's free).
PS the information about the generic ebook edition is both wrong (pagination) and less full (contents) than the info for the Kindle edition.