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A review by jmartindf
Some of the Best from Tor.com, 2012 edition by David G. Hartwell, Patrick Nielsen Hayden, Liz Gorinsky
4.0
The title gives a decent clue about what this is. Tor.com publishes a new short story every week. The editors collected the best stories from 2012 into this volume.
All of these stories are worth reading. I had a few particular favorites.
* "The Mongolian Wizard" by Michael Swanwick. A young soldier and his wolf stop a plot by a power hungry wizard. Or do they? And what are the consequences of succeeding?
* "A Tall Tail" by Charlie Stross. As you read this story, it helps to have a basic familiarity with chemistry. A tale of the space race and international intrigue that's just plausible enough to make it a true tall tale.
* "The Ghosts of Christmas" by Scott Bakal. A women creates an experimental treatment for schizophrenia and then uses it to affect her own past and her own present—and not always for the better.
* "The Finite Canvas" by Brit Mandelo. A country doctor on an ecologically devastated Earth does a small job for an assassin. As she works, she listens to the assassin's story.
* "About Faeries" by Pat Murphy. A woman mulls over the true nature of faeries, while dealing with her father's Alzheimer's and approaching death.
* "Our Human" by Adam-Troy Castro. How might societies be affected by dealing with aliens who live far longer than they do?
These stories are definitely worth reading. The book itself is free on Kindle, so you have no excuse not to.
All of these stories are worth reading. I had a few particular favorites.
* "The Mongolian Wizard" by Michael Swanwick. A young soldier and his wolf stop a plot by a power hungry wizard. Or do they? And what are the consequences of succeeding?
* "A Tall Tail" by Charlie Stross. As you read this story, it helps to have a basic familiarity with chemistry. A tale of the space race and international intrigue that's just plausible enough to make it a true tall tale.
* "The Ghosts of Christmas" by Scott Bakal. A women creates an experimental treatment for schizophrenia and then uses it to affect her own past and her own present—and not always for the better.
* "The Finite Canvas" by Brit Mandelo. A country doctor on an ecologically devastated Earth does a small job for an assassin. As she works, she listens to the assassin's story.
* "About Faeries" by Pat Murphy. A woman mulls over the true nature of faeries, while dealing with her father's Alzheimer's and approaching death.
* "Our Human" by Adam-Troy Castro. How might societies be affected by dealing with aliens who live far longer than they do?
These stories are definitely worth reading. The book itself is free on Kindle, so you have no excuse not to.