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A review by yogarshi
The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2021 by John Joseph Adams, Veronica Roth
4.0
Anthologies are always a mixed bag, and this was no different. Particular favorites, in descending order of how much I enjoyed them :
* Schrodinger’s Catastrophe by Gene Doucette - This was an extremely interesting idea that was hilariously executed. Comedic science fiction has a very high bar in my head, so this one really impressed me.
* How to Pay Reparations: a Documentary by Tochi Onyebuchi - A great example of how "good intentions" are almost always never enough.
* Two Truths and a Lie by Sarah Pinsker - Deliciously creepy, love me some good horror.
* Crawfather by Mel Kassel - Straight up weird, with an extremely funny ending. A good riff on the clash between family traditions and modernity.
* The Pill by Meg Elison - Sometimes the best science fiction is about things that are not too implausible, and this story is almost certainly in that category
* And This is How to Stay Alive by Shingai Njeri Kagunda - Beautiful tale that plays around with the idea of time and memory
* The Plague Doctors by Karen Lord - Nothing special, but just a simple, good 'ol pandemic story.
* Schrodinger’s Catastrophe by Gene Doucette - This was an extremely interesting idea that was hilariously executed. Comedic science fiction has a very high bar in my head, so this one really impressed me.
* How to Pay Reparations: a Documentary by Tochi Onyebuchi - A great example of how "good intentions" are almost always never enough.
* Two Truths and a Lie by Sarah Pinsker - Deliciously creepy, love me some good horror.
* Crawfather by Mel Kassel - Straight up weird, with an extremely funny ending. A good riff on the clash between family traditions and modernity.
* The Pill by Meg Elison - Sometimes the best science fiction is about things that are not too implausible, and this story is almost certainly in that category
* And This is How to Stay Alive by Shingai Njeri Kagunda - Beautiful tale that plays around with the idea of time and memory
* The Plague Doctors by Karen Lord - Nothing special, but just a simple, good 'ol pandemic story.