Wednesday, 6 February 2019

The Very best of Fantasy and Science Fiction Volume 2

Click here for a sneak peek of The Very Best of Fantasy...

A weird compilation without much selection criteria though with a few wonderful treasures. The end of the collection is a magnificent wrap-up with an engaging fantasy of mix-raced issues, and that everlasting love of a mother for his son. A true tear-jerker that deserved all the awards it got for its author. There was a bonus story by Stephen King that was really compelling, though it lacked the quality he gave to the last collection of stories I read from him entitled "Bazaar of the Bad Dreams". I had to fight boredom and lack of concentration to finish the book, but luckily, I was able to enjoy reading once more. I thought the holidays were going to get in the middle of my love for the written word. However, real love is forever, I guess. Best stories in this volume: "The Anything Box", "Green Magic" (outstanding), "The Attack of the Giant Baby", "The Hundredth Dove", "The Aliens who Knew I Mean, Everything", "The Bone Woman" and of course "Paper Menagerie" by Chinese-American author Ken Liu.


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