Books by John Joseph Adams
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review 1: A nice group of short stories that focus on the grandness of space and the beings who travel though it. While I wasn't a fan of every story here (what short story anthology has been released where a person enjoyed every single story), each story is unique and well written enough ...
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review 1: This was a really interesting anthology, filled with extremely creative stories of travel between worlds, dimensions, universes. I really enjoyed most of the stories, and chose to savor the reading over several months. Different stories explored different aspects of how the world...
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review 1: Lame concept (here are wizards, just like that Harry Potter!) and poor cover art, yet I picked this up because of the roster of incredible authors involved. The excellent authors bring excellence for the most part, though many stories are not unique to this collection. However th...
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review 1: There were a handful of great stories in this anthology but they were all classics that everyone already knew were great. There was another handful that were great that will be classics as time goes on. Everything else was painful to read. Overall, this anthology should have been...
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review 1: There are so many different kinds of stories all on the same theme - what happens when Holmes is forced to confront the very things science can't explain? The trick to making this work is that Holmes and Watson are not changed to fit the situation. Rather, they are still themselv...
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review 1: Very enjoyable book overall, the book basically contains a large collection of short stories about zombies. The only reason the book got 4 stars instead of 5 is that not all of the stories directly involve zombies, some are not even in the same ballpark as a zombie story, just th...
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review 1: I enjoyed this follow-up to The Living Dead more than I did the original. Stories range from great to mediocre with only a couple of bad ones. A few really good ones make it worth reading: Danger Word, Good People,Rural Dead,The Skull-Faced City, & Last Stand. Even the weaker sto...
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review 1: This is a collection well worth any Fantasy reader's time. There are a number of different styles, topics, and character types to enjoy from some of the leading Fantasy writers of today. Some of the authors have written additional stories within universes they have already built,...
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review 1: This is an anthology of the first year of Lightspeed, an online magazine which features science fiction and fantasy stories. I'm not sure I should really count this as a book read (although I am anyway), as I had already read all the stories online, so only read my favorites in t...
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review 1: Another excellent anthology from John Joseph Adams! It's not easy to be an evil genius, and the stories in this collection show why. My favorites: "Letter to the Editor" by David D. Levine, wherein a mad scientist uses the op-ed page to vent his frustration; and "The Mad Scientis...
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review 1: So far, I have only read about a quarter of the short stories in this compilation but I wanted to get it off my "currently reading" list. I would say at this point I'm emphatically underwhelmed at the quality of the stories. Not Impressed would be an accurate assessment of my v...
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review 1: This book is NOT FOR CHILDREN!! It is a collection of stories related somehow to The Wizard of Oz. But beware, these are not interesting little children's stories. Some of them are very depressing and cynical. I started, but didn't finish: One Flew Over the Rainbow, Emeralds to E...
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review 1: Not the strongest collection by JJA....but there were definitely stories I liked and had not read before. Others were just ok, and some I had read elsewhere. There is a "further reading" index which will be helpful to look into other material for the authors I enjoyed. There's a ...
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review 1: This is an anthology featuring stories that all include some sort of powered armor. After reading the description and seeing some of the authors involved, I decided to pick it up. Being a big fan of mecha and military sci fi I was pretty excited. As in any anthology, there are so...
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review 1: This anthology was really a 2.5 at best, but I was feeling generous, certainly the amount of time between when I read the book and when I reviewed it was a factor in this generosity. First of all, I did not get this book because I have a great interest in fantasy writing or wiza...
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review 1: A Holmesian pastiche lover's longings manifested. Some of these stories are more classic Sherlock, while others take flights into wild fantasy and speculation--time traveling Holmes! Alternate Universe Holmes! Crop circle investigator and Schrödinger's Cat philosopher Holmes!The ...
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review 1: It took me a while to finish reading this because there always seemed to be better books lying around to read. I didn't want to skim over this book like so many people have done before, but I'm afraid it's that sort of book. Not every story is a winner but there are some knew ang...
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review 1: Some of these were really great and some not so great. Here is a list of the best in my opinion:Alone, Together - Robert Kirkman (I love The Walking Dead, so I was the most excited to read this one)Mouja - Matt LondonLiving With The Dead - Molly BrownGood People - David Wellingto...