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Long Hidden: Speculative Fiction From The Margins Of History (2014)

by Rose Fox(Favorite Author)

4.14 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

0991392108 (ISBN13: 9780991392100)

languge

English

genre

Historical Fiction

publisher

Crossed Genres Publications

review 1: This is just an excellent Anthology. While I was finishing my own story, I found that reading anthologies allowed me to still get the satisfaction of a story, while not having to commit the time to an entire book. Each story in this anthology is a unique world unto itself with characters you haven't seen before in places and circumstances that are rarely explored. And it's such a beautifully written journey - from a man who comes back from war as a living ghost to a fight to claim an innocent love within the turmoil of the budding French Revolution. Each tale is a journey worth taking.
review 2: I’m actually only partway through this anthology so far, but I’m having a fascinating time while reading. The voices are as diverse as the editors proclaimed, ... morethe vocabulary rich, and the assorted magic systems and other fantastical elements so far have a lot of emphasis placed on dreaming. I can’t tell yet whether that last element’s due to editorial bias, something that non-Western stories have in common, the product of small sample size, or simply what happens when the author/main character exists in a tradition where their voices and actions are belittled in a prejudiced or oppressive society. It’s certainly giving me a lot to think about! My one quibble with the anthology so far is physical–the margins on each page are nearly nonexistent, meaning one opens the book to a wall of text with little white space for either ocular rest or helpful marginalia. I don’t write in my books much, but I can see where one might be prompted to with a collection like this, and would be forced to resort to post-its instead. less

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