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Diverse Energies (2012)

by Tobias S. Buckell(Favorite Author)

3.66 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

1600608884 (ISBN13: 9781600608889)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Tu Books

review 1: Diverse Energies: A short story collection of varied dystopian themes, protagonists and races. Stories that break traditional barriers and concepts yet ground the reader via the "common man" protatgonist. I enjoyed most of the stories, albeit I felt a few not up to snuff either as dystopian or quality sci-fi writing. However those few may appeal to others on another level. I will still be looking forward to more editing selections from Tobias Buckell in the future.
review 2: This is a short story collection who's conceit is that it is not a story of straight western white males set in typical locations. Just having an exotic location or exotic names in a story does not make a good story. And just being in a specific location and therefore needing to be famili... morearized or confused by such a location does not make a good story. These stories however pretty much had what it takes. A bit darker than I look but otherwise - well-written, interesting, mostly by authors that I was not familiar with. In fact the LeGuin story was the only one by a prominent author and was one of the weakest in the collection (though not bad). Worth reading. less

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