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Kaleidoscope: Diverse YA Science Fiction and Fantasy Stories
by Sean Williams, Gabriela Lee, Garth Nix, Sofia Samatar, Dirk Flinthart, William Alexander, Holly Kench, Karen Healey, Faith Mudge, Tim Susman, Vylar Kaftan, Sean Eads, Alena McNamara, E.C. Myers, John Chu, Alisa Krasnostein, Amal El-Mohtar, Julia Rios, Tansy Rayner Roberts, Shveta Thakrar, Ken Liu, Jim C. Hines
So I'd kinda been ignoring short stories for most of my lift, although now that I actually pay attention to the Hugos, I'm learning something I should have known already - they can be really good!
And the stories in Kaleidoscope are no exception. Kaleidoscope is, as the title suggests, a collection of diverse works of young adult fantasy and science fiction. The characters are sometimes disabled, sometimes people of color, sometimes LGBTQ and that's sometimes part of the plot and sometimes it's just who they are. It's a bit of a wrench to return to stories where everyone looks the same regardless of how much sense that makes for the story.
There were no bad stories in the bunch. Having said that, "Cookie Cutter Superhero" by Tansy Rayner Roberts, "The Seventh Day of the Seventh Moon" by Ken Liu, "Signature" by Faith Mudge, "Kiss and Kiss and Kiss and Tell" by E.C. Myers, and "Careful Magic" by Karen Healey were standouts for their brilliance. Also, I'm now building a list of authors who I had vaguely heard of, but now must track down because of the stories they wrote in here.
And the stories in Kaleidoscope are no exception. Kaleidoscope is, as the title suggests, a collection of diverse works of young adult fantasy and science fiction. The characters are sometimes disabled, sometimes people of color, sometimes LGBTQ and that's sometimes part of the plot and sometimes it's just who they are. It's a bit of a wrench to return to stories where everyone looks the same regardless of how much sense that makes for the story.
There were no bad stories in the bunch. Having said that, "Cookie Cutter Superhero" by Tansy Rayner Roberts, "The Seventh Day of the Seventh Moon" by Ken Liu, "Signature" by Faith Mudge, "Kiss and Kiss and Kiss and Tell" by E.C. Myers, and "Careful Magic" by Karen Healey were standouts for their brilliance. Also, I'm now building a list of authors who I had vaguely heard of, but now must track down because of the stories they wrote in here.