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Enjoyable World Revisits
Customers are highly impressed with N.K. Jemisin's ability to create diverse and intriguing worlds that leave them wanting more. They enjoy revisiting these unique universes through various stories, which offer a mix of fantasy, science fiction, and magical realism.
Single Author Collection
Customers are highly praising the single author collection with rave reviews for its beautiful writing, engaging stories, and diverse genres ranging from high fantasy to science fiction and metafiction. Some readers have been delighted to discover lighter and funnier aspects of the author's work.
Short Story Appreciation
Customers are unanimously impressed by the imaginative and powerful short stories in this collection, with many expressing a desire for more from each author. The unique concepts and compelling characters leave readers wishing for longer narratives.
Cohesive Story Collection
Customers have a generally positive opinion on the cohesiveness of this short story collection by N.K. Jemisin. Many reviewers praise the consistent quality and unique world-building in each story, while some express that they found it to be a mixed bag. The stories are described as innovative, personal, and thought-provoking, with strong lead characters and engaging narratives.
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Exceptional Coherence
Customers have mixed opinions on the exceptional coherence of the short stories in How Long 'til Black Future Month? but generally positive. Some readers were impressed by Jemisin's ability to create new and unique ways of describing various experiences, while others noted that the writing was sharp and expertly paced. A few readers mentioned that they found it impressive how quickly the author established a place, character, and situation in each story. However, some readers felt that the coherence between stories was not as strong as they had hoped.
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Engrossing stories and the quality was consistent.
This deserves to be made into a series similar to the outer limits… every story was very interesting and different… couldn’t pu... Read More
Read this if you like thinking about human possibility, dismantling oppressions, and just plain cool tech.
“non-zero probabilities” – “falling air conditioners, projectile italian ices, derailing trains, luck gone haywire.
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- This product had a total of 1,667 reviews as of our last analysis date on Sep 2 2024.
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I tend to struggle with short stories in general but i like a single author collection more than an anthology
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This collection is grouped by theme horror standing against the dark etc
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Sometimes the ending of the previous short story flows into the next for example 34would it bother with anything so mundane
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The flow of the stories make it an easy read but the part of me that likes to study an author growth would prefer things in date order
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This is a worldbuilding thought experiment not a story with character driving the plot
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While it doesnt work as a short story it does work as a bridge between the nonfiction introduction and the rest of the collection
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