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Gabaldon, Diana

The Best American Science Fiction And Fantasy 2020

Gabaldon, Diana
Edited by Diana Gabaldon. Series editor John Joseph Adams. Twenty short stories, some I liked, some I didn't.

Contents:

1. Life Sentence by Matthew Baker -- This one was.. interesting.
2. Another Avatar by S.P. Somtow -- Don't remember this one, probably didn't care for it.
3. Between the Dark and the Dark by Deji Bryce Olukotun -- I don't remember this one.
4. Thirty-Three Wicked Daughters by Kelly Barnhill -- I liked this one, it was OK.
5. Bullet Point by Elizabeth Bear -- I enjoyed this story.
6. The Eight People Who Murdered Me (Excerpt from Lucy Westenra's Diary) by Gwendolyn Kiste -- I didn't like this one.
7. The Archronology of Love by Caroline M. Yoachim -- Didn't like this one much.
8. Shape-ups at Delilah's by Rion Amilcar Scott -- "Magical female barbers" someone said. Well, it was different.
9. The Galactic Tourist Industrial Complex by Tobias S. Buckell -- OK, it was OK.
10. The Bookstore at the End of America by Charlie Jane Anders* -- Bookstores/libraries, they are (almost) always good. This one was, felt like it left me hanging, though.
11. Ten Excerpts from an Annotated Bibliography on the Cannibal Women of Ratnabar Island by Nibedita Sen -- Never see a story done as a bibliography. Points for that!
12. The Freedom of the Shifting Sea by Jaymee Goh* -- Today I learned about Bobbit Worms. At least, fantasy ones.
13. Sacrid's Pod by Adam-Troy Castro* -- Space prison,... OK.
14. Canst Thou Draw Out the Leviathan by Christopher Caldwell -- I don't remember this one. Yes I do, gay sex on a whaling ship. Surprisingly OK.
15. Thoughts and Prayers by Ken Liu -- I didn't care for this one.
16. The Time Invariance of Snow by E. Lily Yu -- I REALLY didn't care for this one, and I read Anderson's fairy tales when I was a kid.
17. The Robots of Eden by Amil Menon -- I don't remember this one.
18. Erase, Erase, Erase by Elizabeth Bear -- This one left me not caring for it.
19. A Brief Lesson in Native American Astronomy by Rebecca Roanhorse -- I've read two books by this author that I liked.
20. Up From Slavery by Victor LaValle --I don't know, it was interesting, I guess.

Quote:

It is full of dried ink, because I am a terrible pen custodian. -- From "Erase, Erase, Erase

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For a second or two I admired her. Then I returned to our regularly scheduled train crash. -- From "Up From Slavery

Quote:

... it was from the early days after Trump's inauguration, and I was bracing myself for what was sure to be an endless litany of unspeakable horrors... -- From "Contributors' Notes", specifically Kelly Barnhill. She is referring to the FIRST inauguration.

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