Tuesday 2 February 2010

FANTASY REVIEW: Tor's Years Best Fantasy 9 - Ed. David G Hartwell, Kathryn Cramer

BOOK BLURB:

Those exiles and rebels determined to bring peace to Lescar discover the true cost of war. Courage and friendships are tested to breaking point.
Twenty-eight doses of wonder. From the distant past to the present day, from Antarctica and Mars to worlds that never were, the tales in this book bring news from nowhere-and everywhere. Fantasy is a mode of storytelling, a method of entertainment, a mode of argument, and a way of seeing. Here, presented by two of the most distinguished anthologists of the day, are twenty-eight stories that see, tell, argue, and entertain.


REVIEW:

With the genre being what it is, every fan has a firm favourite author that they’ll buy as they know that they’ll get pure quality for their buck. What adds to this offering is the sheer talent within the pages giving the reader as wide a taste of the genre as the colours on a spectrum. It’s a great way for readers to try authors that they’ve heard of but not wanted to spend the money on as they’re unsure in order to get a taster of the talent out there. A great offering and definitely a format that I highly approve of, wishing that a great many more publishers would release into as the sheer scope at times, makes affording so many quality novels difficult.

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