This is part two of my top ten short stories that I’ve read over the last few months. As I’m not a big fan of ordered lists of things, these are in no particular order, but I still recommend you check out my prior post (though whether you do it before or after this one shouldn’t make that big of a difference. Continue reading 101 Short Stories in 101 Days – Part 2
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101 Short Stories in 101 Days – Part 1
If you’ve been paying attention to the goals on the right sidebar, you may have noticed I’ve reached my first – I’ve read (mostly listened to) 101 short stories. What I’m particularly proud of, in this case, is that I’ve read 101 short stories in 101 days, which was something of a sub-goal that I really hoped to reach as part of this one. It feels good to have listened to and rated all these stories, and I can definitely say I’ve enjoyed getting back into science fiction short stories.
Of the ones that I’ve listened to or read this year, the next couple of posts will be short reviews and recommendations (in no particular order). I’ve provided links to the ones at Escape Artists, so hopefully, if one sounds interesting, you can listen to it for yourself. Continue reading 101 Short Stories in 101 Days – Part 1
Fire from the Wine Dark Sea
My reading material of choice lately has been Fire from the Wine Dark Sea by S. P. Somtow (then, Somtow Sucharitkul). As you may have heard from me before, S. P. Somtow is one of my favorite authors, so a collection of his short stories was right up my alley. I initially picked it up for The 13th Utopia, a short story that takes place in the Inquestor universe, that I had only ever gotten the chance to read in the bowels of the library from an old issue of Analog. I thought I’d never get the chance to read it again, until I saw this collection on Somtow’s publications page, and I knew I should pick it up. Continue reading Fire from the Wine Dark Sea