![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() It’s interesting to see so many different takes on steampunk (I love that about anthologies). It’s unusual not to find at least one that’s not my cup of tea, but while I definitely had my favorites, I thought the overall quality of the writing was high and I liked every story. ![]() I thought that all seven stories were worthwhile. See? Fascinating cultural insight, and we haven’t even read the stories yet. The guidelines for the project specified steampunk and “No depressive ending, no preaching, no agendas, no angst-ridden misery.” According to the editorial notes, this is the tone that dominates fiction published in Singapore, and they wanted to get away from that. This anthology is from the Happy Smiley Writers Group, featuring authors from Singapore. It was fascinating to see how this played out in the pieces in this anthology, The Steampowered Globe. A More Diverse Universe is about celebrating the voices of authors of color, specifically inherent in that is the idea that their work will have more, or at least more authentic, characters of color as well. Reading an anthology of short fiction for this event turned out to be an interesting choice. ![]()
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