by Connie Willis
As with any collection of short stories, this is a mixed bag. I wanted to read the title story as it is supposed to be the start of Willis's time travel series. I wasn't really planning to read the other stories, but I am so glad I did. I will definitely be reading more of this author.
A selection of short stories written by Willis. Interesting and readable but I'm not liking her quite as much as some people I know.
Really really really mean to read Doomsday Book this year, and maybe the rest of the Oxford Time Travel series. Really. So I thought a refresher on the short story that started it all was in order. And I may as well read the rest of the anthology while I'm here...
I read somewhere once that the other side of empathy is sadism. That came to mind here. I've read a great deal of Connie Willis over the years, and usually one notices how fundamentally kind she is, as a writer - in her characters, in the way she appears to observe the world, in the sorts of stories...
I didn't hate this collection of stories but didn't love it either. I keep wanting to really love Connie Willis' books but I never seem to get into them. I enjoyed a few stories from this - "A Letter from the Clearys," "Daisy, In the Sun," and the creepy, creepy "All My Darling Daughters," but nothi...
A nice short story collection.
My one complaint about this book was that I wanted all of the stories to be novels.
An excellent anthology of short stories from one of my very favorite authors. Some of them I'd read before, some were new to me, but all of them were excellent.Contents:* "Fire Watch"* "All My Darling Daughters"* "The Sidon in the Mirror"* "Samaritan"* "Service for the Burial of the Dead"* "Mail Ord...
Willis is one of the finest storytellers ever. She can pack a hell of a lot into a tight little story.
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