I've read several of the anthologies in this series, and I always really *want* to like them - I like the concept, and I very much appreciate the attitude... but then I seem to never really love the stories. I'm just not a big fan of the tongue-in-cheek humor that the series focuses on.Lady of Steel...
What. The. Hell.I am stunned. I love, love humor that mocks, averts and/or subverts fantasy tropes, especially the ones applied to women, and I thought that's what this was. Sure, it's called Chicks in Chainmail, but that's part of the joke, right? I had high hopes, even though I don't really like a...
A collection of stories about warriors coming into their own. As is generally the case with collections, it's a mixed bag, though with more good than bad. The bad:"The Magestone" by SM and Jan Stirling. The writing isn't great, but the story (about a n00b sailor who tries to help free a mermaid s...
My favorite story in this collection was Esther Freisner's "Thunderbolt," a story about Helen of Troy. Also decent were Mike Resnick's "The Boy who called 'Dragon!'"
Nice book of short stories looking at the 'everyman' - the different kinds of worker bees out in space.The ones I liked the best:"Catalog of Woe", Mindy L. Klasky - librarian in space and alien troubles..."Ferret and Red", Josepha Sherman - interesting twist on relationships between alien races..."A...
Nice book of short stories looking at the 'everyman' - the different kinds of worker bees out in space.The ones I liked the best:"Catalog of Woe", Mindy L. Klasky - librarian in space and alien troubles..."Ferret and Red", Josepha Sherman - interesting twist on relationships between alien races..."A...
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