THE VERY BEST OF FANTASY & SCIENCE FICTION deserves almost unlimited praise

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For Rick reads some books, I dunno, the blog’s namesake heaps praise upon The Very Best of Fantasy & Science Fiction.

This anthology is unique: I didn’t dislike a single story here. “macs” and “Buffalo” were middling efforts, I felt, but overall this is the finest and most consistent set of stories I’ve encountered thus far. I may be overrating it a tad bit, but if any anthology deserves almost unlimited praise, it’s this one. Even my wish that it were longer is assuaged by the fact that there’s a second volume, one I’ve already ordered from the library system.

Read the rest of Rick’s review, which included comments on every story, at Rick reads some books, I dunno.

For more information about The Very Best of Fantasy & Science Fiction, visit the Tachyon page.

Cover art by David A. Hardy.

Cover design by Bryan Cholfin.