The Long List Anthology volume 7 - The Library of the Uncommons

449 pages

Published May 31, 2022 by Diabolical Plots.

ISBN:: 979-8-8372-2185-9

(1 review)

Fans of science fiction and fantasy will fall in love with this collection of works nominated for the coveted Hugo Award. Featuring everything from space pirate radio to interstellar disputes and haunted houses, this captivating anthology brings together 24 stunning stories of speculative fiction from around the world.

PUBLISHER DESCRIPTION

This is the seventh annual edition of the Long List Anthology. Every year, supporting members of WorldCon nominate their favorite stories first published during the selected year to determine the top five in each category for the final Hugo Award ballot. This is an anthology collecting more of the stories from that nomination list to reach more readers. The Long List Anthology volume 7 collects 24 science fiction, fantasy, and horror stories from that nomination list, totaling over 400 pages of fiction by writers from all corners of the world. From lonely haunted houses to invincible mechsuits, from body-lending gigwork …

Fans of science fiction and fantasy will fall in love with this collection of works nominated for the coveted Hugo Award. Featuring everything from space pirate radio to interstellar disputes and haunted houses, this captivating anthology brings together 24 stunning stories of speculative fiction from around the world.

PUBLISHER DESCRIPTION

This is the seventh annual edition of the Long List Anthology. Every year, supporting members of WorldCon nominate their favorite stories first published during the selected year to determine the top five in each category for the final Hugo Award ballot. This is an anthology collecting more of the stories from that nomination list to reach more readers. The Long List Anthology volume 7 collects 24 science fiction, fantasy, and horror stories from that nomination list, totaling over 400 pages of fiction by writers from all corners of the world. From lonely haunted houses to invincible mechsuits, from body-lending gigwork to Fae ransom letters, from space pirate radio to interstellar disputes over art ownership. There is something here for everyone.

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enne📚 reviewed The Long List Anthology volume 7 by Collected Authors

Long List Anthology volume 7

4 stars

I read all of the fiction in the Hugo awards packet every year, and one of the reasons is that it gives me exposure to a bunch of short stories and novellas that I otherwise wouldn't have heard of. This anthology is stuff that was on the nomination list but didn't make the final cut.

This anthology is overall thumbs up from me. I especially liked AirBody (a story about airbnb for body rental surprisingly about food, connection, and the cost of the closet in a homophobic culture) and Exile's End (about art repatriation and colonialism). I also would read a whole novel of the arranged marriage from In This, At Least, We Are Alike. Thanks, library.

One content warning is that there are two(!!) sequential(!!) stories that mention the terfy antisemitic wizard lady books vomit emoji. I have no patience for this nonsense existing in any form in my …

I read all of the fiction in the Hugo awards packet every year, and one of the reasons is that it gives me exposure to a bunch of short stories and novellas that I otherwise wouldn't have heard of. This anthology is stuff that was on the nomination list but didn't make the final cut.

This anthology is overall thumbs up from me. I especially liked AirBody (a story about airbnb for body rental surprisingly about food, connection, and the cost of the closet in a homophobic culture) and Exile's End (about art repatriation and colonialism). I also would read a whole novel of the arranged marriage from In This, At Least, We Are Alike. Thanks, library.

One content warning is that there are two(!!) sequential(!!) stories that mention the terfy antisemitic wizard lady books vomit emoji. I have no patience for this nonsense existing in any form in my personal timeline and so dropped these stories on the floor. These stories are the two by Catherynne Valente and Maureen McHugh if you also want to skip them.