Fiona Kelleghan

A 21st century take on Ellison's classic anthology "Dangerous Visions". The stories were good, although they don't all exemplify the screed of the editor. Political ideology, in general, is basically uncorrelated with literary workmanship. Nor is Kelleghan's position necessarily indisputable. Major case in point: despite her declaration that Kelly's 'Think Like a Dinosaur' represents a masterful improvement over and refutation of Campbell's 'The Cold Equations', both protagonists end up show more killing a girl. PS: this being the new modern liberated world and all, there is still only one female author in the book (in addition to the editor). PPS: My take on humanists in the aggregate: they see only the flaws in the "opposition" and only the virtues of themselves (not an unusual position for any faction). The events of Obama's campaign 2008 and early administration 2009 illustrate the width of the divide between extreme partisans of all stripes and the committed-but-reasonable people caught in the middle. show less

Uneven, as many anthologies tend to be, but with an interesting way of looking at some of the philosophies that can underlie science fiction and speculative fiction.