Anne C. Perry

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An anthology that seems to have coincided with an exhibition in Greenwich, with stories themed around parts of the solar system - starting with Mercury and working out to Voyager I. Got it as a prize from Strange Horizons. I thought a lot of these were very good, and wished I had got to them in time for Hugo nominations that year (2014). In particular the very first one, "Golden Apple" by Sophia McDougall, about a child dying of sunlight, and "The show more Comet's Tale" by Matt Jones, about a forbidden love affair and Halley's Comet, will both linger with me. show less

A sampler with 3 stories. The first is nicely written and pleasantly humorous, but reads like an opening chapter. I wonder what comes next? The second story is an interesting take on World War I weapons testing that begs to be expanded into something more substantial. The third story is well done. Female villains sit around and bitch about how they are treated, forced to dress, and so on. The best story of the three.

Well-written, sort of pleasant, but no real payoffs to any of this year's stories. None of them are long enough to really introduce a mystery, and the solutions (when a solution is required) are ho-hum.