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    Not So Much, Said the Cat

    By Michael Swanwick

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    The master of literary science fiction returns with this dazzling new collection. Michael Swanwick takes us on a whirlwind journey across the globe and across time and space, where magic and science exist in possibilities that are not of this world. These tales are intimate in their telling, galactic in their scope, and delightfully sesquipedalian in their verbiage.

    Join the caravan through Swanwick's worlds and into the playground of his mind. Travel from Norway to Russia and America to Gehenna. Discover a calculus problem that rocks the ages and robots who both nurture and kill. Meet a magical horse who protects the innocent, a semi-repentant troll, a savvy teenager who takes on the Devil, and time travelers from the Mesozoic who party till the end of time...

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTachyon Publications
    Release dateJul 18, 2016
    ISBN9781616962296
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    Michael Swanwick

    MICHAEL SWANWICK has received the Nebula, Theodore Sturgeon, World Fantasy and Hugo Awards, and has the pleasant distinction of having been nominated for and lost more of these same awards than any other writer. His novels include Stations of the Tide, Bones of the Earth, two Darger and Surplus novels, and The Iron Dragon's Mother. He has also written over a hundred and fifty short stories - including the Mongolian Wizard series on Tor.com - and countless works of flash fiction. He lives in Philadelphia with his wife, Marianne Porter.

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    • 4/5
      I truly enjoy this man's work. His brain provides points of view from so many odd angles. This is a compilation of his short stories, of which I think he handles masterfully. These stories have been previously published in other venues of Science Fiction, like Tor, Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction and Asimov's Science Fiction to name a few. I particularly liked An Empty House with Many Doors that speaks of heartbreak and parallel dimensions. And Of Finest Scarlet was her Gown where a daughter travels to Hell to bargain with the Devil for her father's soul. And the Man in Grey is incredibly interesting to think about, in a way illustrating Shakespeare's "All the world's a stage. And men and women merely players" the poem from As You Like It. Good fun. Interesting reading. Don't miss it.
    • 2/5
      I read this on a flight between Phoenix and Oklahoma City, but it was a struggle. I know the author is quite accomplished and well-respected in the sci-fi and fantasy publishing circles, but I didn't connect with him on this one. The first couple of stories held my attention, but the further I got, the more difficult it became to concentrate on the stories and what he was trying to get across. I haven't read anything else by this author, and I'm not sure I'll try anything else by him for quite a while.
    • 4/5
      I don't read short stories because they are too short. My reading speed is high and my contemplation index (is there such a measure?) is low and short fiction that can be inhaled in a minute or two is too ephemeral to give much pleasure. But I knew when I asked for "Not So Much Said the Cat" by Michael Swanwick that it was likely to be something special. To slow the pace, I carried the book on an intercontinental journey that involved several breaks and several short sleeps. I tried to keep my reading to one story per break and it worked pretty well.Mr. Stanwick, in the introduction to this collection, tells a bit of his writing history. He sounds obsessive, sometimes saying that he read all of this or all of that. He has honed his skills by mimicking the style of other writers. He has taught writing.All of this practice has paid off handsomely. His stories and books have won or been nominated for the highest SF awards. This book is full of excellent, creative stories that a normal reader will probably enjoy without an intercontinental journey.I received a review copy of "Not So Much, Said the Cat" by Michael Swanwick (Tachyon) through NetGalley.com.
    • 5/5
      I really enjoyed this collection of short stories and I'm looking forward to checking out more of his work. I could actually see some of his stories being adapted to Twilight Zone and Outer Limits if he had been writing at the time of those shows. Awesome collection.
    • 4/5
      Well, it was difficult to rate this analogy. Some of the short stories were a lot of fun - mainly the ones toward the first half of the book. The works are sort of old school, and many are really more artsy than they are entertaining. Many were fairly predictable. Plots were generally strange without being very innovative.If you love old-school science fiction and fantasy short stories, you'll probably find a lot to like here. If you're looking more for very engaging characters and plot with twists, maybe not as much.There's a lot of interesting worldbuilding going on, though we get to see only slices of it, since these are short stories.Oddly enough, I don't recall a single cat in any of them.