Favorite Recent Spec-Fic Short Story Collection?

bmcox · 01-13-2014, 09:21 AM

So it's 2014 and time to add more books to the TBR list. I've already started. I just bought Nnedi Okorafor's Kabu Kabu and that's next on my read list. I really enjoyed her novel Who Fears Death.

But I'm greedy and I am always looking for a (few) good Spec-Fic (SciFi, Fantasy, Horror, Weird, Magical Realism, etc.) short story collection(s). Any recommendations? I'll go first. One of the best collections I have ever read is Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang. I recommend it highly.

meeera · 01-13-2014, 09:49 AM

By "recent", do you mean "in the past year", "this century", "post-Golden Age", or something else?

Assuming you only want collections and not anthologies: I can rec Kij Johnson's collection, Lucy Woods' Diving Belles, Greg Egan's "Crystal Nights and Other Stories", and all of the Twelve Planets. There's a fair mix of subgenres for you!

BenG · 01-14-2014, 09:05 AM

Impossible Things by Connie Willis
Novelties & Souvenirs: Collected Short Fiction by John Crowley

and somewhat older, Bears Discover Fire and Other Stories by Terry Bisson and The Best of Lucius Shepherd

bmcox · 01-14-2014, 01:24 PM

Thanks!

P.S. meeera, by recent I mean maybe last 10 years? Maybe something even more current than that.

bfisher · 01-14-2014, 03:02 PM

One of the books I most enjoyed reading last year was The Best of Connie Willis: Award-Winning Stories - a collection of her stories that have won a Nebula and/or Hugo award.

meeera · 01-14-2014, 07:22 PM

Oh, Connie Willis - her collection is waiting on my TBR (and having read some of it as well as her novels), I think I can back that rec confidently. Also high on my TBR and from known-to-me authors, so a "check it out" rec rather than an "I've read all of this, it's amazing" rec:

The Bone Chime Song And Other Stories (Jo Anderton)
Fountain of Age: Stories (Nancy Kress)
The Bride Price (Cat Sparks)
Hair Side, Flesh Side (Helen Marshall)
Skin Folk (Nalo Hopkinson)
The Unreal and the Real (Ursula Leguin)
Pump Six and Other Stories (Paolo Bacigalupi)
Matricide (Lucy Sussex)
Everything by Margo Lanagan ever

BenG · 01-20-2014, 11:48 AM

I would also add At the Mouth of the River of Bees, Stories by Kij Johnson.
I haven't finished it since I rarely read collections through at one go, but what I've read is very good.

01-13-2014, 09:21 AM	#1
bmcox Connoisseur Posts: 78 Karma: 1000000 Join Date: Dec 2012 Device: None	Favorite Recent Spec-Fic Short Story Collection? So it's 2014 and time to add more books to the TBR list. I've already started. I just bought Nnedi Okorafor's Kabu Kabu and that's next on my read list. I really enjoyed her novel Who Fears Death. But I'm greedy and I am always looking for a (few) good Spec-Fic (SciFi, Fantasy, Horror, Weird, Magical Realism, etc.) short story collection(s). Any recommendations? I'll go first. One of the best collections I have ever read is Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang. I recommend it highly.

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01-13-2014, 09:49 AM	#2
meeera Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,817 Karma: 68407974 Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Australia Device: Kobo Libra 2, iPadMini4, iPad4, MBP; support other Kobo/Kindles	By "recent", do you mean "in the past year", "this century", "post-Golden Age", or something else? Assuming you only want collections and not anthologies: I can rec Kij Johnson's collection, Lucy Woods' Diving Belles, Greg Egan's "Crystal Nights and Other Stories", and all of the Twelve Planets. There's a fair mix of subgenres for you!

01-14-2014, 09:05 AM	#3
BenG Home Guard Posts: 4,730 Karma: 86721650 Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Alpha Ralpha Boulevard Device: Kindle Oasis 3G, iPhone 6	Impossible Things by Connie Willis Novelties & Souvenirs: Collected Short Fiction by John Crowley and somewhat older, Bears Discover Fire and Other Stories by Terry Bisson and The Best of Lucius Shepherd

01-14-2014, 01:24 PM	#4
bmcox Connoisseur Posts: 78 Karma: 1000000 Join Date: Dec 2012 Device: None	Thanks! P.S. meeera, by recent I mean maybe last 10 years? Maybe something even more current than that.

01-14-2014, 03:02 PM	#5
bfisher Wizard Posts: 1,638 Karma: 28483498 Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Ottawa Canada Device: Sony PRS-T3, Galaxy (Aldiko, Kobo app)	One of the books I most enjoyed reading last year was The Best of Connie Willis: Award-Winning Stories - a collection of her stories that have won a Nebula and/or Hugo award.

01-14-2014, 07:22 PM	#6
meeera Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,817 Karma: 68407974 Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Australia Device: Kobo Libra 2, iPadMini4, iPad4, MBP; support other Kobo/Kindles	Oh, Connie Willis - her collection is waiting on my TBR (and having read some of it as well as her novels), I think I can back that rec confidently. Also high on my TBR and from known-to-me authors, so a "check it out" rec rather than an "I've read all of this, it's amazing" rec: The Bone Chime Song And Other Stories (Jo Anderton) Fountain of Age: Stories (Nancy Kress) The Bride Price (Cat Sparks) Hair Side, Flesh Side (Helen Marshall) Skin Folk (Nalo Hopkinson) The Unreal and the Real (Ursula Leguin) Pump Six and Other Stories (Paolo Bacigalupi) Matricide (Lucy Sussex) Everything by Margo Lanagan ever

01-20-2014, 11:48 AM	#7
BenG Home Guard Posts: 4,730 Karma: 86721650 Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Alpha Ralpha Boulevard Device: Kindle Oasis 3G, iPhone 6	I would also add At the Mouth of the River of Bees, Stories by Kij Johnson. I haven't finished it since I rarely read collections through at one go, but what I've read is very good.

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