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Kindle Edition Verified Purchase. I thoroughly enjoyed 'Brave Men Run' and have waited some time now for it's sequel. When I first saw it was a set of short stories instead of another novella, I was disappointed. The stories themselves, however, were pretty good and painted an interesting slice of '80's Americana and reactions to developing super-powers.
I would have been happier if it was a larger collection, but the stories themselves were good and it was a pleasant evening's read. Overall I enjoyed it but I want more. Some of these just leave you hanging. Almost like reading a first chapter then turning the page to discover that was the end.
I wouldn't be surprised to see some books come from these. A couple concluded nicely. I really loved Brave Men Run, and enjoyed the stories in this collection. There were a few editing errors, but most people don't catch those like I do so it shouldn't take away from the stories which I found to be really good. I loved Brave Men Run the first book of the sovereign era and these great stories are an excellent addition to the Sovereign Era universe. I really enjoyed the Podiobooks version of Brave Men Run, so when Matthew Wayne Selznick was running a survey on whether to write more in the setting I voted "yes" and picked up this collection of short stories by other authors, in his setting as well.
A bonus was that I've listened to and enjoyed stories by a couple of the authors, and at least heard of most of the others as prominent indie writers, so my expectations were high. In the event, it was a bit of a mixed bag.
A couple of the stories suffer from the curse of indie writers: Matt Wallace's Mexican gangbangers call each other "essay" I think that's "ese", Matt , but the prize goes to Jared Axelrod, who has someone cutting a "break" line with a pair of "sheers". You can just imagine those thin stockings cutting through the line of dancing kids as they spin on the ground If there's a theme to this book it's of escape, getting away from your inadequate or even abusive life to the magical, distant compound where William Donner is gathering the X-Men sorry, the Sovereigns.
You don't figure out how to assert yourself or solve your problems, you develop superpowers and run away to a place where, you assume, those problems won't exist. Good luck with that. Men don't come out looking too good. Only one of the seven stories doesn't feature violence by men against women and only because there are no women onstage in Matt Wallace's gangbanger story - all the violence is between men. MWS is just four days younger than me, and I remember growing up in the 80s too.
I don't remember it as such a violent and abusive time, myself, though I wasn't in the USA and perhaps I lived a sheltered life. These are basically origin stories, stories of beginnings, and after reading seven stories of beginnings with no real endings I felt a bit unsatisfied, to be honest. I listened to the "Brave Men Run" podcast several years ago and find myself thinking of it often. The characters and setting really resonated with me. This collection of shorts by some of today's stellar up and coming authors finds that same frequency and holds on tight.
More than just spinning tales about the actions of people with special abilities they focus on what the impact of those abilities are on other aspects of life and loved ones. It's the only way we can force him to write a dozen more of these!
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Blackwell Matt Wallace J. Hutchins April 6, Explore a mosaic history of the first twelve months of the Sovereign Era in these stories from seven superstars of new media fiction: Donner" Featuring cover art by Jeffrey Himmelman! Flowing text, Original pages. Web, Tablet, Phone, eReader.
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