Tides From The New Worlds

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Lists with This Book. Neat collection of science fiction short stories by Carribean-born author Tobias Buckell. I really enjoyed these, in part because they are basically humanist and positive, even when bad things happen to the characters. Some of the stories have twists, but in contrast to a lot of recent American science fiction I've read, none of the stories struck me as fundamentally pessimistic or interested in gore, distress, or dystopia for its shock value.

In fact, they struck me as stereotypically 'nice', w Neat collection of science fiction short stories by Carribean-born author Tobias Buckell. In fact, they struck me as stereotypically 'nice', which may count against them with a larger audience but shouldn't. Jun 01, Filamena Young rated it liked it Recommends it for: Man I love free books.

Tides feels wet, liquid, and fluid in its movement from one story to another.

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All of that comes together to make Tides feel different, special, without being inaccessible. What if men were extinct and the human race went on as generations of women cloning themselves? I might question some of the choices made to explain the differences between men and women, but the rest of the read is so smooth and satisfying that I felt more like I was nitpicking then anything else. Cross posted from my blog www. Dec 15, Fernando Hugo rated it liked it Shelves: Correcting what appears as the list of short-stories here in its Goodreads entry, the real list of them, at least, in its Kindle edition are these: I am quite aware neither or them are really representative of what this author may be bringing to the genre, with an interesting view perhaps, somewhat too emphatic in some bits; in Necahual, for example on how other nationalities and cultures need and deserve a place and an space in science fiction.

Tides from the New Worlds by Tobias S. Buckell

I kind of wonder how that topic with its own developments , however, did not offer, to my view, more original settings, characters, stories, though, again, I do not deny their value per se, as appreciable intents perhaps, these stories were written when the author did not fully achieve his style? Of those stories with an emphasis on those themes I mentioned, I would choose Anakoisis, and perhaps, partly, Four Eyes.

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Necahual is far too complex and thus, confusing for such a short text, but made me know more about that universe to be more developed in a novel, I reckon. Feb 01, Jared Millet rated it really liked it Shelves: I dig short story collections as you can tell from my other reviews and this was a particularly enjoyable one.

It's the first collection by Tobias Buckell, and a lot of that "newly published author" enthusiasm shows, both in the stories themselves and his explanations of what he was going for with each one. As an added bonus - the main draw, for me at least - the author comes with a unique point of view in SFdom.

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He's from the Caribbean a part of the world I've fallen in love with, albeit onl I dig short story collections as you can tell from my other reviews and this was a particularly enjoyable one. He's from the Caribbean a part of the world I've fallen in love with, albeit only as a tourist and he really lets that part of his heritage shine through in his work. After all, why not? The best thing for a new author to do is to bring something new to the table, and Buckell certainly doesn't hold back in that regard.

The stories do have a slight unpolished feel, although in this case it's "unpolished-literary" instead of "unpolished-pulpy. I see that he's edited a collection called Diverse Energies. Aside from this one, though, my only other exposure to Buckell's work has been his contribution to Scalzi's Metatropolis , which I highly recommend. Anyone who likes good storytelling.

This only gets 4 stars because many of the stories have the last line or two either clipped out or repeated. The writing is very much 5 stars. I also really like the non euro-centric nature of many of the stories.

Jun 29, Ken rated it really liked it. Oct 10, Zeta Syanthis rated it liked it. Some stories hit me like a truck, others weren't quite my taste.

Tides from the New Worlds by Tobias Buckell

Overall, though, an excellent anthology. Alex Baxter rated it really liked it Jul 19, Becky rated it it was amazing Mar 23, Joanna rated it liked it Dec 20, Dawn Aylene rated it it was amazing Jul 18, Josh rated it really liked it Nov 20, Seguleh First rated it liked it May 05, Throughout the collection, Buckell introduces each story with information about its context, in terms of his writing career, as well as historical and cultural influences, ideas, and themes he worked with.

Many single-author collections kind of just throw all the stories in without much in the way of relevant discussion; this is a refreshing change. Buck, we Asians tend to become a morality tale about the dangers of assimilating into a culture not ours.

Such sour notes, however, are rare. I choked up at the final words of this story, which made up for any other little infractions. Thus I have no comments about ebook formatting. Receive notification by email when a new comment is added. You must be a registered user to subscribe to threads. All comments must meet the community standards outlined in Tor. Thank you for keeping the discussion, and our community, civil and respectful.

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