Superheroes

author: Rich Horton

name: Wayne

average rating: 3.53

book published: 2013

rating: 3

read at: 2013/06/09

date added: 2013/06/09

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Superheroes are on display in this new anthology of stories edited by Rich Horton, and there are a good mix of stories told from the viewpoint of heroes, villains and bystanders.



Standouts for me included Kelly Link's 'Secret Identity' about a young girl making a secret rendezvous in a hotel filled with superheroes and dentists, and 'The Illustrated Biography of Lord Grimm' by Daryl Gregory about the citizens of an Eastern European country run by a supervillain under attack by superheroes. But there is something here for everyone: old heroes and villains, young assistants discovering unusual powers and teaming up, a group of heroes based in South Korea and facing bureaucracy, among others.



I was especially pleased to find 'The Biggest' by James Patrick Kelly which is part of Adam Christopher's Worldbuilder project and takes place in the same universe as his novels 'Empire State' and 'The Age Atomic.'



While I like most of the stories, they seemed to focus more on the tedium of the job rather than how amazing it might be. I found this to get a bit old after a while, but maybe that's the state of superhero fiction in our enlightened age. Still, it's a great collection of stories and it was nice to discover some new authors.





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