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Available
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Collection
Publication
Hyperion Book CH (2012), Edition: First Edition, 384 pages
Description
An anthology of nineteen tales by well-known authors of young adult and adult literature which explore the lives of teens raised after a catastrophe, either in the first few years after the change or in the distant future.
Media reviews
Ostensibly a collection of young adult stories with a post-apocalyptic or dystopian setting, these tales are remarkably sophisticated and intriguing, certainly more than good enough for the adult science fiction reader, and perhaps a bit much for readers much younger than their mid-teens. All posit
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extremely dark and hopeless futures in which authority is—rightfully—suspect. Show Less
User reviews
LibraryThing member Bookswithbite
I love dystopian stories. There are so many possibilities that any story facing some uncertain future always manages to capture me.
Now, I know most don't like short stories, but I do. Let me tell you why? Short stories are quick to the book and for me, leave me wondering what more could happen if
As I read through these stories several stood out to me. Now only are there authors that I known and love to read but I also discovered other authors that I have never heard of. And I love discovering new authors with short stories.
If you love dystopia or apocalyptic stories, read this book. There are some amazing stories that I can only hope will be turned into full fledged novels. There are also a few short stories of questions that lingered in my mind from other novels that I have read before. After is an amazing selection of stories that fill my mind with wonder. Exhilarating and exciting, After is great.
Now, I know most don't like short stories, but I do. Let me tell you why? Short stories are quick to the book and for me, leave me wondering what more could happen if
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the author expand the story? I love that short stories gives the reader a quick glance of what life is like and then close with questions.As I read through these stories several stood out to me. Now only are there authors that I known and love to read but I also discovered other authors that I have never heard of. And I love discovering new authors with short stories.
If you love dystopia or apocalyptic stories, read this book. There are some amazing stories that I can only hope will be turned into full fledged novels. There are also a few short stories of questions that lingered in my mind from other novels that I have read before. After is an amazing selection of stories that fill my mind with wonder. Exhilarating and exciting, After is great.
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LibraryThing member Fledgist
Post-catastrophe, post-apocalypse short fiction. These are very good stories from a variety of perspectives all very human.
LibraryThing member GirlsonFire
I'm not a big fan of short stories, but I do enjoy reading apocalyptic, post-apocalyptic and dystopian novels, so I decided to try this book of short stories. I gave it 3 stars because I really enjoyed some of the stories, while i disliked or just couldn't get into other ones. I definitely plan to
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read more by some of the authors in this book. Show Less
LibraryThing member TheMadHatters
Sadly, there were more bad stories than good in this compilation. But the ones that were good were REALLY good and I would love to see them be fleshed out as novels. A good, quick read for older teens who like dystopian books.
LibraryThing member Stormydawnc
I actually calculated the average rating I gave each short story and averaged out to exactly a 2.5. There were some really great stories in here, but most of them just lacked something. On the whole, I'm rather "meh" about this anthology. Full review to come.
LibraryThing member lquilter
I enjoy post-apocalyptic fiction, and so I liked quite a number of stories in this anthology. An anthology of it gives a chance to explore a wide variety of different apocalypses -- from nanotechnology (Kiernan's "Fake Plastic Trees"), transgenic crops (Castellucci's "The Marker"), unexplained
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alien or supernatural interventions (Kressel's "The Great Game at the End of the World", Nix's "You Won't Feel a Thing"), plagues and political repression (Dunn's "Before"), zombies (Carrie Ryan's "After the Cure", which was great); environmental destruction (a lot of them), to guns and politics (Ford's "Blood Drive"). Show Less
LibraryThing member texascheeseman
After
Author: Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling
Publisher: Hyperion Books
Published In: New York
Date: 2012
Pgs: 370
REVIEW MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS
Summary:
If the apocalypse doesn’t kill all of us, whatever form it takes, what will the survivors do? How will they survive? What would they be willing to do?
Genre:
Adventure
Apocalypse
Disaster
End of the World
Fantasy
Fiction
Military
Science fiction
Short stories
Survivalist
Thrillers
Vampires
War
Zombies
Why this book:
I’m in to the post apocalyptic literature.
______________________________________________________________________________
After the Cure by Carrie Ryan
Favorite Character:
Vail, the cured survivor. She is fighting the urges that are still there even after they are cured.
Least Favorite Character:
The lecherous Doc at the Sanitation Center who was supposed to be rehabbing the cured, but seemed more interested in feeling up the female patients than in doing his job.
The Feel:
This has that great, close feeling that good apocalypse stories have. That feel like the other shoe isn’t just going to drop, but come crashing through the front door with a horde of zombies behind him.
Favorite Scene:
When she stands at the window of her house in the woods and stares out at the zombie that has fallen into her pool and can’t figure its way out. And she doesn’t want to shoot it either with the cure darts or with a gun. She just lets it fight its way around in the pool.
Pacing:
Great pace. Has that wish it was longer feel to it.
Hmm Moments:
The coffee pot moment at the Rehab facility. Knowing that you aren’t the only one who still feels the monster.
The reference she makes to those who still hunt and eat. Woof!
Why isn’t there a screenplay?
Would make a great movie.
Casting call:
One of the Emmas: Stone; Watson; Roberts; or Ellen Paige as Vail. They’re all great actresses and could communicate her feel and tragedy excellently.
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Valedictorian by N. K. Jemisin
Favorite Character:
Zinhle is everyone who was ever bored in school and didn’t feel challenged.
Least Favorite Character:
The airheads who failed to see the world around them in anything other than that cookie cutter light that was being fed to them.
The Feel:
This is a hard world to imagine. But it’s as easy as looking back at the times I was bored in high school, when I wasn’t challenged and didn’t feel like I belonged for a whole set of reasons that went way beyond what was perceived as general antisocialness. This one hit close to the bone even with its, admittedly, out there premise. I liked it.
Favorite Scene:
The pride Zinhle exhibits when she ponders the girls having to bring six girls to try and beat her down after three failed to get the job done the time before.
Pacing:
Well paced.
Why isn’t there a screenplay?
With as much of this being introspection as it is, I doubt it would convert.
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Rust with Wings by Steven Gould
Favorite Character:
Jeremy is a good kid. Smart. Fast. Brave.
Favorite Scene:
When he figures out how his dad can snorkel in the golf course pond to shield his pacemacker from the bugs.
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Faint Heart by Sarah Rees Brennan
Favorite Character:
The latest Rosamond.
The Feel:
That’s a whole lot of tragedy; all those boys and young men sent to compete and die, and the Rosamonds, cloned and raised in a glass cage as the prize for the competition designed to bleed a generation of the city’s youth to allow the society to live in peace. Horrific.
Hmm Moments:
There are elements of Disney’s Aladdin here mixed with elements of The Hunger Games to the detriment of the male youth of this society...and the poor genetically engineered clone of their queen, trapped in the destiny that encloses all her lineage.
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The Easthound by Nalo Hopkinson
Favorite Character:
Millie who seems to have a sense about the things that were coming, but couldn’t see them clearly. She saw what she wanted to see and didn’t see the danger close as it was.
Character I Most Identified With:
Millie.
The Feel:
The twist was well done. Even telegraphed, I didn’t really latch onto it. I bought the explanation that Millie was giving herself for the way things were happening.
Millie’s solution, her way to save her friends at the end.
Favorite Scene:
When they realize what has happened while they slept.
Pacing:
Great pace. Page turner. Wish it was longer.
Hmm Moments:
Are they puberty werewolves or zombie somethings? Not sure. Awesome. More werewolf, I think.
Why isn’t there a screenplay?
In a longer form, this would make for excellent movie or television fodder.
______________________________________________________________________________
And other stories.
______________________________________________________________________________
Last Page Sound:
Some good. Some alright.
Author Assessment:
Case by case basis.
Editorial Assessment:
Some of these were filler. Some were add on stories to other series.
Knee Jerk Reaction:
it’s alright
Disposition of Book:
Irving Public Library
South Campus,
Irving, TX
Dewey Decimal System:
YA
F
AFT
Would recommend to:
genre fans
______________________________________________________________________________
Author: Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling
Publisher: Hyperion Books
Published In: New York
Date: 2012
Pgs: 370
REVIEW MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS
Summary:
If the apocalypse doesn’t kill all of us, whatever form it takes, what will the survivors do? How will they survive? What would they be willing to do?
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Would it be the ultimate freedom or would it be the ultimate slavery? 19 authors look in on worlds where people are surviving as best they can. Nuclear meltdown, plague, meteor, zombies, World War III, ice age, pandemic...what would the future look like? Would you want to live there?Genre:
Adventure
Apocalypse
Disaster
End of the World
Fantasy
Fiction
Military
Science fiction
Short stories
Survivalist
Thrillers
Vampires
War
Zombies
Why this book:
I’m in to the post apocalyptic literature.
______________________________________________________________________________
After the Cure by Carrie Ryan
Favorite Character:
Vail, the cured survivor. She is fighting the urges that are still there even after they are cured.
Least Favorite Character:
The lecherous Doc at the Sanitation Center who was supposed to be rehabbing the cured, but seemed more interested in feeling up the female patients than in doing his job.
The Feel:
This has that great, close feeling that good apocalypse stories have. That feel like the other shoe isn’t just going to drop, but come crashing through the front door with a horde of zombies behind him.
Favorite Scene:
When she stands at the window of her house in the woods and stares out at the zombie that has fallen into her pool and can’t figure its way out. And she doesn’t want to shoot it either with the cure darts or with a gun. She just lets it fight its way around in the pool.
Pacing:
Great pace. Has that wish it was longer feel to it.
Hmm Moments:
The coffee pot moment at the Rehab facility. Knowing that you aren’t the only one who still feels the monster.
The reference she makes to those who still hunt and eat. Woof!
Why isn’t there a screenplay?
Would make a great movie.
Casting call:
One of the Emmas: Stone; Watson; Roberts; or Ellen Paige as Vail. They’re all great actresses and could communicate her feel and tragedy excellently.
______________________________________________________________________________
Valedictorian by N. K. Jemisin
Favorite Character:
Zinhle is everyone who was ever bored in school and didn’t feel challenged.
Least Favorite Character:
The airheads who failed to see the world around them in anything other than that cookie cutter light that was being fed to them.
The Feel:
This is a hard world to imagine. But it’s as easy as looking back at the times I was bored in high school, when I wasn’t challenged and didn’t feel like I belonged for a whole set of reasons that went way beyond what was perceived as general antisocialness. This one hit close to the bone even with its, admittedly, out there premise. I liked it.
Favorite Scene:
The pride Zinhle exhibits when she ponders the girls having to bring six girls to try and beat her down after three failed to get the job done the time before.
Pacing:
Well paced.
Why isn’t there a screenplay?
With as much of this being introspection as it is, I doubt it would convert.
______________________________________________________________________________
Rust with Wings by Steven Gould
Favorite Character:
Jeremy is a good kid. Smart. Fast. Brave.
Favorite Scene:
When he figures out how his dad can snorkel in the golf course pond to shield his pacemacker from the bugs.
______________________________________________________________________________
Faint Heart by Sarah Rees Brennan
Favorite Character:
The latest Rosamond.
The Feel:
That’s a whole lot of tragedy; all those boys and young men sent to compete and die, and the Rosamonds, cloned and raised in a glass cage as the prize for the competition designed to bleed a generation of the city’s youth to allow the society to live in peace. Horrific.
Hmm Moments:
There are elements of Disney’s Aladdin here mixed with elements of The Hunger Games to the detriment of the male youth of this society...and the poor genetically engineered clone of their queen, trapped in the destiny that encloses all her lineage.
______________________________________________________________________________
The Easthound by Nalo Hopkinson
Favorite Character:
Millie who seems to have a sense about the things that were coming, but couldn’t see them clearly. She saw what she wanted to see and didn’t see the danger close as it was.
Character I Most Identified With:
Millie.
The Feel:
The twist was well done. Even telegraphed, I didn’t really latch onto it. I bought the explanation that Millie was giving herself for the way things were happening.
Millie’s solution, her way to save her friends at the end.
Favorite Scene:
When they realize what has happened while they slept.
Pacing:
Great pace. Page turner. Wish it was longer.
Hmm Moments:
Are they puberty werewolves or zombie somethings? Not sure. Awesome. More werewolf, I think.
Why isn’t there a screenplay?
In a longer form, this would make for excellent movie or television fodder.
______________________________________________________________________________
And other stories.
______________________________________________________________________________
Last Page Sound:
Some good. Some alright.
Author Assessment:
Case by case basis.
Editorial Assessment:
Some of these were filler. Some were add on stories to other series.
Knee Jerk Reaction:
it’s alright
Disposition of Book:
Irving Public Library
South Campus,
Irving, TX
Dewey Decimal System:
YA
F
AFT
Would recommend to:
genre fans
______________________________________________________________________________
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LibraryThing member texascheeseman
After
Author: Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling
Publisher: Hyperion Books
Published In: New York
Date: 2012
Pgs: 370
REVIEW MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS
Summary:
If the apocalypse doesn’t kill all of us, whatever form it takes, what will the survivors do? How will they survive? What would they be willing to do?
Genre:
Adventure
Apocalypse
Disaster
End of the World
Fantasy
Fiction
Military
Science fiction
Short stories
Survivalist
Thrillers
Vampires
War
Zombies
Why this book:
I’m in to the post apocalyptic literature.
______________________________________________________________________________
After the Cure by Carrie Ryan
Favorite Character:
Vail, the cured survivor. She is fighting the urges that are still there even after they are cured.
Least Favorite Character:
The lecherous Doc at the Sanitation Center who was supposed to be rehabbing the cured, but seemed more interested in feeling up the female patients than in doing his job.
The Feel:
This has that great, close feeling that good apocalypse stories have. That feel like the other shoe isn’t just going to drop, but come crashing through the front door with a horde of zombies behind him.
Favorite Scene:
When she stands at the window of her house in the woods and stares out at the zombie that has fallen into her pool and can’t figure its way out. And she doesn’t want to shoot it either with the cure darts or with a gun. She just lets it fight its way around in the pool.
Pacing:
Great pace. Has that wish it was longer feel to it.
Hmm Moments:
The coffee pot moment at the Rehab facility. Knowing that you aren’t the only one who still feels the monster.
The reference she makes to those who still hunt and eat. Woof!
Why isn’t there a screenplay?
Would make a great movie.
Casting call:
One of the Emmas: Stone; Watson; Roberts; or Ellen Paige as Vail. They’re all great actresses and could communicate her feel and tragedy excellently.
______________________________________________________________________________
Valedictorian by N. K. Jemisin
Favorite Character:
Zinhle is everyone who was ever bored in school and didn’t feel challenged.
Least Favorite Character:
The airheads who failed to see the world around them in anything other than that cookie cutter light that was being fed to them.
The Feel:
This is a hard world to imagine. But it’s as easy as looking back at the times I was bored in high school, when I wasn’t challenged and didn’t feel like I belonged for a whole set of reasons that went way beyond what was perceived as general antisocialness. This one hit close to the bone even with its, admittedly, out there premise. I liked it.
Favorite Scene:
The pride Zinhle exhibits when she ponders the girls having to bring six girls to try and beat her down after three failed to get the job done the time before.
Pacing:
Well paced.
Why isn’t there a screenplay?
With as much of this being introspection as it is, I doubt it would convert.
______________________________________________________________________________
Rust with Wings by Steven Gould
Favorite Character:
Jeremy is a good kid. Smart. Fast. Brave.
Favorite Scene:
When he figures out how his dad can snorkel in the golf course pond to shield his pacemacker from the bugs.
______________________________________________________________________________
Faint Heart by Sarah Rees Brennan
Favorite Character:
The latest Rosamond.
The Feel:
That’s a whole lot of tragedy; all those boys and young men sent to compete and die, and the Rosamonds, cloned and raised in a glass cage as the prize for the competition designed to bleed a generation of the city’s youth to allow the society to live in peace. Horrific.
Hmm Moments:
There are elements of Disney’s Aladdin here mixed with elements of The Hunger Games to the detriment of the male youth of this society...and the poor genetically engineered clone of their queen, trapped in the destiny that encloses all her lineage.
______________________________________________________________________________
The Easthound by Nalo Hopkinson
Favorite Character:
Millie who seems to have a sense about the things that were coming, but couldn’t see them clearly. She saw what she wanted to see and didn’t see the danger close as it was.
Character I Most Identified With:
Millie.
The Feel:
The twist was well done. Even telegraphed, I didn’t really latch onto it. I bought the explanation that Millie was giving herself for the way things were happening.
Millie’s solution, her way to save her friends at the end.
Favorite Scene:
When they realize what has happened while they slept.
Pacing:
Great pace. Page turner. Wish it was longer.
Hmm Moments:
Are they puberty werewolves or zombie somethings? Not sure. Awesome. More werewolf, I think.
Why isn’t there a screenplay?
In a longer form, this would make for excellent movie or television fodder.
______________________________________________________________________________
And other stories.
______________________________________________________________________________
Last Page Sound:
Some good. Some alright.
Author Assessment:
Case by case basis.
Editorial Assessment:
Some of these were filler. Some were add on stories to other series.
Knee Jerk Reaction:
it’s alright
Disposition of Book:
Irving Public Library
South Campus,
Irving, TX
Dewey Decimal System:
YA
F
AFT
Would recommend to:
genre fans
______________________________________________________________________________
Author: Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling
Publisher: Hyperion Books
Published In: New York
Date: 2012
Pgs: 370
REVIEW MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS
Summary:
If the apocalypse doesn’t kill all of us, whatever form it takes, what will the survivors do? How will they survive? What would they be willing to do?
Show More
Would it be the ultimate freedom or would it be the ultimate slavery? 19 authors look in on worlds where people are surviving as best they can. Nuclear meltdown, plague, meteor, zombies, World War III, ice age, pandemic...what would the future look like? Would you want to live there?Genre:
Adventure
Apocalypse
Disaster
End of the World
Fantasy
Fiction
Military
Science fiction
Short stories
Survivalist
Thrillers
Vampires
War
Zombies
Why this book:
I’m in to the post apocalyptic literature.
______________________________________________________________________________
After the Cure by Carrie Ryan
Favorite Character:
Vail, the cured survivor. She is fighting the urges that are still there even after they are cured.
Least Favorite Character:
The lecherous Doc at the Sanitation Center who was supposed to be rehabbing the cured, but seemed more interested in feeling up the female patients than in doing his job.
The Feel:
This has that great, close feeling that good apocalypse stories have. That feel like the other shoe isn’t just going to drop, but come crashing through the front door with a horde of zombies behind him.
Favorite Scene:
When she stands at the window of her house in the woods and stares out at the zombie that has fallen into her pool and can’t figure its way out. And she doesn’t want to shoot it either with the cure darts or with a gun. She just lets it fight its way around in the pool.
Pacing:
Great pace. Has that wish it was longer feel to it.
Hmm Moments:
The coffee pot moment at the Rehab facility. Knowing that you aren’t the only one who still feels the monster.
The reference she makes to those who still hunt and eat. Woof!
Why isn’t there a screenplay?
Would make a great movie.
Casting call:
One of the Emmas: Stone; Watson; Roberts; or Ellen Paige as Vail. They’re all great actresses and could communicate her feel and tragedy excellently.
______________________________________________________________________________
Valedictorian by N. K. Jemisin
Favorite Character:
Zinhle is everyone who was ever bored in school and didn’t feel challenged.
Least Favorite Character:
The airheads who failed to see the world around them in anything other than that cookie cutter light that was being fed to them.
The Feel:
This is a hard world to imagine. But it’s as easy as looking back at the times I was bored in high school, when I wasn’t challenged and didn’t feel like I belonged for a whole set of reasons that went way beyond what was perceived as general antisocialness. This one hit close to the bone even with its, admittedly, out there premise. I liked it.
Favorite Scene:
The pride Zinhle exhibits when she ponders the girls having to bring six girls to try and beat her down after three failed to get the job done the time before.
Pacing:
Well paced.
Why isn’t there a screenplay?
With as much of this being introspection as it is, I doubt it would convert.
______________________________________________________________________________
Rust with Wings by Steven Gould
Favorite Character:
Jeremy is a good kid. Smart. Fast. Brave.
Favorite Scene:
When he figures out how his dad can snorkel in the golf course pond to shield his pacemacker from the bugs.
______________________________________________________________________________
Faint Heart by Sarah Rees Brennan
Favorite Character:
The latest Rosamond.
The Feel:
That’s a whole lot of tragedy; all those boys and young men sent to compete and die, and the Rosamonds, cloned and raised in a glass cage as the prize for the competition designed to bleed a generation of the city’s youth to allow the society to live in peace. Horrific.
Hmm Moments:
There are elements of Disney’s Aladdin here mixed with elements of The Hunger Games to the detriment of the male youth of this society...and the poor genetically engineered clone of their queen, trapped in the destiny that encloses all her lineage.
______________________________________________________________________________
The Easthound by Nalo Hopkinson
Favorite Character:
Millie who seems to have a sense about the things that were coming, but couldn’t see them clearly. She saw what she wanted to see and didn’t see the danger close as it was.
Character I Most Identified With:
Millie.
The Feel:
The twist was well done. Even telegraphed, I didn’t really latch onto it. I bought the explanation that Millie was giving herself for the way things were happening.
Millie’s solution, her way to save her friends at the end.
Favorite Scene:
When they realize what has happened while they slept.
Pacing:
Great pace. Page turner. Wish it was longer.
Hmm Moments:
Are they puberty werewolves or zombie somethings? Not sure. Awesome. More werewolf, I think.
Why isn’t there a screenplay?
In a longer form, this would make for excellent movie or television fodder.
______________________________________________________________________________
And other stories.
______________________________________________________________________________
Last Page Sound:
Some good. Some alright.
Author Assessment:
Case by case basis.
Editorial Assessment:
Some of these were filler. Some were add on stories to other series.
Knee Jerk Reaction:
it’s alright
Disposition of Book:
Irving Public Library
South Campus,
Irving, TX
Dewey Decimal System:
YA
F
AFT
Would recommend to:
genre fans
______________________________________________________________________________
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LibraryThing member jennybeast
A strong collection of post apocalyptic and/or dystopian short stories -- they aren't all to my taste, but I appreciated the range of work, it's consistent good writing, and the great variety of imagination displayed. Excellent anthology.
Awards
Locus Award (Finalist — Anthology — 2013)
Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
2012-10-09
Physical description
370 p.; 5.5 inches
ISBN
1423146190 / 9781423146193