Women's Emancipation and Civil Society Organisations: Challenging or Maintaining the Status Quo?
Christina Schwabenland, Chris Lange, Jenny Onyx and Sachiko Nakagawa
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Women are at the heart of civil society organisations, yet CSO research tends to ignore...
My Dog, My Friend: Heart-Warming Tales of Canine Companionship from Celebrities and Other Extraordinary People
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A kaleidoscope of vivid, moving and highly entertaining accounts of the delights of dog ownership:...
Nightmares: A New Decade of Modern Horror
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From horror’s most acclaimed editor comes the most groundbreaking horror of the new millennium. In...
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Studio One
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A pinnacle of the Golden Age of Television, "Studio One" presented a wide range of memorable dramas...
The Lost Files of the M.B.R.C
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The Lost Files of the MBRC is an anthology of five MBRC short stories--three of which have never...
Romancing The Shifter
Gina Kincade, Aliyah Burke, Maya Daniels, Erzabet Bishop, C.D. Gorri, Shifters Unleashed, Kiki Howell, Lulu M. Sylvian, Catherine Banks, Kira Nyte, Zelda Knight, Nikki Landis, J. Haney, S.I. Hayes, Melissa Bell, Carmilla Quinn, Elyzabeth M. Valey, Cassandra Denhartog and Claire Davon
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A Shapeshifter Paranormal Romance & Urban Fantasy Anthology You can never have enough shifters......
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Kender, Gully Dwarves, and Gnomes: Tales, Volume 2 (Dragonlance Tales)
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Kender, Gully Dwarves, and Gnomes is an anthology of fantasy stories published by TSR, Inc. in 1987....
Shivers in the Night
Donna Freeman, Carolyn Blevins, Shayla Raquel, Oren Patterson, Kevin Hesser, Mark Love, M. C. Horn, Gary Medina, Melonda Gruntmeir and J. C. Merry
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Featuring ten original short stories, Shivers in the Night is the first anthology written by Yukon...
For example, What If ... Peggy Carter took the super soldier serum instead of Steve Rogers.
What if ... T'Challa became StarLord instead of Peter Quill
What if ... Ultron won
And so forth and so on.
Basically, the multiverse.
Due to its nature, some of the stories are better than others: for me by far the worse was the Zombie themed one, whilst a strong contender for the best would probably be the Waht if .. Thor was an only child? entry.
Your tastes may vary, of course!
ArecRain (8 KP) rated I Heart Geeks in Books
Jan 18, 2018
The good thing about anthologies is that if you dont like the story you are reading, you can move on to the next one. Unfortunately, I found myself doing that a lot with this anthology. I requested it because it showcases a culture I am apart of. I go to cons, I read comics books, and play video games. I even have a twitch account where I stream.
But this just wasnt what I was looking for. Out of all the stories, I only enjoyed a couple. I felt that many of the characters and situations were cliché and stereotypical. While I understand that those type of people and situations exist, I felt that each story was a repeat of the others. When I say those people and those situations, I am talking about the anti-social, socially awkward people who are sensitive and easily hurt.
I understand, I get it. Those people need representation, too. But these werent the people I wanted to read about. I wanted to read about the happy, friendly, quirky people you cant help but love. The people who are unapologetic in their love of all things nerdy regardless of what that includes. Most of the protagonists in their stories were fragile and delicate. It seems that every protagonists I read about has been hurt before and is resolved to not love again.
Its an old tired trope. I wish I would have enjoyed it more. I loathe writing negative reviews, but reading this anthology just frustrated me.