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The astonishingly well-read Rich Horton reviewed The Universe Box on Strange at Ecbatan on Substack. And he was most gratifyingly positive. Here's how he began:
Michael Swanwick’s latest collection is The Universe Box, from Tachyon Books. Swanwick is a first-rate novelist, but his real forté seems to me to be short fiction -- he’s done remarkable work at all lengths -- he’s probably published more flash fiction than any writer in the field (much of it published in lovely tiny editions of chapbooks handmade by his wife Marianne Porter for her Dragonstairs Press. And he’s published well over hundred longer stories, which have garnered a Nebula, a World Fantasy Award, and five Hugos. His work shows tremendous range and inventiveness.
The Universe Box is stuffed with wonderful recent stories. There isn’t a bad one in the bunch, and many are brilliant.
I won’t bury the lede -- there is a brand new story here that is just fantastic. Even this early in the year, I am pretty sure “Requiem for a White Rabbit” will be on my Hugo nomination list, and we will be lucky readers if any story better than it comes along.
You can read the entire review here.
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