Well, this is available as hardcover (maybe even trade paperback soon), so you don't have to indulge in audio if you don't want. The biggest question is whether or not you've read the contributing authors' works and like said works, despite their sense of place. If you like the authors, you'll probably like their stories. If you don't, you probably won't.
It was cool to see all the different ways future cities operated. And I'd argue that while Buckell's no Tolkien or Miéville when it comes to setting and world building, he does have a solid sense of place. He has in the stuff I've read, anyway! :) But then again, it doesn't take much to give me a sense of place, so....
I listened to the audiobook version of "In the Forests of the Night." It was cool hearing Michael Hogan (BSG's Colonel Tigh) narrating, but I was very 'meh' about the story itself.
That was the one story that, reading it, I didn't think would translate well to audiobooks, because it switches POVs and has those journal entries. That story was definitely my least favorite of the anthology.
I don't mind it in fiction, but I just kept thinking that would make for some difficult listening. But obviously, since I didn't listen to the audiobook, I've no clue!
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It was cool to see all the different ways future cities operated. And I'd argue that while Buckell's no Tolkien or Miéville when it comes to setting and world building, he does have a solid sense of place. He has in the stuff I've read, anyway! :) But then again, it doesn't take much to give me a sense of place, so....
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(I'm behind in my April book club reading. I hope to catch up this week.)
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Yeah, I didn't have luck with Mindspring. :)
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