Synopsis: From master anthologist Ellen Datlow comes an all-original of weird tales inspired by the strangeness of Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There.
Between the hallucinogenic, weird, imaginative wordplay and the brilliant mathematical puzzles and social satire, Alice has been read, enjoyed, and savored by every generation since its publication. Datlow asked eighteen of the most brilliant and acclaimed writers working today to dream up stories inspired by all the strange events and surreal characters found in Wonderland.
Featuring stories and poems from Seanan McGuire, Catherynne M. Valente, Delia Sherman, Genevieve Valentine, Priya Sharma, Stephen Graham Jones, Richard Bowes, Jeffrey Ford, Angela Slatter, Andy Duncan, C.S.E. Cooney, Matthew Kressel, Kris Dikeman, Jane Yolen, Kaaron Warren, Ysbeau Wilce, and Katherine Vaz.
Review: This anthology gathers poems and short stories related to the theme of Alice in Wonderland. I find the idea really great and I was really curious to get started! When I read anthologies, I usually offer a really short review by story but given the mixture of writings with this large number of authors, I prefer to give you a little recap on my feelings.
This novel offers us different stories, different times, some very far from the original and others a little closer, some putting Alice as the main character and others some secondary characters in the story. I found it very interesting to see what each author would propose but it is true that if I expected a lot, especially given the theme, I was a little disappointed by some of the novellas. I was also sometimes a little confused and I was not sure that it was due to the universe. One thing is for sure, the ideas are all very original and different from what we would expect and I’m glad I was able to put a foot in this interesting and different world.
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Heidi
Cool cover, and great idea but with any anthology, there are always good ones and then the not so good ones.
LilyElement Book Reviews
Hmmm I do love all things Alice in Wonderland
Mary Kirkland
Not sure this would be right for me but thanks for letting us know about this.
Melissa (Books and Things)
I have this and I need to get to it. Seems like a decent read even if not a great one. 🙂
Sophia Rose
I was curious what you would think of this one. I love the idea of retellings and variations on Alice In Wonderland. Sounds like it had some you liked and some that were more confusing or meh. Typical anthology. 🙂
Enjoyed your review!
Carole Rae
Aw! This looks like a lot of fun!
Mogsy @ BiblioSanctum
Hmm, seems like it suffers from some common issues with anthologies, i.e. uneven quality of the stories. I have this to review, I might put it on the backburner for now.
Carole @ Carole's Random Life in Books
There are a lot of authors in this one and most are new to me. I usually find anthologies to be a mix of good and bad as well.