Ada Hoffmann
Auteur van The Outside
Over de Auteur
Reeksen
Werken van Ada Hoffmann
The Scrape of Tooth and Bone 4 exemplaren
Harmony Amid The Stars 1 exemplaar
And all the Fathomless Crowds (short story) 1 exemplaar
Blue Fever (short story) 1 exemplaar
Feasting Alone (short story) 1 exemplaar
Gerelateerde werken
Uncanny Magazine Issue 24: September/October 2018 (Disabled People Destroy Science Fiction) (2018) — Medewerker — 42 exemplaren
Transcendent 3: The Year's Best Transgender Themed Speculative Fiction (2018) — Medewerker — 42 exemplaren
Climbing Lightly Through Forests: A Poetry Anthology Honoring Ursula K. Le Guin (2021) — Medewerker — 3 exemplaren
Tagged
Algemene kennis
- Geboortedatum
- 20th century
- Geslacht
- female
- Nationaliteit
- Canada
- Woonplaatsen
- Ontario, Canada
- Beroepen
- author
- Agent
- Hannah Bowman
Leden
Besprekingen
Lijsten
Prijzen
Misschien vindt je deze ook leuk
Gerelateerde auteurs
Statistieken
- Werken
- 10
- Ook door
- 14
- Leden
- 449
- Populariteit
- #54,622
- Waardering
- 3.9
- Besprekingen
- 29
- ISBNs
- 17
- Talen
- 1
- Favoriet
- 1
I was already passingly familiar with Hoffmann and their Weird space opera Outside trilogy, though its been burning a hole in my TBR. That has moved up the list a few places after Resurrections. In the story notes (which I love in my collections, btw), Hoffmann talks about selecting the pieces for this collection around a loose theme of "'underworlds' - how we descend into them, how we try to find our comfort each other within them, and how we eventually find our way back out." The main characters in most of these stories are explicitly or implied to be autistic and queer, and I highly recommend going to Hoffmann's website where they run an Autistic Book List to expand your reading horizons.
The alternating stories and verse are sometimes dark, often challenging, and with endings that stretch the definition of "happy". They run the full range of Hoffmann's decade-long writing career, moving from fairy tale to space opera to steampunk paleontological adventure! The latter, 'The Scrape of Tooth and Bone', might be one of the highlights for me for its sense of fun and creativity. Likewise, the two stories set in the world of The Outisde were fascinatingly strange - and very much encouraged me to finally get to the novels! I suspect I will be revisiting 'Variations on a Theme From Turnadot' as well. What started, according to Hoffmann's note, as a fix-it fic for the Puccini opera has become here a strong story of power disparities and storytelling. 'I Sing Against the Silent Sun', written in collaboration with the excellent Merc Fenn Wolfmoor, blew my socks off and broke my heart - after that, I couldn't even remember which of the earlier stories fell flat for me - whatever the case, they were worth it for that fantastic conclusion.
I was provided a copy of this book to review by Apex Books.… (meer)