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A fascinating collection of new and classic tales of the fearsome Djinn, from bestselling, award-winning and breakthrough international writers. Imagine a world filled with fierce, fiery beings, hiding in our shadows, in our dreams, under our skins. Eavesdropping and exploring; savaging our bodies, saving our souls. They are monsters, saviours, victims, childhood friends. Some have called them genies: these are the Djinn. There is no part of the world that does not know them.… (meer)
No real middle ground with the stories in this book. Either I loved them or I didn't even want to finish them. Gonna keep it for the good stories though. ( )
An eclectic set of short stories all concerning djinn, in one way or another. All the stories are well written, a rare event in collections of this nature. If your tastes go to the fantastical, I'd highly recommend this. ( )
Very uneven. A couple of the stories were quite good. The majority left me a bit cold. They tended toward unnecessarily artistic for artistic's sake or simply lacking meat. ( )
I just realized that this book originally came out in 2017, which explains why all the stories are originally published around then -- I'm not sure why I disliked this anthology so much, but it really didn't work for me. The stories veered between dreamy non-linear tales and suddenly explicit moments, with one memorable horror tale. There were a few that I thought were really well done, but on the whole I just found it unappealing and even the big names couldn't rescue it. I think I'm particularly uncomfortable with the unsympathetic portrayal of Islam that resonates throughout.
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This book has been a labour of love for almost two years, supported and encouraged by our friends, a globe-spanning cohort of author-scrounging scouts and the terrific people at Solaris, especially the infinitely supportive Jon Oliver.
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A fascinating collection of new and classic tales of the fearsome Djinn, from bestselling, award-winning and breakthrough international writers. Imagine a world filled with fierce, fiery beings, hiding in our shadows, in our dreams, under our skins. Eavesdropping and exploring; savaging our bodies, saving our souls. They are monsters, saviours, victims, childhood friends. Some have called them genies: these are the Djinn. There is no part of the world that does not know them.
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