I have a very mixed reaction to Ellen Datlow anthologies (regardless of whether there's a co-editor): I'll love some stories and struggle to finish others, and find quite a few mediocre. On the one hand, it suggests that Datlow is good at picking a range of stories. On the other, I wish our tastes intersected a little more.
Yet I go back for more. =D She is capable of picking some truly excellent stories.
I've read, hmm, four of hers: Salon Fantastique, Black Thorn White Rose, The Coyote Road and The Del Rey Book of Science Fiction & Fantasy. I also have the last YBFH, although the presence of Kelly Link & Gavin Grant on the editorial team means the success rate should be much higher.
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Date: 2009-05-02 09:12 am (UTC)Yet I go back for more. =D She is capable of picking some truly excellent stories.
I've read, hmm, four of hers: Salon Fantastique, Black Thorn White Rose, The Coyote Road and The Del Rey Book of Science Fiction & Fantasy. I also have the last YBFH, although the presence of Kelly Link & Gavin Grant on the editorial team means the success rate should be much higher.