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Tales From The Edge: Emergence by Stephen Gaskell (Author), Tomas L. Martin (Author, Editor), Andrew Everett (Author)
Traditional or self-published: Self-published
Rating: Loved (Hated-Disliked-Okay-Liked-Loved)
What a rare book, self published and yet got a 'loved' rating from me!
This collection of short stories, set in the Maelstrom's Edge universe, was perfect for me. Maelstrom's Edge is a tabletop game that had a successful launch through Kickstarter. A series of books were written to flesh out the game's world, so this book was everything I loved: Completely focused on worldbuilding.
Set in the distant figure, a network of wormholes (sort of) has been found, which allows humans to settle on worlds far and wide. Life is generally good for humanity until the Maelstrom -- a "storm" of violent energy sweeping through the galaxy, strong enough to destroy everything in its path.
This book focused on all the little stories that happen within a species's flight from destruction.
I loved almost every story in the book. Only one, written by the guest author (Everett) didn't work for me. While that single one was more action oriented (a big space battle), the rest were about people and how they were reacting to the coming Maelstrom.
I liked this book enough that I'm looking for the others now. Another collection of short stories and two full novels have already been put out by the game's lead authors.
The editing wasn't perfect, especially in the book's later stories, but it was still enjoyable enough for me to recommend.
Traditional or self-published: Self-published
Rating: Loved (Hated-Disliked-Okay-Liked-Loved)
What a rare book, self published and yet got a 'loved' rating from me!
This collection of short stories, set in the Maelstrom's Edge universe, was perfect for me. Maelstrom's Edge is a tabletop game that had a successful launch through Kickstarter. A series of books were written to flesh out the game's world, so this book was everything I loved: Completely focused on worldbuilding.
Set in the distant figure, a network of wormholes (sort of) has been found, which allows humans to settle on worlds far and wide. Life is generally good for humanity until the Maelstrom -- a "storm" of violent energy sweeping through the galaxy, strong enough to destroy everything in its path.
This book focused on all the little stories that happen within a species's flight from destruction.
I loved almost every story in the book. Only one, written by the guest author (Everett) didn't work for me. While that single one was more action oriented (a big space battle), the rest were about people and how they were reacting to the coming Maelstrom.
I liked this book enough that I'm looking for the others now. Another collection of short stories and two full novels have already been put out by the game's lead authors.
The editing wasn't perfect, especially in the book's later stories, but it was still enjoyable enough for me to recommend.
