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Forbidden Future A Time Travel Anthology eBook James Wymore Jon Bradbury Matt Mitrovich James Lauren Terra Harmony Kade Anderson Michael Trimmer Raphyel Jordan Jeri WalkerBickett Kashif Ross

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Forbidden Future A Time Travel Anthology eBook James Wymore Jon Bradbury Matt Mitrovich James Lauren Terra Harmony Kade Anderson Michael Trimmer Raphyel Jordan Jeri WalkerBickett Kashif Ross

I was surprised by the quality since this appears a self published compilation. As with any collection some stood out and others are firmly in the "OK" category. But that is up to what the individual reader finds of interest.

The reason I gave this collection five stars is I am comparing it to other similar works that do not have a string of award winners contributing. Keep that in mind. In that context this is , like a stock, a strong buy.

The various writers are listed in the back with links to their blogs, etc. I will occasional check on all.


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Forbidden Future A Time Travel Anthology eBook James Wymore Jon Bradbury Matt Mitrovich James Lauren Terra Harmony Kade Anderson Michael Trimmer Raphyel Jordan Jeri WalkerBickett Kashif Ross Reviews

[Full disclosure I have had a close working relationship with The Masquerade Crew and its leader, Mark Lee, for a year. I was going to become one of the editors of this anthology until circumstances not under my control interfered and I had to drop out. With that said, this review is, as always, honest.]

I’m not a big anthology reader, but I really did love this one. For one, I love science fiction and secondly I do love a good short story. And believe me, there are some awesome short stories in here.

I’ll be totally predictable and say that my personal favourite was the anthology’s namesake Forbidden Future. The main character was well-developed and interesting and the future he was thrust into was somewhat believable. And the ending was tragic and yet hilarious, but I can’t explain too much or that would spoil the awesome surprise. I won’t critique each short story, but on the whole I could relate to the characters and the futures were interesting. It’s hard to fit a whole new future into just a short story, but these authors were pretty awesome and managed to achieve it. Some futures were fantastic, others terrifying. There was a good balance in the selection of the stories because no two really predicted similar futures.

The one thing I had a gripe with was the editing. This is The Masquerade Crew’s first anthology and some of the editing was, admittedly, a little rough. There were basic typographical errors that should have been caught and I’m hoping they’ll be corrected in any subsequent editions. I don’t think there were enough to really distract from the story, but they are there and they are noticeable.

There’s a little something for everyone in Forbidden Future. There’s stories that get very technical for those fans of hard science fiction, but there’s also more character-driven stories for people like me who don’t necessarily understand a great deal of science. Yet in all the stories the main characters are interesting and characterization certainly wasn’t sacrificed in the world-building process. Each author had an unique voice and so did their characters.

Overall I’m pretty happy with the anthology. It never really had a weak story that I just wanted to skip through; all of the stories here were pretty strong. I look forward to future anthologies by The Masquerade Crew. And with the anthology on sale on for $.99 until December 7th, where can you go wrong?

I give this book 4.5/5 stars, rounded up to 5 stars for rating purposes.
As a whole, this is quite a fast read. The stories were so interesting that I read the first three right off the bat. If I don't find the first couple of paragraphs of a story out of a collection interesting, I'll most likely skip it and go on to the next one. It's a character flaw of mine. I found all of these stories interesting enough to continue reading in succession. Each story has its own strengths and weaknesses, so I'll address those in a review for each one. All of the stories were of very good quality, but there were some I liked better than others, due to personal preferences. I would give the entire anthology a four.

Between Utopias
A computer programmer finds himself in a future where there are two new worlds. One operates entirely on the imagination of its inhabitants, and in the other, everyone works to grow what they need. He has to decide between focusing on his own needs as an individual and be entirely alone, or becoming part of a community where everyone works for each other. I found the concept pretty interesting. The moral dilemma here is something that occurs often - Do I work only for my own benefit, or do I help others? I rather liked the surprise ending.

Forbidden Future
A scientist takes an unauthorized trip into the future in a time machine he is paid to maintain. The results are less than favourable. It's quite well written, but I feel there could have been more done with it in the way of content and character analysis.

Jump
An FBI agent follows a lead on his missing fiancé, and ends up in a warehouse where he is jumped into the future by two hundred years. It is not a great place to be. He has only 24 hours to find his girl and get back to the spot he started from. If he doesn't, he's stuck there. This has a fast moving and well written plot line, with a satisfying ending. I liked it very much.

Society
This is a pretty good story. It uses a timepiece as a vehicle to go through time where a society exists where only people who test clean from diseases or other anomalies get to live and reproduce. It was intelligently and believably written. The ending leaves the reader wanting more, much more, as in a sequel.

Road Trip
Four friends take a road trip from Chicago, to Peoria Illinois. The trip is interrupted by a recurring bank of strange clouds, which transports them through time in increments. Each increment bodes worse for the future. The story has good character analysis, and a believable story line. The ending is unexpected. This was one of my favourites.

Cacotopia
A rich man with a terminal illness is put into hibernation until a cure is found. He is awoken eight hundred years later, in a society where people are born, educated, and grown to adulthood in hibernation chambers. He is told that the world as he knew it was destroyed. All that remains is a totally enclosed self sufficient city. It seems like a true utopia, until he discovers that the entire society is not what it pretends to be. The ending has something of a preachy feel to it, but it's still an excellent piece.

The Mountains Haven't
This is an interesting take on the time travel theme. A woman in a small town sets off towards the mountains, to find answers for some deep questions. Along the way, she must prepare herself for the answers when she finds them. A pretty good read. It starts off pretty slow, but gets better.
A good book if you are having trouble sleeping, this collection is guaranteed to put you out quicker than a fazer pistol on stun. Initially, I was excited to have a whole book of such stories, time travel being a favorite genre of mine. But, while I enjoyed a number of the devices and settings employed by the contributors, I was on the whole disappointed. Writers like Ray Bradbury chose the venue because it was the best way to say something about society or to frame a paradox, ( a man goes into the past to kill his own grandfather, but he can't because with no grandfather there is no man, etc.) But in this case, my over all impression was that the venue had been foisted upon writers who had little use for it other than to appear in print. This is too bad, because it was a great idea for a collection. Where are the Moorlocks when you really need them?
A few of the stories were just too predictable, but there are some fun ones too! I particularly liked JUMP by Jon Bradbury — with its teenaged time travelers — and the truly original THE MOUNTAINS HAVEN'T by Kade Anderson — with its unexpected sentimentality.
I was surprised by the quality since this appears a self published compilation. As with any collection some stood out and others are firmly in the "OK" category. But that is up to what the individual reader finds of interest.

The reason I gave this collection five stars is I am comparing it to other similar works that do not have a string of award winners contributing. Keep that in mind. In that context this is , like a stock, a strong buy.

The various writers are listed in the back with links to their blogs, etc. I will occasional check on all.