[Booklog 2007] 14. Patrick Nielsen Hayden (editor): Starlight 2

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11. Joss Whedon and Brett Mathews: Serenity: Those Left Behind
12. J.K. Rowling: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
13. Lois McMaster Bujold: Young Miles


14. Patrick Nielsen Hayden (editor): Starlight 2 (1998)

The second volume of Patrick Nielsen Hayden's (pnh) anthology series of original science fiction and fantasy. 13 stories, some better than others, as always.

My favourites:
• Robert Charles Wilson: Divided by Infinity
• Raphael Carter: Congenital Agenesis of Gender Ideation
• David Langford: A Game of Consequences
• Ted Chiang: Story of Your Life

Unsurprisingly, the two stories dealing with linguistics were among my favourites. The others range from "slightly less than brilliant" to "filler material". I rather liked the Gormenghast-esque tone in Angélica Gorodischer's "The End of a Dynasty, or, The Natural History of Ferrets", which is an excerpt from a larger work (translated from Spanish by Ursula K LeGuin).