Hannu Rajaniemi “Collected
Fiction” (Tachyon, 2015)
I have to admit that I don’t really follow the short story
market. I’ll read things here &
there, but it’s primarily stories tied into worlds that I follow in novel
format. So I’ve never read any of
Rajaniemi’s short fiction before.
This collection shows that his short work isn’t substantially
different than his longer fiction. It’s
challenging, it’s original, and it’s under appreciated. Each story comes from a different place, and
with each story we must work to find out the rules and meanings of that
world. It doesn’t make for an easy read,
but it is rewarding. There are so many
ideas and so much originality.
If SF is really about pushing the boundaries of what is
possible and getting us to think of things differently, then surely Rajaniemi’s
stories work better than most writers in the field today.
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