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truly excellent collection of short stories, Thoroughly jealous of how well Mr, Abraham writes short stories.

My favorite was "The Cambist and Lord Iron," a proper fairy tale about a moneychanger,
All in all Leviathan Wept and Other Stories is a varied collection of excellent short fiction, The breadth of Abraham's writing is showcased here, What each and every one of these stories have in common is the attention to the characters, Abraham uses very different characters in these stories, men or women, old or young, all of them are very well drawn in the limited space a short story offers.
Like his novels the characterization is exceptional, So far I have only read Abraham's fantasy, From this collection it is quite clear he is capable of much more,


sitelinkFull Random Comments review In general, I don't seek out writing that deals with issues of parenting, broken homes, and the possibility of child abuse.
If I read this story described that way, I probably wouldn't have sought it out, And I would've missed out,
A father's creative attempt to make his daughter feel more connected to her family backfires in a terrible way, . . and some problems aren't so easy to put right,

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The Cambist and Lord Iron
Reread previously read in 'Fantasy: The Best of the Year,, '
The subtitle, 'A Fairy Tale of Economics,' is technically accurate, but doesn't really give a clue to how clever and entertaining this fable is, Here, we're introduced to an unassuming man who seems fairly content with his humble life, and is notably skilled as his job at the currency exchange desk, However, when his path crosses that of a cruel and depraved aristocrat who will destroy lives and even kill merely because it amuses him, the cambist will have to use all his wits to escape the trap that's been set.


Flat Diane
In general, I don't seek out writing that deals with issues of parenting, broken homes, and the possibility of child abuse, If I read this story described that way, I probably wouldn't have sought it out, And I would've missed out,
A father's creative attempt to make his daughter feel more connected to her family backfires in a terrible way, . . and some problems aren't so easy to put right,

The Best Monkey
A reporter is put on an investigative case it's rumored that the company known as The Fifth Layer, which 'just happens' to be headed by his ex, is on the verge of a startling new breakthrough.
The enigmatic clue is that this innovation has something to do with three men: "a mathematician, a choreographer, and a pedophile, " The ideafocused story that follows is a fascinating inquiry into the nature of beauty, attraction, and what it means to be human,

The Support Technician Tango
Asitelinkwww, . . this one is just heartwarming, Have you ever suspected that following the advice in selfhelp books might be a really, really bad idea Here, an enigmatic volume gives different and uniquely tempting advice to everyone who picks it up.
Disaster looms ahead, for the protoromance of a tech support guy and the office paralegal,

A Hunter in ArinQin
Powerful story of a hunter who pursues the beast that stole her young daughter, A fantasy tale that speaks of love, loss, justice and acceptance,

Leviathan Wept
Full of frustration and sadness, this is one of those stories that eloquently articulates complexities in such a way that I say, "Yes! That's exactly it! But I never could have said it quite that well!"
Terrorist and antiterrorist forces work against each other the difference is hard to tell.
Innocents die. Ethics fall victim to agendas, Triage units rush to the scene, From a distance, all of humanity's scurrying might look like small parts of a greater organism but what if that organism is ill and dying

Exclusion
What if you could 'block' people in real life In this future, technology has made 'exclusion' popular: much like a Facebook 'block' does in the virtual realm, an 'excluded' person can no longer see you, nor can you see, hear, or otherwise contact them.
An insightful exploration which takes into account both the fact that sometimes you're really just better off without someone in your life, and the temptation to use 'blocking' as an excuse to avoid engaging with others and working out conflicts.
Something to think about here for everyone who's every 'blocked' anyone, for any reason and who hasn't

As Sweet
It's been mentioned before that 'Romeo amp Juliet' is perhaps not actually a very edifying story to hold up as an example of true love.
But I'm not sure I've encountered a Shakespeareinfluenced story that I like better, A woman going through a midlife crisis and unsure about her relationship with her aging husband, is haunted by a manifestation of Rosalind Romeo's ex which helps her see her life and relationship in a new light.


The Curandero and the Swede
A guy brings his fiancee to meet his family for the first time, Full of trepidation, he asks her to hide her tattoos, watch her topics of conversation, etc, At the family gathering, his elderly relative goes off on a rambling, tangential tale full of various ghost stories, Our young man doesn't feel there's a point to any of this blather but a more patient reader will see that it's looping around, . .
And it does actually close a circle, impressively so, In lessmasterful hands, this could've turned into a mess, but each 'tangent' is powerful on its own, and together they form a powerful message touching on history, racism, love and acceptance and the dangers of underestimation.

In conclusion, it's really about the power of stories to create meaning in our lives,

Overall, this is really a,the collection really shows the breadth of Abraham's talent, even more so than his epic fantasy and hard scifi novels do, This is just for the eponymous story, which was really good,

People, agents, are wired to each other like golems, like google glass, They kind of know each other from close association, They're controlled from Langley or wherever by means and people unknown: the orders just come in and they execute, like white blood cells ordered to take on a tumor, or in error a transplanted heart.


It develops that we're at the singularity, and intelligences beyond our ken are running the net, and to them we are the cellular automata, Just as you can't communicate with your blood, we poor people can't communicate with the hive mind, Surely it's needless to say that it ends badly
sitelink fantasyliterature. com/revi First time I have finished a book of short stories since being forced to read them in high school, Abraham is a master in short amp long fiction, Mr. Abraham's short stories tend to be discomforting, but in the best way, What if you had a holocaust and nobody came

Imagine a father who has sent his child's soul voyaging and seen it go astray, Or a backyard tale from theAmerican Nights, Macbeth reimagined as a screwball comedy, Three extraordinary economic tasks performed by a small expert in currency exchange that risk first career and then life and then soul,

From the disturbing beauty of 'Flat Diane' Nebulanominee, International Horror Guild awardwinner to the idiosyncratic vision of 'The Cambist and Lord Iron' Hugo and World Fantasynominee, Daniel Abraham has been writing some of the most enjoyable and widely admired short fiction in the genre for over a decade.


Ranging from high fantasy to hard science fiction, screwball comedy to gutpunching tragedy, Daniel Abraham's stories never fail to be intelligent, compassionate, thoughtful, and humane, Leviathan Wept and Other Stories is the first collection of his short works, including selections from both the wellknown and the rare,

Contents:
The Cambist and Lord Iron
Flat Diane
The Best Monkey
The Support Technician Tango
A Hunter in ArinQuin
Leviathan Wept
Exclusion
As Sweet
The Curandero and the SwedeA timid Cambist is forced to determine the worth of the soul of his King.
A man makes a paper cutout of his daughter and mails it around the country in an attempt to cheer her up after a divorce unwittingly sending her soul along with it.
A woman hunts the demon that stole her daughter away, A selfaware selfhelp novel sows havoc amongst an office full of lawyers,

Short stories are a fascinating genre of fiction to me, Science fiction and fantasy ones even more so, Compacting a story into the number of words that a short story requires is tremendous effort and can frequently take as long as writing an entire novel, Doing that while also setting it in a fantasy or science fiction world where things dont work the same as they do in this one becomes an even greater task.
The economy of words is phenomenal, Ive been trying to learn more of that, Sure its impressive to write a series that stretches out more than a million words but what skill is required to tell a complete story with three act structure, develop characters so that readers like them or hate them if that is desired and introduce a new world with names and magics and technologies that we dont understand and make us understand it in the space of only a few thousand.


I also find that most short stories fall short for me, I think, while Im fascinated by the skill of making a short story work, I prefer reading longer stories, Most short stories just dont grab me and make me think the way books do,

I liked this book in general, I loved a few of the stories in it, I hated a few of the stories in it, I didnt care about a few of the stories in it, In all I think

its impossible to put together a book full of short stories in which every story is the greatest thing youve ever read sort of by definition so thats not too surprising.


I was never bored and I was frequently kept reading much longer than I should have been, “The Cambist and Lord Iron” features Daniel Abrahams beautiful prose to perfection and magnifies his thoughtful style of story telling, “Flat Diane” will give you nightmares not the good kind, if there is such a thing read it if you think there is no more scary fiction, “A Hunter in ArinQin” is tense and brilliant and beautiful in the way that only Daniel Abraham seems to be able to do, I loved the two characters and didnt even realize until the end that neither of them had names,

Your mileage may vary,
Five:
the support technician tango
Leviathan wept

Four:
The cambist and lord iron great story but the ending seemed contrived
The swede and the curandero made no sense until the punchline This is the best short story collection I've read in a long time.
The title story is my favorite for its rich layering of ideas and characters, and the possibilities of human interconnectedness, Others that particularly stand out for me are: the disturbing "Flat Diane" "The Best Monkey," which looks at human instincts and the limitations they may give us and "Exclusion," a story about the consequences of taking the easy way out of conflicts.
Each story is its own mix of insight, believable characters, and ideas that stick with me, and they're all very good, It's a collection to linger over and revisit, I checked it out of the library, but I will buy my own copy to keep, The final story, The Curandero and the Swede, was my absolute favorite of them all, Stories are powerful. I started reading this collection with high expectations, From reading The Cambist and Lord Iron when it was up for the Hugo and sitelinkHunter's Run a while later I knew Daniel Abraham's short fiction was, if anything, even better than his novels.
I was not disappointed. While The Cambist is still my favorite of this selection not surprising, it is probably myfavorite short story of all times, the other stories deliver very well: Solid characters, surprising but believable plots and interesting worlds make for a fun and engaging read throughout.
The only thing lacking or invisible to me from a few of the stories is the exploration of deeper meaning: I'm probably biased due to reading sitelinkStories of Your Life and Others just before but I was expecting more profound revelations! :.