Review of Time Pieces, ed. by Ian Whates

[Donna Scott]

I was immensely pleased to receive my copy of this book, signed by all the contributors and the cover artist - which I would say makes it highly collectable!
For me, the lure of the collection was the fact that it contained stories by some of my favourite SF writers, including Ian Watson and Liz Williams - I have read and absolutely loved some of their other short stories, and they don't disappoint in this collection either! Liz Williams's Caer Cold, which opens the collection, with its winterish detail left me shivering! In contrast, Ian Watson's smile-inducing story was packed with his trademark witticisms.
All of the stories were very different, although most of them featured time in some respect. The delightful, new discovery for me was Sarah Singleton's story, a kind of cross-genre thriller, which I absolutely loved, reminding me a little of Ira Levin, but there isn't a single dud amongst the other offerings; John Courtney Grimwood, Mark Robson and Ian Whates offer three very different and very enjoyable action stories, whereas Steve Baxter's story is amusingly strange, and Steve Cockayne's tale was just brilliant, reminding me of Jasper Carrott's retort to people who go on about `the good old days'. It is an absolute gem of a story collection!

[Ian Whates]

Thanks for the review, Donna -- You say such nice things!!!

Glad you enjoyed the book.