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Clockwork Phoenix 2 — Anthology

By 5t4n5

Clockwork Phoenix 2 -- Anthology

Standalones

Three Friends – 2009 — Claude Lalumière
Six – 2009 — Leah Bobet
Once a Goddess – 2009 — Marie Brennan
Angel Dust – 2009 — Ian McHugh
The Endangered Camp – 2009 — Ann Leckie
At the Edge of Dying – 2009 — Mary Robinette Kowal
Hooves and the Hovel of Abdel Jameela – 2009 — Saladin Ahmed
The Pain of Glass – 2009 — Tanith Lee
The Fish of Al-Kawthar’s Fountain – 2009 — Joanna Galbraith
The Secret History of Mirrors – 2009 — Catherynne M. Valente
Never nor Ever – 2009 — Forrest Aguirre
each thing I show you is a piece of my death – 2009 — Gemma Files and Stephen J. Barringer
Open the Door and the Light Pours Through – 2009 — Kelly Barnhill
Rosemary, That’s For Remembrance – 2009 — Barbara Krasnoff
When We Moved On – 2009 — Steve Rasnic Tem

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Clockwork Phoenix 1 — Anthology

By 5t4n5

Clockwork Phoenix 1 -- Anthology

Standalones

The City of Blind Delight – 2008 — Catherynne M. Valente
Old Foss is the Name of His Cat – 2008 — David Sandner
All the Little Gods We Are – 2008 — John Grant
The Drew Drop Coffee Lounge – 2008 — Cat Rambo
Bell, Book, and Candle – 2008 — Leah Bobet
The Tarrying Messenger – 2008 — Michael J. DeLuca
The Occultation – 2008 — Laird Barron
There is a Monster Under Helen’s Bed – 2008 — Ekaterina Sedia
Palisade – 2008 — Cat Sparks
The Woman – 2008 — Tanith Lee
A Mask of Flesh – 2008 — Marie Brennan
Seven Scenes from Harrai’s Sacred Mountain – 2008 — Jennifer Crow
Oblivion: A Journey – 2008 — Vandana Singh
Choosers of the Slain – 2008 — John C. Wright
Akhila, Divided – 2008 — C.S. MacCath
The Moon-Keeper’s Friend – 2008 — Joanna Galbraith
The Tailor of Time – 2008 — Deborah Biancotti
Root and Vein – 2008 — Erin Hoffman

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To Obey — Mickey Zucker Reichert

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To Obey -- Mickey Zucker ReichertQuite an enjoyable read and, for the most part, a well written follow on from To Protect.

Sadly, this book at one point gets dragged down into the gutter by Mickey’s insistence that she use this story to have a go at vegan diets.   This added nothing whatsoever to the story, it’s was very clearly put in to put down vegan diets while promoting the consumption of cooked carrion.   Her, as an M.D. declaring very clearly that eating fatty meat is healthy is utterly sickening: how many people have to die from atherosclerosis and its complications (like dementia and Alzheimer’s, heart disease, diabetes, and many more) before doctors stop pushing this agenda?   It wouldn’t bother me so much if Mickey actually knew what she was talking about, but she very clearly doesn’t: just another ignorant quack thinking they know everything about nutrition when all they know about nutrition is littered with their own cognitive biases and addictions, and an absolute refusal to acknowledge the very clear scientific evidence.   Or maybe it’s not ignorance, maybe quacks promote unhealthy diets because quacks make an absolute fortune promoting bad dietary habits.

Fundamental truth: chronic health care is the biggest scam since organized religion.

Anyway, that dealt with, outside of that, the story itself is really good.

Moving on, it’s the last book in the trilogy, To Preserve.

Mickey’s Page

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