WitPunk edited by Claude Lalumiere and Marty Halpern

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WitPunk edited by Claude Lalumiere and Marty Halpern
pub: Four Walls Eight Windows. 346 page enlarged paperback. Price: $17.00 (US). ISBN: 1-56858-256-0

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The idea for the anthology ‘Witpunk’ arose from a question on an e-forum: 'When did reading SF/fantasy stop being fun?'

Now, since we are on a SF/fantasy site, I can safely say that we know the joys of reading Science Fiction and fantasy but the editors of ‘Witpunk’ decided to compile a collection of short stories that was fun to read - be it fun in a surrealistic, satirical or farcical way.

WitPunk edited by Claude Lalumiere and Marty Halburn Does ‘Witpunk’ live up to the stated aims of the co-editors Claude Lalumiere and Marty Halpern? Is this a fun book? Depends on what you classify as fun and why you read Science Fiction.

There a few occasions when reading this book I laughed out loud. ‘Savage Breasts’ and ‘Encounter of Another Kind’ are two funny ha-ha stories.

There are funny peculiar stories - that stop and make you think about the world you are living in. ‘The Light of Armageddon’ is a good example of this.

Yet, I didn't warm to this book at all. There were a few gems, like the ones I mentioned above but overall the stories didn't shine.

I felt that these stories were picked for a purpose: to prove a point or to settle a personal score.

Like the drunk in the pub who won't shut up, I feel that this book is best avoided.

Katie McGivern

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