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People of the Book: A Decade of Jewish Science Fiction & Fantasy

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Frequently enjoyable, occasionally heart-wrenching, and almost always a thought-provoking and immediate cultural immersion. The very diverseness of the collection was interesting of itself.

My VERY favorites for narrative strength:

1. Peter S Beagle, "UNCLE CHAIM AND AUNT RIFKE AND THE ANGEL"

2. Glen Hirshberg, "THE MULDOON"

3. Jonathon Sullivan's "NIELS BOHR AND THE SLEEPING DANE"

4. Tamar Yellin's "REUBEN"

5. Michael Blumlein's "FIDILETY: A PRIMER"

My favorites for uniqueness of plot:

1. Neil Gaiman's "THE PROBLEM OF SUSAN"

2. Matthew Kressel's, "THE HISTORY WITHIN US"

3. Max Sparber's, "ELIYAHU HA-NAVI"

4. Elana Gomel's "GOING EAST"

Wistfully beautiful:

Rose Lemberg's "GEDDARIEN"

Just plain fun, but with deeper layers:

Michael Chabon's "GOLEMS I HAVE KNOWN"

Disliked:

Rachel Pollack's "BURNING BEARD" (felt sacrilegious)

Don't give up after the first few stories, their quality gets better! The anthology could have been enhanced by including a few NON-fiction editorial essays on the subject matter.