Kindle Nemonymous one piece
There are to my way of thinking two basic approaches to reading an anthology 1 as a collection of individual stories to be judged on their own merits independent in quality and effect from the stories surrounding them or 2 as stories to be taken jointly in service of an overarching theme or effect These are not mutually exclusive but some anthologies lend themselves towards favoring one approach emphatically than the other Best of anthologies for example are clearly of the former category although depending on the quality of the editor the can be organized in such a way that they acheive a cohesive effect A tribute anthology say a collection of stories set in a shared universe and in homage to that universe s author should probably give substantial weight to the latter method. Nemonymous one literature fiction crossword clue The Nemonymous experiment whereby stories were published without their authors bylines and only at a much later date respectively attributed subtly engages both methods of reading The nemonymity creates a kind of nervous anticipation with each new story as the absence of byline preempts most forms of prejudice The initial sense of taking a literary blind leap of faith never diminshed Each story had that sense of daring and newness That kind of sustained emotional effect is pretty impressive. Nemonymous onenote In terms of individual quality the stories are uneven In later issues of Nemonymous the editor would create explicit thematic guidelines using a word or short phrase as the linking element but in Nemonymous 1 it s a hodge podge However I think we can stipulate that it is the almost unimaginably rare anthology that is not uneven That stipulation in mind overall it is very strong and there are some exceptionally fabulous stories here My favorites With Arms Outstretched Alone The Idiot Whistled the Dead All For Nothing The Mansions of the Moon A Cautionary Tale and Gamlingay Churchyard Nemonymous One
Nemonymous OneWriter editor and publisher active in the small press Winner of the British Fantasy Society Special Award the Karl Edward Wagner Award in 1998.
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