Around the Dark Dial Book Review
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Take a trip around the dark dial with eleven original and thought-provoking short stories that invoke the wonder and mystery of old-time radio dramas. Forget all that you know about modern sci-fi. In Around the Dark Dial, it’s all about the unexpected.
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I did receive a free ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.
I love reading short SciFi (and I love writing it too!) and this anthology hooked me from the first story. These stories are thought-provoking and addictive. Each story has it’s own setting and plot. Much like the experience of Black Mirror and The Twilight Zone, readers will be taken with surprising twists and interesting premises.
In the first story, a previously abandoned spot on the Earth is breached again for the first time in many years. It has been closed to the public after a hole swallowed up a section of a field. One scientist enters the area and is met by something he can’t explain. It’s horrifying, wonderful, and no one but him could see it.
I was pleasantly surprised at the amount of backstory that Sanderson was able to squeeze into these short stories. The characters felt real and interesting. I loved reading about the different reactions they had when met with the mysterious and unexplained.
Another review suggests enjoying each story during coffee breaks. I wasn’t that patient. I devoured this book in a few days and some of the stories stuck with me for days after that. I highly recommend this anthology to anyone that loves science fiction for plausible wonders, more than expansive world-building and technological explanations.
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