Genre: Short
Story Collection/Speculative Fiction
Description:
“Fact-driven speculative fiction.
What could've been. What should've been.
A collection of 18 stand-alone, but related, pieces”
Author:
Peg Tittle is the author of several novels, a few screenplays, and
multiple non-fiction books as well as writing in other venues including a
couple blogs and various publications.
Appraisal:
Each of the stories in this collection have something in common,
whether showing how bad things could end up if we (as in the world in general,
although focused on the US and Canada) continue with some of the current social
and political trends that are engrained in our cultures. Think a dystopian
world due to things like climate change that remains relatively unchecked and
misogyny (yeah, I know “tough guy”, you don’t think it’s real, but people like
you are a big part of the problem). Or wait, maybe if we make some big changes
things could turn out okay. It depends on which story you read, but those
changes are far from trivial. If you read this and it doesn’t get you thinking,
pondering the issues that it illustrates, and recognizing some of the problems
it is illuminating, then I don’t want to say you might be a big part of the
problem, but …
Buy now
from: Amazon US Amazon UK
A special
note that while you’ll want to go to Amazon to get a paper version of the book,
if you want an ebook version you can get that that for free from a link on this
page on the author’s website: https://pegtittle.com/books/fighting-words
FYI:
Some adult language.
Format/Typo
Issues:
No significant issues.
Rating: *****
Five Stars
Reviewed
by: BigAl
Approximate word count: 70-75,000 words
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