After the
Apocalypse: Stories,
by Maureen F.
McHugh is an uneven collection, with some excellent, stand out
stories, and others that fall flat.
Despite this, the collection is interesting, and even with the uneven terrain,
I continued to read.
For the stories that work, McHugh
provides excellent balance. She nods
to the demands of the genre of post-apocalyptic literature, but does not sacrifice
her stories on its altar. In other
words, the stories carry the day; the characters, their conflicts, dreams,
reflections, are the real meat of the stories and collection, not the doomsday scenarios.
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