Thom reviewed Strange Weather: Four Short Novels by Joe Hill
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3 stars
Four Joe Hill novellas, and three of them (mostly) fit the title theme. The other one? Well, it's about guns and more guns and the problems they cause, and feels very preachy. If a person were to read some stories and skip others, what would I suggest? Here goes...
The first story (Snapshot) is excellent. I read it, then reread it in audio form (Wil Wheaton).
The second (Loaded) is described above, and skippable.
Aloft has the sci fi elements of Snapshot, but doesn't really deliver. It could have been a dream sequence for the character from [b:Horns|6587879|Horns|Joe Hill|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1402958805s/6587879.jpg|6781405].
The last (Rain) had a solid main character and a plot worthy of Stephen King, but felt unwieldy. The author states he wrote this to parody himself, as a reaction to [b:The Fireman|29875363|The Fireman|Joe Hill|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1478683499s/29875363.jpg|40296144], which I haven't read.
Ten years from now I would reread one of these stories again, …
Four Joe Hill novellas, and three of them (mostly) fit the title theme. The other one? Well, it's about guns and more guns and the problems they cause, and feels very preachy. If a person were to read some stories and skip others, what would I suggest? Here goes...
The first story (Snapshot) is excellent. I read it, then reread it in audio form (Wil Wheaton).
The second (Loaded) is described above, and skippable.
Aloft has the sci fi elements of Snapshot, but doesn't really deliver. It could have been a dream sequence for the character from [b:Horns|6587879|Horns|Joe Hill|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1402958805s/6587879.jpg|6781405].
The last (Rain) had a solid main character and a plot worthy of Stephen King, but felt unwieldy. The author states he wrote this to parody himself, as a reaction to [b:The Fireman|29875363|The Fireman|Joe Hill|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1478683499s/29875363.jpg|40296144], which I haven't read.
Ten years from now I would reread one of these stories again, and .250 isn't a good batting average.