Margaret's Reviews > Buried Deep and Other Stories

In past times, short stories & (other fiction shorter than novels) were regularly published in sf magazines. Nowadays, the best thing is for an author to be invited to participate in an anthology. This is good because it means stories get written and published. This is also bad because most of the time I have no idea WHERE said stories were published.

So, I depend on authors periodically publishing collections of their short fiction, after a suitable time has passed since the stories appeared elsewhere.

Such is Buried Deep and Other Stories by Naomi Novik. I first discovered Naomi Novik with the Temeraire series (book 1 being His Majesty's Dragon, c.2006). More recently I enjoyed her Scholomance series (first book c.2020).

Shortly after the title page, Buried Deep details WHERE the included stories were first published. The short story After Hours is set in the Scholomance world and was written for this collection. (I am definitely looking forward to reading it.) In both cases, these two stories "Dragons & Decorum" and "After Hours" are clearly set in the same world as Temeraire and Scholomance, respectively, but with completely new characters.

One story is even set in the world of Ms. Novik's NEXT series!

And don't miss the introductions to each story!

Highly recommended to Naomi Novik fans, fantasy & sf fans, and fans of NEW stories in cherished sf/fantasy worlds!