Review: Chicks and Balances

[klwilliams]

I've read all the previous "Chicks" books and enjoyed them for their fun romps and humor around women warriors in chain mail. This newest volume lived up to its predecessors. I think the weakest story was the first one in the volume, and it put me off for a bit, but I'm happy I returned. One of the strengths is that the stories stretch from modern tales in a big city ("A Girl's Home is Her Rent-Controlled Castle", "Second Hand Hero") to science fiction on alien planets ("Saving Private Slime") to fantasy with scheming wizards ("Burying Treasure"), all while maintaining the theme. Editors Esther Friesner and John Helfer did an excellent job, so if you like humor around strong women warriors, this book is for you.

Comments

[katerit.livejournal.com]

That sounds like fun.

[hrj.livejournal.com]

I loved the not-taking-themselves-seriously aspect of the "Chicks" anthologies. (The S&S anthologies sometimes were a bit too earnest.) I once had a paper in a Kalamazoo session whose name was inspired by this series ("Chicks in Charters") which, unfortunately had to be explained over and over again to people who weren't fans.