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Minstrels in the Galaxy: Stories in the Key of Tull, Volume 1 by M.C. Tuggle

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


This is a fun anthology with stories inspired by Jethro Tull's amazing discography. Each story comes with a little write up as to what song the author picked and why. I loved that (full disclosure I'm a Tull fan and am annoyed they aren't - at the time of writing this review - in the rock n roll hall of fame)

As always anthologies are a mixed bag and no story hits the same for all readers but all of them were good. there weren't any I regretted reading or DNFed. Some of the stand outs to me are Demons, Occassionally about portal travel bounty hunting sort of deal, The Path to Transformation when a young prince's life is exploded but the starship rescuing him is being stalked by a killer, pleasure in the leaving, which explores VR being used to ease people's passing in hospice (something that hits home right now with me having relatives in hospice)

We also have sentient mice being used to explore themes of fascism and experimentation on groups of oppressed people and so much more in these pages. It's worth picking up, if nothing else you can get to know Tull's music including some rarely heard deep cuts.



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