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2018 - year of the cultural agenda
I buy this anthology almost every year. I understand that the editors choice reflects the editor but this was the first one that seems to discount the quality of the stories for the inherent political social cultural emphasis of the works. These are not particularly well written stories. These are not particularly compelling stories. These stories have one or two clear overlapping agendas which are obvious and sadly bend the word “best” into something with a very different, very 2018 meaning. What should be an anthology about writing is in fact about something else entirely. I hope next year’s edition is less about persons and personalities and more about good writing.
