All new and original to this volume, the 21 stories in Dangerous Women include work by twelve New York Times bestsellers, and seven stories set in the authors’ bestselling continuities-including a new “Outlander” story by Diana Gabaldon, a tale of Harry Dresden’s world by Jim Butcher, a story from Lev Grossman set in the world of The Magicians, and a 35,000-word novella by George R. R. Martin … George R. R. Martin about the Dance of the Dragons, the vast civil war that tore Westeros apart nearly two centuries before the events of A Game of Thrones.
Also included are original stories of dangerous women–heroines and villains alike–by Brandon Sanderson, Joe Abercrombie, Sherrilyn Kenyon, Lawrence Block, Carrie Vaughn, S. M. Stirling, Sharon Kay Penman, and many others.
Writes Gardner Dozois in his Introduction, “Here you’ll find no hapless victims who stand by whimpering in dread while the male hero fights the monster or clashes swords with the villain, and if you want to tie these women to the railroad tracks, you’ll find you have a real fight on your hands. Instead, you will find sword-wielding women warriors, intrepid women fighter pilots and far-ranging spacewomen, deadly female serial killers, formidable female superheroes, sly and seductive femmes fatale, female wizards, hard-living Bad Girls, female bandits and rebels, embattled survivors in Post-Apocalyptic futures, female Private Investigators, stern female hanging judges, haughty queens who rule nations and whose jealousies and ambitions send thousands to grisly deaths, daring dragonriders, and many more.”
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So many great stories from so many great authors. I highly recommend “Bombshells” by Jim Butcher – but don’t read it until after you’ve read Changes ( book 12 of the Dresden Files). And George R.R. Martin’s “The Princess and the Queen” gives a great big picture view of the Targaryens and helps answer the question of “Whatever happened to all …
I said I’d finished it. Actually, I had to quit reading it. The stories were so “good” they gave me nightmares and I had to stop! Obviously the writing was very good; I just couldn’t handle the topic!
One of the best Fantasy/Speculative short story anthologies I’ve read. Each story a gem. I read it five years ago, but I still remember the story where the Mississippi changes course…which means a whole lifestyle change for New Orleans. Wonderful collection!
I love having a taste of so many different strong female characters.
Highly flawed & also well worth reading. Certain stories in this collection blew me away; others were profoundly disappointing. The best stories — months later, I’m still thinking about Megan Abbott’s “My Heart Is Either Broken” and Megan Lindholm’s “Neighbors” — took a more creative and original approach to defining “dangerous,” and centered …
Because many of the women are in intense situations, I read the stories a few at a time between other books.
Kick-ass short stories from kick-ass authors.
I bought this book because I’m a fan of Jim Butcher, George R.R. Martin and Diana Gabaldon. I found a book full of haunting short stories that made me track down works by some of the other authors I hadn’t met before. I’m happy to have found this book.
This is a collection of short stories. They were. Entertaining and. Varied
This is a collection of stories that caught my eye because some of my favorite authors were included. Some of the stories are home runs, some not so much BUT readers are individuals and we all have our specific likes/dislikes. This is a good solid collection of stories that has something for everyone between it’s covers.
I thought it started a little slow, but by the third or fourth story, I couldn’t put them down. The variety of stories was perfect and I found some new authors to check out.
Some of the stories were good, some were, different. Some you wished would be full novels. But all in all. It was alright.
Maybe I just don’t see the purpose behind short stories, but many of them in this anthology just left the reader hanging on endings that were abrupt and unfulfilling. Not that the stories were not well written, just that they appeared to be chapters of a larger book instead of a complete story.
This was an interesting cross section of women.
A collection of short stories – predictably, I found some very engaging, others not so much. Overall, I’d say this was a good read.
Title is mis-leading. Stories are not about women – only about half have the women in active roles. The active stories are good – some even bordering on get. The others stories with woman as Objects or subjects discussed – are just dreary, cliche type “bad girls” – did not read anything original.
Although it’s somewhat a mixed bag, more stories are enjoyable than not.
I will always visit S.M. Sterling’s alternate present. Ditto for Diana Gabaldon’s past.
An excellent collection of unusual short stories!
The characters and stories are not particularly likable.