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| Original Title: | Zombies vs. Unicorns |
| ISBN: | 1416989536 (ISBN13: 9781416989530) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Literary Awards: | Locus Award Nominee for Best Anthology (2011) |
Holly Black
Hardcover | Pages: 415 pages Rating: 3.72 | 12748 Users | 1907 Reviews
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| Title | : | Zombies Vs. Unicorns |
| Author | : | Holly Black |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 415 pages |
| Published | : | September 21st 2010 by Margaret K. McElderry Books (first published September 1st 2010) |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Short Stories. Young Adult. Horror. Zombies. Anthologies |
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It's a question as old as time itself: which is better, the zombie or the unicorn? In this anthology, edited by Holly Black and Justine Larbalestier (unicorn and zombie, respectively), strong arguments are made for both sides in the form of short stories. Half of the stories portray the strengths--for good and evil--of unicorns and half show the good (and really, really bad-ass) side of zombies. Contributors include many bestselling teen authors, including Cassandra Clare, Libba Bray, Maureen Johnson, Meg Cabot, Scott Westerfeld, and Margo Lanagan. This anthology will have everyone asking: Team Zombie or Team Unicorn?Rating Of Books Zombies Vs. Unicorns
Ratings: 3.72 From 12748 Users | 1907 ReviewsCriticism Of Books Zombies Vs. Unicorns
so, i'm not really a huge fan of short story collections, as i'm not really a fan of short stories. however, a lot of my favorite YA authors have chosen this year to be part of anthologies (Diana Peterfreund, Claudia Gray, i'm looking at you!), i have found myself reading more of them. which makes them a little hard to review - having so many different stories and authors. however, i think this is the best collection i've read in a long time. first of all, you have zombies, which usually meansSo this is actually an interesting premise. A few authors got into an argument on one of their online message boards about which creatures were better Zombies or Unicorns. They then decided to write stories about them and compile them into a book. There is #TeamZombie & #TeamUnicorn. Several very silly tales with many popular authors you may recognize like Holly Black, Cassandra Clare, Scott Westerfeld, Naomi Noviak, Meg Cabot & many others.Here are brief thoughts about the short stories
I'm a sucker for amusing zombie stories. No really, I am. And I grew up on The Last Unicorn, bad singing and all. So when I heard of the concept of this book, what makes better fiction, zombies or unicorns? I had to smile. What a fun idea for a short story anthology.I cracked the cover thinking "zombies for the win, all the way." I never laugh when I read, crack a smile at most, but not laugh. The introduction alone, a debate between editors Holly Black and Justine Larbalestier about the
I'm not a big anthology reader, because there are usually as many stories I don't like as ones I do, and it's easy to put them down between stories. As far as I can recall, I liked every single story in Zombies vs. Unicorns, and I couldn't put it down even between stories. Chances are, if you're a YA SFF reader, there are at least a few authors in here you love; there was only one name I didn't recognize.Special mentions to Naomi Novik's awesome New York-set unicorn story; Diana Peterfreund's
Probably the worst anthology I've ever read. The stories themselves weren't that bad, although some of them were pretty... out there. Not many of them made sense or kept to the overall theme of the actual collection. And I don't mean that I expected the stories to be about zombies and unicorns having it out, but I expected the stories to at least center around zombies and/or unicorns. But the majority of the stories only mentioned unicorns or zombies briefly. The zombie stories were the worst
Overall, this was a weird anthology. The commentary before each short story was cringey at best and awful at worst, I think it was supposed to be funny? While I like the idea of that I found the execution to be terribly lacking.As for my general enjoyment... there were only two stories that really stood out to me ( Love Will Tear Us Apart and The Care and Feeding of Your Baby Killer Unicorn). The fact that while I love unicorns I am not a fan did not help my ratings when it comes to the Team
When I began, I thought for sure that I would be Team Zombie! Well, I think that I am still Team Zombie, but I must admit that I have more respect for unicorns now. As shown in some of the stories, they would be useful pets. My favorite story was "Children of the Revolution", a zombie story. The best unicorn stories were "Princess Prettypants" and "The Care and Feeding of Your Baby Killer Unicorn". The worst stories were "Thousand Flowers" and "Highest Justice". They were 1. really stupid, and
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