SFF

Mad Hatters and March Hares: All-New Stories from the World of Lewis Caroll's Alice in Wonderland

by Ellen Datlow
Tor. Dec. 2017. 336p. ed. by . ISBN 9780765391063. $29.99; pap. ISBN 9780765391070. $15.99; ebk. ISBN 9780765391087. FANTASY
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For more than 150 years, Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass have entranced readers with their bizarre and imaginative wordplay, surreal settings, and memorable characters. Hugo Award-winning editor Datlow has collected 17 stories and poems inspired by Carroll's masterpieces. "Gentle Alice" by Kris Dikeman has the battle-worn conqueror of the Red Queen looking for peace. Priya Sharma's "Mercury" sees Alice and her father sitting in debtor's prison and trapped by agents of illness and lost hope. In Seanan McGuire's "Sentence like a Saturday," a young Cheshire Cat discovers a doorway that takes her into a world unlike her own, in a body not hers, on a search for the door to home. Other contributors include Catherynne M. Valente, Genevieve Valentine, Jane Yolen, Jeffrey Ford, and more.
VERDICT Whether a one-page poem or a short story, these poignant and lyrical selections from well-known names in sf and fantasy highlight new ways to view an enduring classic. [See Prepub Alert, 6/26/17.]
Reviewed by Kristi Chadwick , Nov 15, 2017
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