Matthew Cheney reviews The Brief History of the Dead

Matthew Cheney reviews The Brief History of the Dead on SFSite.

Like many books expanded from excellent short stories, this one is marvelous in conception, but not rich enough to justify its length. As a novella, it might have been perfect. As a novel, it is sometimes magnificent, but ultimately hollow.

I loved it. Be the way, I much prefer the UK cover...

...to the US one..