#21 in Short stories
Dangerous Women
- 784
- Pages
- about 14 h
- Reading time
- World Fantasy Award for Best Anthology
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Our view
“Dangerous Women” is a hefty, wide-ranging anthology of 21 new stories and novellas about women capable of violence and cunning. Its editors, Gardner Dozois and George R. R. Martin, range freely across genres, from fantasy to crime. Some readers find it very uneven, but Megan Abbott’s “My Heart Is Either Broken” stands out among the most praised. At almost eight hundred pages, it is best dipped into.
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About the book
Dangerous Women is a cross-genre anthology featuring 21 original short stories and novellas "from some of the biggest authors in the science fiction/fantasy field", edited by George R. R. Martin and Gardner Dozois, and released on December 3, 2013. The works "showcase the supposedly weaker sex's capacity for magic, violence, and mayhem" and "explores the heights that brave women can reach and the depths that depraved ones can plumb." In his own introduction, Dozois writes: "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."
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.4 across 60 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 29% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Short stories average of 7.8. That is how 7.9 comes out. A further +0.10 comes from the small bonus for major awards.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 7.4 | 60 | 100% |
Frequently asked
How long is Dangerous Women?
It has 784 pages — longer than 81% of the ranked books in Short stories.
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