Anonymous
7/20/2025, 7:23:18 PM No.24567561
I am not affiliated with the Unreal Press. I purchased their most recent anthology, and this is the official review.
Beneath the Waves
>6/10 - pulp slop, a fine story but the wrong choice for an opener
Rime of the S.S. Madrigal
>7/10 - entertaining, lighthearted, a shocking twist!
A Sunken Memory - 7/10
>I imagined the protagonist was a cyborg will smith, good pulp sci-fi.
Savannah
>6/10 - a quirky perverted author but an interesting enough story to read, some editing issues ought to be revised.
Bright!
>6/10 - a focus on world building, good for a dnd game, but ‘cumbersome’. Some awkwardly written, though it does remind me of an episode of a sci-fi pulp comic. Some may like the story, but I was not too keen.
Gateway
>8/10 - enjoyable, ending felt rushed and confusing but I am a brainlet mayhaps. I would rewrite captain Shan’s finale and then this could be published in a real book!
The Sirens
>8/10 - It is what you expect from a sci-fi pulp story about mythological sirens but well presented. Exactly what Tales of the Unreal: Nautical Edition promised. I would have swapped this and Beneath the Waves in the story order.
Water Can Carry a Boat
>7/10 - no subtlety at all!
Temples of the Abyss - 8/10 - A bit awkward in its setup, the conflict is exciting (though resolved a bit too abruptly). Good fundamentals deserving of one more revision.
Vermilion Sands - I got filtered, I find this one tough to rate. It is written more by somebody who enjoys playing with words and language like toys rather than an author trying to convey a story to a reader.
The Bell in the Sea
>7/10 - reminds one of a young-adult-fiction fantasy novel.
The Waters Above
>8/10 - Satanist propaganda, exactly the sort of secular Luciferism that so many great sci-fi stories stem from, curse you, Gene Roddenberry!
On chess - 5/10
>I did not understand the metaphor.
Total score: 7/10, Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, another masterpiece by the boys and girls of Unreal Press. I recommend it to all lovers of pulp sci-fi and supporters of independent /lit/ature. $8.99 on Amazon.
Beneath the Waves
>6/10 - pulp slop, a fine story but the wrong choice for an opener
Rime of the S.S. Madrigal
>7/10 - entertaining, lighthearted, a shocking twist!
A Sunken Memory - 7/10
>I imagined the protagonist was a cyborg will smith, good pulp sci-fi.
Savannah
>6/10 - a quirky perverted author but an interesting enough story to read, some editing issues ought to be revised.
Bright!
>6/10 - a focus on world building, good for a dnd game, but ‘cumbersome’. Some awkwardly written, though it does remind me of an episode of a sci-fi pulp comic. Some may like the story, but I was not too keen.
Gateway
>8/10 - enjoyable, ending felt rushed and confusing but I am a brainlet mayhaps. I would rewrite captain Shan’s finale and then this could be published in a real book!
The Sirens
>8/10 - It is what you expect from a sci-fi pulp story about mythological sirens but well presented. Exactly what Tales of the Unreal: Nautical Edition promised. I would have swapped this and Beneath the Waves in the story order.
Water Can Carry a Boat
>7/10 - no subtlety at all!
Temples of the Abyss - 8/10 - A bit awkward in its setup, the conflict is exciting (though resolved a bit too abruptly). Good fundamentals deserving of one more revision.
Vermilion Sands - I got filtered, I find this one tough to rate. It is written more by somebody who enjoys playing with words and language like toys rather than an author trying to convey a story to a reader.
The Bell in the Sea
>7/10 - reminds one of a young-adult-fiction fantasy novel.
The Waters Above
>8/10 - Satanist propaganda, exactly the sort of secular Luciferism that so many great sci-fi stories stem from, curse you, Gene Roddenberry!
On chess - 5/10
>I did not understand the metaphor.
Total score: 7/10, Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, another masterpiece by the boys and girls of Unreal Press. I recommend it to all lovers of pulp sci-fi and supporters of independent /lit/ature. $8.99 on Amazon.
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