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A review by nwhyte
Eurotemps by Brian Stableford, Neil Gaiman, Liz Holliday, Graham Joyce, Jenny M. Jones, David Langford, Storm Constantine, Chris Amies, Marcus L. Rowland, Alex Stewart, Colin Greenland, Anne Gray, Molly Brown, Roz Kaveney, Tina Anghelatos
http://nhw.livejournal.com/959983.html[return][return]A collection of stories setting the UK government's Department of Paranormal Resources in a European context, apparently a sequel to an earlier collection; a British, more bureaucratic version of the Wild Cards stories. Interesting to realise that back in 1992 there was far less Europhobia around in British culture - compare the mild mocking of Brussels here with the irresponsible paranoia of the Daily Mail. Most of the stories are fairly standard stuff given the scenario; it starts with a rather good one by David Langford which I hadn't previously read, and I really enjoyed the second last, by Roz Kaveney, whose fiction I don't think I have otherwise encountered.