Gleanings: Stories from the Arc of a Scythe by Neal ShustermanMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
By now it's been about three years since Shusterman concluded the original trilogy of Arc of a Scythe, but he clearly had some more stories to tell, and he did so with a little help from his friends and family. This far future world, being so far out from our own, had a lot of hidden potential as the original trilogy barely scratched the surface. Highlights for me include the secret origin of the dreaded fascist villain Scythe Goddard, a little story featuring the Terranova family in the gap between the cliffhanger ending of Thunderhead and The Toll picking up several years later, and (especially for me as someone who's long been fascinated with Barcelona) the story where we meet Scythes Gaudí and Dalí and their contrasting Catalan styles. I sure as hell hope that some of these stories get adapted into an eventual Arc of a Scythe film or TV series - which is an absolute must for this, one of Shusterman's best works ever.
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