{"id":4616,"date":"2017-11-15T12:49:07","date_gmt":"2017-11-15T17:49:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sfreader.com\/r\/?p=4616"},"modified":"2017-11-14T13:00:37","modified_gmt":"2017-11-14T18:00:37","slug":"the-awakened-modern-edited-by-hal-greenberg-and-greg-schauer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sfreader.com\/r\/book-review\/science-fiction\/anthology-science-fiction\/the-awakened-modern-edited-by-hal-greenberg-and-greg-schauer\/","title":{"rendered":"The Awakened Modern, edited by Hal Greenberg and Greg Schauer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/sfreader.com\/r\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/The-Awakened-Modern-edited-by-Hal-Greenberg-and-Greg-Schauer.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4618\" src=\"http:\/\/sfreader.com\/r\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/The-Awakened-Modern-edited-by-Hal-Greenberg-and-Greg-Schauer-167x250.jpg\" alt=\"The Awakened Modern, edited by Hal Greenberg and Greg Schauer book cover\" width=\"167\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sfreader.com\/r\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/The-Awakened-Modern-edited-by-Hal-Greenberg-and-Greg-Schauer-167x250.jpg 167w, https:\/\/sfreader.com\/r\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/The-Awakened-Modern-edited-by-Hal-Greenberg-and-Greg-Schauer-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sfreader.com\/r\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/The-Awakened-Modern-edited-by-Hal-Greenberg-and-Greg-Schauer-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/sfreader.com\/r\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/The-Awakened-Modern-edited-by-Hal-Greenberg-and-Greg-Schauer.jpg 907w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 167px) 100vw, 167px\" \/><\/a>Genre: Superhero Anthology<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>Publisher:\u00a0\u00a0eSpec Books<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>Published: 2017<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>Reviewer Rating:\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-274\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sfreader.com\/r\/wp-content\/uploads\/2001\/12\/fourstars.gif?zoom=1.100000023841858&amp;resize=45%2C13\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sfreader.com\/r\/wp-content\/uploads\/2001\/12\/fourstars.gif?zoom=1.100000023841858&amp;resize=45%2C13\" alt=\"four stars\" width=\"45\" height=\"13\" data-attachment-id=\"274\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/sfreader.com\/r\/book-review\/horror\/bag-of-bones-by-stephen-king\/attachment\/fourstars\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sfreader.com\/r\/wp-content\/uploads\/2001\/12\/fourstars.gif?fit=45%2C13\" data-orig-size=\"45,13\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"four star rating\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sfreader.com\/r\/wp-content\/uploads\/2001\/12\/fourstars.gif?fit=45%2C13\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sfreader.com\/r\/wp-content\/uploads\/2001\/12\/fourstars.gif?fit=45%2C13\" \/><br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>Reviewer: David L. Felts<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Have you read this book?<br \/>\n<span id=\"post-ratings-4616\" class=\"post-ratings\" data-nonce=\"b7ba8a1e70\"><img id=\"rating_4616_1\" src=\"https:\/\/sfreader.com\/r\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-postratings\/images\/stars\/rating_on.gif\" alt=\"1 Star\" title=\"1 Star\" onmouseover=\"current_rating(4616, 1, '1 Star');\" onmouseout=\"ratings_off(4, 0, 0);\" onclick=\"rate_post();\" onkeypress=\"rate_post();\" style=\"cursor: pointer; border: 0px;\" \/><img id=\"rating_4616_2\" src=\"https:\/\/sfreader.com\/r\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-postratings\/images\/stars\/rating_on.gif\" alt=\"2 Stars\" title=\"2 Stars\" onmouseover=\"current_rating(4616, 2, '2 Stars');\" onmouseout=\"ratings_off(4, 0, 0);\" onclick=\"rate_post();\" onkeypress=\"rate_post();\" style=\"cursor: pointer; border: 0px;\" \/><img id=\"rating_4616_3\" src=\"https:\/\/sfreader.com\/r\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-postratings\/images\/stars\/rating_on.gif\" alt=\"3 Stars\" title=\"3 Stars\" onmouseover=\"current_rating(4616, 3, '3 Stars');\" onmouseout=\"ratings_off(4, 0, 0);\" onclick=\"rate_post();\" onkeypress=\"rate_post();\" style=\"cursor: pointer; border: 0px;\" \/><img id=\"rating_4616_4\" src=\"https:\/\/sfreader.com\/r\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-postratings\/images\/stars\/rating_on.gif\" alt=\"4 Stars\" title=\"4 Stars\" onmouseover=\"current_rating(4616, 4, '4 Stars');\" onmouseout=\"ratings_off(4, 0, 0);\" onclick=\"rate_post();\" onkeypress=\"rate_post();\" style=\"cursor: pointer; border: 0px;\" \/><img id=\"rating_4616_5\" src=\"https:\/\/sfreader.com\/r\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-postratings\/images\/stars\/rating_off.gif\" alt=\"5 Stars\" title=\"5 Stars\" onmouseover=\"current_rating(4616, 5, '5 Stars');\" onmouseout=\"ratings_off(4, 0, 0);\" onclick=\"rate_post();\" onkeypress=\"rate_post();\" style=\"cursor: pointer; border: 0px;\" \/>  (<strong>1<\/strong> votes, average: <strong>4.00<\/strong> out of 5)<br \/><span class=\"post-ratings-text\" id=\"ratings_4616_text\"><\/span><\/span><span id=\"post-ratings-4616-loading\" class=\"post-ratings-loading\"><img src=\"https:\/\/sfreader.com\/r\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-postratings\/images\/loading.gif\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" class=\"post-ratings-image\" \/>Loading...<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Contents<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Song of Tyrta by Drew Bittner<\/li>\n<li>Cold Snap by Ty Johnson<\/li>\n<li>Return of the Devis by Torah Cottrill<\/li>\n<li>Fire and Brimstone by Walt Ciechanowski<\/li>\n<li>Little Sisters of the Hourglass by James Chambers<\/li>\n<li>Voices, by Hal Greenberg and Kwenneth Shannon III<\/li>\n<li>Whiteout by Erik Scott de Bie<\/li>\n<li>Details in Death by Jennifer Brozek<\/li>\n<li>Wolves Run by Night by Ed Greenwood<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>eSpec delivers another fun anthology with\u00a0The Awakened Modern.<\/p>\n<p>It seems a second moon from some other dimension has abruptly appeared in our sky, and it has awakened latent powers within the populace (a la the S. T. A. R. labs of DV comics renown). Some of the &#8220;awakened&#8221; use their powers for good, and some not so much.<\/p>\n<p>The Awakened Modern\u00a0is the third anthology to take place in The Awakened role playing universe created by game designer Hal Greenberg. The\u00a0appearance of the moon and the sudden abilities some people acquire lead to stories bout people discovering their abilities for the first time, and the limits of those abilities, all of which takes place in a world gone a bit topsy-turvy because of these sudden changes. &#8220;Us&#8221; and &#8220;them&#8221; is a common theme in the stories.<\/p>\n<p>But when have humans not looked for some way to segregate themselves?<\/p>\n<p>All told a fun, if not entirely original, read.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Genre: Superhero Anthology Publisher:\u00a0\u00a0eSpec Books Published: 2017 Reviewer Rating:\u00a0 Reviewer: David L. Felts Have you read this book? Contents Song of Tyrta by Drew Bittner Cold Snap by Ty Johnson Return of the Devis by Torah Cottrill Fire and Brimstone by Walt Ciechanowski Little Sisters of the Hourglass by James &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4618,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[154],"tags":[71,9,771,770,1225,912],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sfreader.com\/r\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4616"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sfreader.com\/r\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sfreader.com\/r\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sfreader.com\/r\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sfreader.com\/r\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4616"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sfreader.com\/r\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4616\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4621,"href":"https:\/\/sfreader.com\/r\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4616\/revisions\/4621"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sfreader.com\/r\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4618"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sfreader.com\/r\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sfreader.com\/r\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4616"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sfreader.com\/r\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}