Cindy White wrote up a nice piece about Wastelands for SCI FI Wire. Here’s a snippet:

"I wanted the anthology to demonstrate the range of post-apocalyptic fiction–that it’s not all gloomy, that it’s not only about fighting off mutants and marauders and scavenging cans of pork and beans," he said. "On one end of the spectrum, you have Nancy Kress’ ‘Inertia," which is about the aftermath of a disfiguring plague; on the other end, you have Neal Barrett Jr.’s ‘Ginny Sweethips’ Flying Circus’–a rather light and upbeat foray into the wastelands, about a traveling roadshow that makes its living by selling sex, tacos and dangerous drugs. I think there’s a nice variety of styles represented as well. Most of the stories are traditional narratives, but you’ve also got stylistically ambitious stories John Langan’s ‘Episode Seven’ and Stephen King’s ‘The End of the Whole Mess.’ It’s a nice mix."
 

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