It goes without saying that a collection of twenty-odd science fiction short stories by different authors is going to be variable. There are some gems in this collection, stories that still hold up after all these years, such as Mimsy Were the Borogroves, It's a Good Life, Flowers for Algernon, Scanners Live in Vain and A Rose for Ecclesiastes. Most of the other stories hold the reader's interest, with only a small number seeming undeserving of inclusion.
I would advise anyone approaching this book to do so with the understanding that they're going to be reading from the early canon of SF. These stories were chosen in the mid-60s to honour short stories that predated the prestigious Nebula Awards, and were published between 1934 ... Read More:
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Being quite a new reader of the short science fiction form, I found this collection to be quite a broad introduction to the field. Also, as I'm more of a fantasy reader, it introduced me to some authors I had not been previously familiar with and this encouraged me to start tracking some of them down.
One story that has particularly stuck with me is Peter Watts's story "Eyes of God" which is an interesting look at identity and what we consider integral to our own. Others that I enjoyed were Mary Robinette Kowal's "Evil Robot Monkey" and Paul di Fillipo's "iCity". Again, they were authors I wanted to read more of.
I didn't particularly like the Moorcock or Roberson story. The Moorcock story may be enjoyable to followers ... Read More:
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Being quite a new reader of the short science fiction form, I found this collection to be quite a broad introduction to the field. Also, as I'm more of a fantasy reader, it introduced me to some authors I had not been previously familiar with and this encouraged me to start tracking some of them down.
One story that has particularly stuck with me is Peter Watts's story "Eyes of God" which is an interesting look at identity and what we consider integral to our own. Others that I enjoyed were Mary Robinette Kowal's "Evil Robot Monkey" and Paul di Fillipo's "iCity". Again, they were authors I wanted to read more of.
I didn't particularly like the Moorcock or Roberson story. The Moorcock story may be enjoyable to followers ... Read More:
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Being quite a new reader of the short science fiction form, I found this collection to be quite a broad introduction to the field. Also, as I'm more of a fantasy reader, it introduced me to some authors I had not been previously familiar with and this encouraged me to start tracking some of them down.
One story that has particularly stuck with me is Peter Watts's story "Eyes of God" which is an interesting look at identity and what we consider integral to our own. Others that I enjoyed were Mary Robinette Kowal's "Evil Robot Monkey" and Paul di Fillipo's "iCity". Again, they were authors I wanted to read more of.
I didn't particularly like the Moorcock or Roberson story. The Moorcock story may be enjoyable to followers ... Read More:
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Being quite a new reader of the short science fiction form, I found this collection to be quite a broad introduction to the field. Also, as I'm more of a fantasy reader, it introduced me to some authors I had not been previously familiar with and this encouraged me to start tracking some of them down.
One story that has particularly stuck with me is Peter Watts's story "Eyes of God" which is an interesting look at identity and what we consider integral to our own. Others that I enjoyed were Mary Robinette Kowal's "Evil Robot Monkey" and Paul di Fillipo's "iCity". Again, they were authors I wanted to read more of.
I didn't particularly like the Moorcock or Roberson story. The Moorcock story may be enjoyable to followers ... Read More:
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Being quite a new reader of the short science fiction form, I found this collection to be quite a broad introduction to the field. Also, as I'm more of a fantasy reader, it introduced me to some authors I had not been previously familiar with and this encouraged me to start tracking some of them down.
One story that has particularly stuck with me is Peter Watts's story "Eyes of God" which is an interesting look at identity and what we consider integral to our own. Others that I enjoyed were Mary Robinette Kowal's "Evil Robot Monkey" and Paul di Fillipo's "iCity". Again, they were authors I wanted to read more of.
I didn't particularly like the Moorcock or Roberson story. The Moorcock story may be enjoyable to followers ... Read More:
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