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The New Space Opera / Gardner Dozois and Jonathan Strahan, eds.
18 April 2008 – 10:33 pm
I generally like stories that let me become one of the characters. I like to, if not identify with, at least feel like I understand his or her motivations at a personal level. But space opera is often written on a grand scale, with clashes of nations, cultures, and even galaxies. It’s got to be a challenge to combine the two, and I often don’t like the results. (…)
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The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Seventh Annual Collection / Gardner Dozois ed.
11 February 2008 – 12:16 am
I’ve been working on this collection for a week and a half. I never seem to get through Dozois’ Year’s Best S.F. editions quickly. They are big. But I think the short story format means I keep getting jarred out of a reading rhythm as well. Just as I get going on one set of assumptions, or one mode, or whatever, the story ends, and I start out at zero with the next story. (…)
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Universe 4 / Terry Carr ed.
13 August 2007 – 11:37 am
Back in my youth, I used to travel to the Shoreline Public Library on 175th St., north of Seattle. I worked through as much of the children’s section as I cared. The next section over was science fiction. I barely remember much of what I read, but I recall picking out Damon Knight’s Orbit and Terry Carr’s Universe anthologies. Sadly, my memory doesn’t include the actual stories. (…)
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Also tagged fiction, multiple author collections, original story collections, robert silverberg, science fiction, short stories
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The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Fourteenth Annual Collection / Gardner Dozois ed.
23 August 2005 – 1:27 am
Been reading Gardner Dozois’ collections recently. This is the first I’ve ever finished completely. I think it’s a wonderful anthology with many of the truly best stories from the previous year.
Immersion, Gregory Benford
Immersion describes the process where through neural implants, humans may ride other animals mentally. The main characters are sociologists who visit a game park in Africa to ride chimps and get some insight into human nature. (…)
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Also tagged bruce sterling, charles sheffield, fiction, gardner dozois, gene wolfe, gwyneth jones, ian mcdonald, james blaylock, john kessel, jonathan lethem, maureen mchugh, michael swanwick, mike resnick, multiple author collections, paul park, reprinted story collections, robert reed, robert silverberg, science fiction, short stories, stephen baxter, steven utley, tony daniel, walter jon williams
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