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davybaby's review against another edition
3.0
So, full disclosure... I didn't finish this. I liked it, but there are just so many great venues for short sci-fi these days: Tor, Lightspeed Magazine, Escape Pod, and many, many more.
When I get a hankering for science fiction, I'm generally more excited by a specific book or author than I am about the next story in a collection. What I read was good, but I was ready to move on.
When I get a hankering for science fiction, I'm generally more excited by a specific book or author than I am about the next story in a collection. What I read was good, but I was ready to move on.
markyon's review
5.0
Even if you don't like every story in the collection, the weight and range of this volume makes it another winner. A great cross-section of the subgenre. See also The Ascent of Wonder.
jamietr's review
4.0
Here are the stories that most stood out:
* "Beggars In Spain" by Nancy Kress
* "Marrow" by Robert Reed
* "Sexual Dimorphism" by Kim Stanley Robinson
* "Into the Miranda Rift" by G. David Nordley
* "The Shoulders of Giants" by Robert J. Sawyer
* "For White Hill" by Joe Haldeman
* "A Career in Sexual Chemistry" by Brian M. Stableford
* "Reasons to be Cheerful" by Greg Egan
* "Understand" by Ted Chiang
* "Beggars In Spain" by Nancy Kress
* "Marrow" by Robert Reed
* "Sexual Dimorphism" by Kim Stanley Robinson
* "Into the Miranda Rift" by G. David Nordley
* "The Shoulders of Giants" by Robert J. Sawyer
* "For White Hill" by Joe Haldeman
* "A Career in Sexual Chemistry" by Brian M. Stableford
* "Reasons to be Cheerful" by Greg Egan
* "Understand" by Ted Chiang
whax's review
4.0
Oh man, this is the sort of sci-fi I adore. Best $8.98 I ever spent (work out to about a penny a page).
robinleysen's review against another edition
3.0
Lots of stories inside, some a bit long. Some I skipped, others were wonderful. Wouldn't link hard scifi to politics myself though, as I vaguely recall this is how the authors define hard scifi.
I wish I'd written down some feedback per story, for myself. Would've made a review more proper.
I wish I'd written down some feedback per story, for myself. Would've made a review more proper.
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