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canadajanes's review
3.0
Mostly fun enjoyable short stories focusing around a fictional Arizona town. Dated in that way old scifi often is.
raincorbyn's review
2.0
This collection contains several short stories and one novelette. The short stories' influence is apparent and huge on Bradbury and Heinlein, and thus a huge swath of modern SF, and they are jaunty enough, if a bit dated and with some eye rolling O Henry endings. The animal-focused tales were especially original, and I can imagine being a young person absolutely enthralled.
The novelette, however was atrocious. I admit I didn't finish it. Every woman is introduced by listing her measurements, and the story reads like a child's first exercise in writing an adventure tale, not a story written by a 60 year old with a career of writing under his belt. Interesting as a historical artifact with major influence, but not much to be gained from reading the thing today.
The novelette, however was atrocious. I admit I didn't finish it. Every woman is introduced by listing her measurements, and the story reads like a child's first exercise in writing an adventure tale, not a story written by a 60 year old with a career of writing under his belt. Interesting as a historical artifact with major influence, but not much to be gained from reading the thing today.
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