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A review by dee9401
Again, Dangerous Visions 1 by James B. Hemesath, Joanna Russ, Harlan Ellison, Ray Faraday Nelson, Kate Wilhelm, T.L. Sherred, Ursula K. Le Guin, David Gerrold, Chad Oliver, Piers Anthony, Gene Wolfe, Andrew J. Offutt, Edward Bryant, Kurt Vonnegut, H.H. Hollis, Barry N. Malzberg, John Heidenry, Bernard Wolfe, Ross Rocklynne, Ray Bradbury
4.0
I bought this collection primarily to get the Joanna Russ short story, "When It Changed". That story was excellent, yet again Russ delivers the goods. The introduction to this story by the editor, Harlan Ellison, was shockingly great (except for the closing, unnecessary sentence). If you are interested in more Russ, I loved her novel "We Who Are About To..." and her collection of essays "To Write Like A Woman: Essays in Feminism and Science Fiction", both of which I gave 5 stars. I have her novella "Souls" in my soon-to-be-read pile.
Ursula K. Le Guin's novella "The Word for World Is Forest" just blew me away. What writing, what a storyline. The very best of what science fiction can do in the hands of such talent.
Kate Wilhelm's "The Funeral" started slow and I didn't get it at first, but it blossomed and was such a great story. Nothing was tidy, nothing was simple, it was just great.
The above three entries warranted a 5 star review for this collection. But the rest of the stories were mediocre at best, awful at worst. So, I chose a 4 star review but underline Le Guin, Wilhelm and Russ.
Amazing, here are 3 fundamental science fiction writers, all women, all writing in the 60s and 70s (and beyond) and I hadn't heard of Wilhelm ever and only heard of Russ earlier this year. Le Guin I knew of but had only read one of her novels before, The Left Hand of Darkness, and I thought that was only ok (I liked her themes and topics, but didn't enjoy the story).
Ursula K. Le Guin's novella "The Word for World Is Forest" just blew me away. What writing, what a storyline. The very best of what science fiction can do in the hands of such talent.
Kate Wilhelm's "The Funeral" started slow and I didn't get it at first, but it blossomed and was such a great story. Nothing was tidy, nothing was simple, it was just great.
The above three entries warranted a 5 star review for this collection. But the rest of the stories were mediocre at best, awful at worst. So, I chose a 4 star review but underline Le Guin, Wilhelm and Russ.
Amazing, here are 3 fundamental science fiction writers, all women, all writing in the 60s and 70s (and beyond) and I hadn't heard of Wilhelm ever and only heard of Russ earlier this year. Le Guin I knew of but had only read one of her novels before, The Left Hand of Darkness, and I thought that was only ok (I liked her themes and topics, but didn't enjoy the story).