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4.0 out of 5 stars
A nice collection.,
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This review is from: The 1985 Annual World's Best SF (Hardcover)
This collection of stories was enjoyable to read. All ten are decent stories that explore interesting ideas in SF. The aliens in particular are mostly quite original. The 5 star stories are "Press Enter" by John Varley, "Bloodchild" by Octavia Butler and "The Coming of the Goonga" by Gary Shockley.
4 stars for "Cash Crop" by Connie Willis, and "What Makes Us Human" by Stephen Donaldson. 3 stars for " The Picture Man" by John Dalmas, "We Remember Babylon" by Ian Watson, "Salvador" by Lucius Shepard,and "Medra" by Tanith Lee. 1 star for "The Aliens Who Knew, I Mean, Everything" by George Effinger. Pitifully unfunny Mad TV script I suppose. "The Coming of the Goonga" is probably my favorite. Those are truly original, intelligent aliens with a different culture and life. Love the zeromaster. Worthwhile buy.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Not Free SF Reader,
By Blue Tyson "- Research Finished" (Legion clubhouse) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The 1985 Annual World's Best SF (Paperback)
The best stuff to be found here is in the middle, back to back in fact, with Varley and Effinger.
A 3.65 average, which is definitely good, but which is also a bit below your standard Year's Best of these days, and the percentage of average is too high, but still some good work from Shepard and Donaldson, too. Donald Wollheim 14 : The Picture Man - John Dalmas Donald Wollheim 14 : Cash Crop - Connie Willis Donald Wollheim 14 : We Remember Babylon - Ian Watson Donald Wollheim 14 : What Makes Us Human - Stephen R. Donaldson Donald Wollheim 14 : Salvador - Lucius Shepard Donald Wollheim 14 : PRESS ENTER - John Varley Donald Wollheim 14 : The Aliens Who Knew I Mean Everything - George Alec Effinger Donald Wollheim 14 : Bloodchild - Octavia E. Butler Donald Wollheim 14 : The Coming of the Goonga - Gary W. Shockley Donald Wollheim 14 : Medra - Tanith Lee Finnish precog racetrack plan. 4 out of 5 Breeding resistance. 3.5 out of 5 Satellite broadcast instruction propaganda. 3 out of 5 Berserker freeze out. 4 out of 5 Spooked Special Forces pill popper's spinout. 3.5 out of 5 Electronic entity killer discovery. 4.5 out of 5 Don't you worry about that, nuhp nuhp. 4.5 out of 5 Parasite pregnancy punishing for people. 3 out of 5 Alien invasion Loud Giant implant zeromaster coming. 3.5 out of 5 Goldman killrun doomsday device dame protection discovery. 3 out of 5 |
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The 1985 Annual World's Best SF by Donald A. Wollheim (Paperback - June 4, 1985)
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