The Best of Pamela Sargent [Paperback]

Pamela Sargent (Author), Martin Harry Greenberg (Editor), Michael Bishop (Foreword)

Product Details

• Paperback: 322 pages
• Publisher: Academy Chicago Publishers (October 1987)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0897332415
• ISBN-13: 978-0897332415
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 4.3 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.5 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #931,739 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Superb - a master at work, January 17, 2004

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Avid Reader (Franklin, Tn) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Best of Pamela Sargent (Paperback)

I'll say it again: Pamela Sargent is the most underrated writer in the world. Notice I did not say "science fiction writer" because she visits other genres. (Her biography / novel of Ghengis Khan was incredible.) I first encountered Pamela Sargent in the mesmerizing "Shore of Women" then went on to read the Venus Series and all her previous works.

This is one of her earliest but all the elements are present: The interesting story, the time (not too distant future), the interplay among characters separating the wheat from the chaff, the logical progression of current trends. The subject is particularly timely today with all the wild stories over cloning. (Idential twins are clones - should they be allowed?) The twins are cloned for a reason and without giving away the plot it involves reactions to them and the exploration of space for habitation.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Classic Sargent, January 17, 2004

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Avid Reader (Franklin, Tn) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Best of Pamela Sargent (Paperback)

Pamela does it again with this collection that demonstrates once and for all her ability to write in almost every genre. She has never been a "hard" science fiction writer nor delved in fantasy as far as I know. She seems too rational, too logical to indulge in such ridiculousness.

Indeed, her characters seem possessed of such qualities as these. The stories range from everyday happenings to alien encounters and the best things about them are they are short enough to be read at one setting while being good enough to be thoroughly enjoyed. Great collection.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a collection of one of the best, May 17, 2000

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TammyJo Eckhart "TammyJo Eckhart" (Bloomington, Indiana United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Best of Pamela Sargent (Paperback)

Pamela Sargent very very rarely lets me down with her science fiction. I was luckily enough to just find this collection of her short stories and read it through in only two days. The vast majority of the stories are excellent -- well written and populated by enticing characters. Well worth the time and money if you like strong but realistic female characters.