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1 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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Discover man's last frontier in these stories from the stars. * MEMORY: They peeled his mind from his body and sent him to enslave his own planet... * DAY OF BURNING: An interplanetary Mafia is chosen to save a strange civilization from a supernova... * BRAKE: Only one thing could stop the ship. But with the solar system in...
Published on June 15, 2008 by Avid Reader
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Two gems at the end of a dusty road
With a remarkably terrible beginning to a collection of short stories, I almost gave up hope with Anderson's collection in Beyond the Beyond. I've haven't come across many of his stories in anthologies but because I'm a fan of his linguistic and space opera novels (twelve to date, thank you very much), I decided that a peek into his short story talent might be worthy the...
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Two gems at the end of a dusty road,
By M-I-K-E 2theD "2theD" (The Big Mango, Thailand) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Beyond the Beyond (Paperback)
With a remarkably terrible beginning to a collection of short stories, I almost gave up hope with Anderson's collection in Beyond the Beyond. I've haven't come across many of his stories in anthologies but because I'm a fan of his linguistic and space opera novels (twelve to date, thank you very much), I decided that a peek into his short story talent might be worthy the effort to hunt down and peruse.
It's only with the last three stories did I begin to enjoy the collection. The Sensative Man has a spy-thriller tone to it with some psychoanalyzation throw into the mix. The Moonrakers in a decent look into the future unfolding of human civilization in the solar system which naturally must include space pirates. Finally, the cherry on top is a story ala Tau Zero; Starfog is heavy in science, astronomy and language and you may even find yourself admiring the minor love story unfolding. Certainly, there are a large number of short story collections which trump Beyond the Beyond, but this is a keeper for the sheer sake of the last two stories... but mainly Starfog, which has etched into my memory so soon after its completion. Memory (1957) - 3/5 - Bygone unknowingly colonialists of a galactic empire find themselves in company with a mysterious amnesiac man who is later recaptured with his hopeful wife by the militaristic crew of an empire ship. 36 pages Brake (1957) - 2/5 - Extremists aboard a vessel inbound to Ganymede pose as passengers and act mutinously to gain control or hold the vessel as hostage from the captain, who isn't taking this kind of thing lightly. 45 pages Day of Burning (1967) - 1/5 - A supernova is approaching a once studied planet with its' scope of cultures but that datum is dated, where the archaic language is annoying and the dragging politics can... zzz, zzz, zzz. 42 pages The Sensitive Man (1954) - 3/5 - A man from a psychodynamic institute is kidnapped by a conniving organization who wish to use his skills for world domination but how will the psychodynamist psychoanalyze the psychos? 54 pages The Moomrakers (1966) - 4/5 - The tri-pillar economies of Mars, Asteroids and Earth are pinned against one another in a bid to deal with or destroy the pirates which seep the earnings from the respective governments. 33 pages Starfog (1967) - 5/5 - A seemingly human race appears on an isolated yet inhabited planet and say they have originated from a stellar cluster; a mystery which calls for an educated Ranger and a probe into their culture and history. 56 pages
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By Avid Reader "Jim" (Columbus, Ohio USA) - See all my reviews * MEMORY: They peeled his mind from his body and sent him to enslave his own planet... * DAY OF BURNING: An interplanetary Mafia is chosen to save a strange civilization from a supernova... * BRAKE: Only one thing could stop the ship. But with the solar system in upheaval, who would try? * THE SENSITIVE MAN: A world balances on the brink of a new dawn - or a new Dark Age. And one man can push it either way! * THE MOONRAKERS: They were space pirates with dreams of empire - nomads from the far edge of the system who must be stopped... * STARFOG: The ship was trapped in a corner of space so crowded with stars that nothing could penetrate the deadly glowing fog... BEYOND THE BEYOND Where Men are scattered like dust between galaxies! |
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Beyond the Beyond by Poul Anderson (Paperback - 1981)
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