Isaac Asimov's Utopias [Paperback]

Gardner R. Dozois (Editor), Sheila Williams (Editor), Kage Baker (Collaborator), Ursula K. Le Guin (Collaborator), Brian Stableford (Collaborator), David Marusek (Collaborator), Mike Resnick (Collaborator), Tom Purdom (Collaborator), Stephen Dedman (Collaborator), Bruce terling Ian R. MacLeod (Collaborator)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 31, 2000

Acclaimed science fiction writers present their own provocative visions of what an ideal world is really like...

Product Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Ace (October 31, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0441007848
• ISBN-13: 978-0441007844
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,783,529 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not Free SF Reader, February 6, 2008

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Blue Tyson "- Research Finished" (Legion clubhouse) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Isaac Asimov's Utopias (Paperback)

What the title suggests, is what this book gives. This is a selection of science fiction stories with Utopian settings, taken from Asimov's Science Fiction magazine. Generally a fairly high quality, this batch with the pick of the litter perhaps being Bruce Sterling's story.

Isaac Asimov's Utopias : MOUNTAIN WAYS - Ursula K. Le Guin
Isaac Asimov's Utopias : OUT OF TOUCH - Brian Stableford
Isaac Asimov's Utopias : GETTING TO KNOW YOU - David Marusek
Isaac Asimov's Utopias : ONE PERFECT MORNING WITH JACKALS - Mike Resnick
Isaac Asimov's Utopias : CANARY LAND - Tom Purdom
Isaac Asimov's Utopias : TRANSIT - Stephen Dedman
Isaac Asimov's Utopias : SMART ALEC - Kage Baker
Isaac Asimov's Utopias : NEVERMORE - Ian R. MacLeod
Isaac Asimov's Utopias : BICYCLE REPAIRMAN - Bruce Sterling

Crossdressing marriage subterfuge decision.

3.5 out of 5


Longevity generation lost.

4 out of 5


Buggy accessories.

3 out of 5


Kenya piss off.

3.5 out of 5


Immigrant music.

4 out of 5


Muslim girl travels to planet of hermaphrodites. Is a bit stressed even though everyone is nice to her.

4 out of 5


Pirate Playfriend.

3.5 out of 5


Arty unreality.

2.5 out of 5


Celibate cycle geek bags black bag babe burglar thanks to baton boo-boo.

4 out of 5

6 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Overall quite weak and not very "utopian", August 27, 2002

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TammyJo Eckhart "TammyJo Eckhart" (Bloomington, Indiana United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Isaac Asimov's Utopias (Paperback)

"Utopian" can have two meanings -- the first is an ideal or perfect place but the second is no place or no where. The nine stories in this collection fall more into the dystopian category than either of these two definitions. Only Ursula K. Le Guin's "Mountain Ways" was really intense and interesting enough to make me want to reread it. Stories by Stableford, Resnick, Purdom, Dedman, and Sterling were all just boring -- I couldn't care about any of the characters. "Nevermore" by Ian R. MacLeod had potential but it was too disjointed to make me feel much. David Marusek's "Out of Touch" also had a great beginning but a very weak and rather sudden ending. "Smart Alec" by Kage Baker was well-written but very very sad. Hey, how about some "utopias" we'd want to live in for a change?