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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
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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...
Published on February 6, 2008 by Blue Tyson
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6 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Overall quite weak and not very "utopian"
"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...
Published on August 27, 2002 by TammyJo Eckhart
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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: 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",
By TammyJo Eckhart "TammyJo Eckhart" (Bloomington, Indiana United States) - See all my reviews (VINE VOICE)
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?
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Isaac Asimov's Utopias by Gardner R. Dozois (Paperback - November 1, 2000)
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