Rocket Boy and the Geek Girls [Kindle Edition]

Brenda W. Clough (Author), Pati Nagle (Author), Madeleine Robins (Author), Judith Tarr (Author), Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff (Author), Jennifer Stevenson (Author), Sylvia Kelso (Author), Vonda N. McIntyre (Author), Sarah Zettel (Author), Phyllis Irene Radford (Author, Editor)

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Product Description

The mind tells the story--but the heart inspires it with dreams of what might be waiting Out There. With evocative stories of lost comrades, alien first contacts, and strange, often unexpected confrontations with evolving science, Rocket Boy And The Geek Girls embraces both our pulp-dream past and cutting-edge future.

Thirteen authors (fifteen if you count pseudonyms) from the Book View Café got together one rainy Saturday afternoon with a big bowl of popcorn and reruns of Buck Rogers. They started comparing short stories and a new anthology took form.

Rare reprints, hard-to-find favorites and new tales all combine in this one-of-a-kind story collection, available exclusively from Book View Press.

What happens when thirteen authors get to giggling over implausible titles for the collection? They choose the most illogical and then they have to write something to go with it. So, yes, there are three flash fiction versions of Rocket Boy and the Geek Girls.

Stories by: Vonda N. McIntyre, Brenda W. Clough, Katharine Kerr, Judith Tarr, P.R. Frost, Pati Nagle, Madeleine Robins, Nancy Jane Moore, Sarah Zettel, Amy Sterling Casil, Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff, Jennifer Stevenson, Sylvia Kelso, C.L. Anderson, and Irene Radford

Product Details

• Format: Kindle Edition
• File Size: 413 KB
• Publisher: Book View Press (October 13, 2009)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services
• Language: English
• ASIN: B002T44HPE
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• Lending: Enabled
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #394,865 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Book View Café has done it again!, February 27, 2011

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Guy L. Gonzalez "Malcontent" (Bloomfield, NJ) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rocket Boy and the Geek Girls (Kindle Edition)

Rocket Boy and the Geek Girls is another great e-anthology from the innovative authors' collective, Book View Café, featuring a diverse collection of entertaining and thought-provoking stories that range from the whimsical to the hardcore. Jennifer Stevenson's "Who Killed Science Fiction" is among the best, a laugh-out-loud love letter to obsessive fans of all genres and the long-suffering booksellers who interact with them. Nancy Jane Moore's "Blindsided by Venus in the House of Mars," P.R. Frost's "Alien Voices," Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff's "Ask Arlen," are three other standouts in a group that includes far more hits than misses.

The 18 stories in total are the perfect e-reading experience, fitting nicely into stolen moments throughout the day and night, making a strong case for having a book handy across multiple devices as I started reading it on Kindle for iPad and Blackberry, moved to Kindle for iPhone (iPod Touch) and finished it up on my Kindle 3.

Book View Café has done it again! Recommended!

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Stories!, November 15, 2009

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Carol G - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rocket Boy and the Geek Girls (Kindle Edition)

ROCKET BOY AND THE GEEK GIRLS is a wonderful mix of thought-provoking, action, and humorous science fiction. I especially liked "Sitting Shiva" by Judith Tarr and "Ask Arlen" by Maya Bohnhoff. Way worth the cover price!