The Collected Stories of Greg Bear (Hardcover)

by Greg Bear (Author)

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Amazon.com Review
This collection of Greg Bear's major short fiction ably demonstrates why Bear is one of science fiction's most popular authors. The multiple Hugo and Nebula award winner offers here a feast of his most famous stories and novellas, accompanied by thoughtful introductions and afterwords that provide insight into the writer and his process. Standouts include "Blood Music," a precise and chilling tale of human cells that become individually intelligent; "The Wind from a Burning Woman," in which despair and anger inspire a young woman's terrible act of vengeance; "The White Horse Child," a loving look at the nascence of the creative impulse; and "Dead Run," in which the road to hell is paved with concrete, and not all intentions are good. This extensive collection is chock full of good stories told with Bear's characteristic intelligence and flair. While he examines big questions of science, politics and religion, Bear's driving force as a writer is his curiosity about the human spirit. --Roz Genessee

From Publishers Weekly
Fans will welcome The Collected Stories of Greg Bear, a hefty compendium of shorter fiction from the Hugo and Nebula awards winner. Introductions to each story, an illuminating general introduction and an appendix with Bear's commentary on his work enhance the package.
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 704 pages
• Publisher: Tor Books; 1st edition (September 21, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0765301601
• ISBN-13: 978-0765301604
• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 6.4 x 1.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,415,561 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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11 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Strong anthology, September 14, 2002

By	Harriet Klausner - See all my reviews (#1 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

Greg Bear is the winner of numerous prestigious awards in all the categories. This particular collection contains many of his short stories (21), and three novellas. The stories have all been printed before, but not in one volume and would be impossible to obtain in their original format. Each tale includes an introduction that is new. Fans of the author and science fiction readers in general will relish The Collected Works of Greg Bear in spite of the near breaking of the $30.00 barrier as this anthology displays the talent of one of the late twentieth century genre's top spinners.

Harriet Klausner

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Buy it if you like Bear or really good sci-fi, July 20, 2008

By	Pete - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Collected Stories of Greg Bear (Tom Doherty Associates Books) (Paperback)

This gets a five out of five easily. No, not every story is that good, and as a matter of fact there are a couple stories that I didn't like, and I think one or two that I couldn't even get through. But this compilation has the novella Hardfought, a story that Bear himself says may be the best thing he's ever written in the foreword, and I think he might be right. Hardfought is one of the best far future stories that's been written, and ranks up there with Frank Herbert and such as far as quality goes. It would earn this collection 5 out of 5 even if the rest of the stories were nothing but Harry Potter fan fiction... just ignore the poetry.

The compilation also has the short story Blood Music, which I thought was much better than the full novel, so that may be of interest to Bear fans.

There are a few other stories of very good quality, such as Judgment Engine and The Venging, and the rest- with some exceptions- are all pretty good.

At 16$ this book is a really good deal. I'm pretty sure I paid around more than that and I don't regret it at all.

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Greg Bear Stuns!, March 14, 2003

By	Akimo "akimo" (San Jose, CA) - See all my reviews

This is an astonishing series of stories. It seems almost impossible that one mind could cover this kind of scope and do it so entertainingly and well.

As you can tell, I LOVED this book!