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Summary: Pretty good story weaving
Review: It's not perfect but I found this anthology very satisfying. When every single one of the stories is able to take me somewhere interesting, then the anthology is worth the money.. Favorite stories: Graveyard Tea, Windseekers, and Origami Cranes.
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Summary: Jayme Blaschke is sure to be the next big name in sci-fi
Review: Jayme Blaschke's short story Cyclops in B Minor, appearing in this 1998 edition, is probably one of the best modern fantasy stories I've ever read. This book is a collection of very talented young writers. Get this book for a sneak peak at the future of the genre.
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Summary: How to See the Future of Science Fiction
Review: L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 13 is a truly superb and solid collection of science fiction and fantasy short stories by some of the most talented and visionary new writers of our time. From the opening tale by Bo Griffin about a man who draws women to him with "The Scent of Desire," only to have them burn up in his arms from the heat of his passion, to the alternate history tale in which the Mormon War of 1857 takes an unexpected turn in "For the Strength of the Hills," by Lee Allred, these stories are well-written, engaging, and as innovative as they are varied in style and subject matter. Come, learn what it's like to be accused of murder for liking the color orange, explore the final resting place of a mighty emperor in the company of his favorite female assassin and concubine, or place your bet on the Norse god of your choice when "The Gods Perspire." There's great fun to be had here, and some delightful food for thought, as well. When you turn these pages, be prepared to look into many futures -- including the future of science fiction and fantasy itself. The names in front of the stories are new, but many of them are likely to become as familiar to the readers of tommorow, as the judges who chose these stories for inclusion in this anthology are to today's readers. Judges like Gregory Benford, Orson Scott Card, Anne McCaffrey, Andre Norton, Frederik Pohl, Robert Silverberg, Jack Williamson, Dave Wolverton, and others, all stellar -- even legendary -- figures in their own right. Read and I think you'll agree: they chose these Writers of the Future carefully and well.
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Summary: This book delivers the best of new writers.
Review: Okay, I admit I'm biased, since my story "Cyclops In B Minor" is one of the stories contained in this volume. But you're not likely to find a more enjoyable anthology this year. This one's got everything: Hard SF, Urban Fantasy, Space Opera... It just doesn't get any better.
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Summary: This book delivers the best of new writers.
Review: Okay, I admit I'm biased, since my story "Cyclops In B Minor" is one of the stories contained in this volume. But you're not likely to find a more enjoyable anthology this year. This one's got everything: Hard SF, Urban Fantasy, Space Opera... It just doesn't get any better.
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Summary: WoTF's Vol. 13 has something for everybody.
Review: The book rates an 8 instead of a 9 or 10 because it could have had at least one startling story in it. Since Stanley's short story, CHILDREN OF CRECHE, back in another earlier volume, there have been some near-contenders to such a slam-bang ending, but none have come even close. Still this omnibus offers some above-average short stories -- stories without the gum-smacking, philosophically idiotic messages that the previous three volumes were heavily caught up in. There's more intelligent stories evident in this volume than in the previous three volumes.
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Summary: Very diverse, excellent
Review: There are many great stories in this book, especially the yearly grand prize winner; "The Disambiguouation of Captain Shroud", and the one-page story by yours truly! Eolake Stobblehouse
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Summary: Prize winning stories from 14 new SF authors.
Review: This anthology which presents 14 of the best new authors in Science Fiction. Each story placed or gained honorable mention in a world-wide contest of 10,000 plus annual entrants. Check out some of my favorites in the Anthology: "Storm Jumper" by James Gladu Jordan - You think parachutists are crazy? This guy takes the ultimate free-fall - in Jupiter's atmosphere! "Silicon De Bergerac" by Eric Shult - Neil is tongue tied making a date, but his answering maching volunteers to do speak for him . . . "And Abel Begat" by Audrey Lawson. Leguin-like view of a colony breeding out humanity's greatest liability - emotion. "Schrodinger's Mousetrap" by Alan Barclay - Explorers of an eon-old deserted space station find themselves sealed in and haunted by visions of their own death. I am very proud to say that "Schrodinger's Mousetrap" won the Writer's of the Future Grand Prize for 1993.
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Summary: very good
Review: This is probably one of the best anthologies I've ever read
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Summary: Includes an unusual, often shocking Thatcher story.
Review: This volume contains an award-winning story by Franklin Thatcher: "By Other Windings" When the story starts out, the demon lives in the waters beneath Charon's boat (in the River Styx), where he often interrupts the Charon's job ferrying the dead across the water. While toying with a deceased soul, the demon is conjured into the Elenora, a woman who has apparently gained some skill as a witch. Elenora wants to use the demon in a plot to torment, torture and then kill the Miara, her brother's new wife. She is upset about the end of her incestuous relationship with her bother, and the fact that her brother's new wife will replace her as the heir to his great fortune. Conjured by Elenora, the demon's body remains in her cellar within a chalked five-point star and circle of candles, while Elenora commands the demon's ethereal spirit to accompany her on her devious errands. The demon's ethereal self has impressive power to direct suggestions and temptations to other people. Elenora's evil designs and the demon's lustful impulses cause pain in the lives of all those they encounter in the execution of the Elenora's plan to regain her place as the only woman in her brother's life. But the demon's own cruel actions shock him into a remembrance of when he was mortal youth, before he died and was consigned to his demon state. His recalls the event when, as a young soldier, he let violent and sexual urges overcome him to victimize a fleeing civilian woman -- an act which transformed him into a monster even while he was still human. The demon is also affected by the nobility and goodness within Miara, and even by the deeply hidden honor and ethical sense within Elenora's outwardly soulless brother. Eventually the story, which has intentionally shocked with depravity, reveals a shocking amount of redemption and morality.
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