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Summary: Conover spreads his wings and flies!
Review: As an owner of the Empire of Dreams and Miracles I looked forward to reading more work from some up and coming authors. I was most pleased with the two new stories from Daniel Conover. In Empire of Dreams he showed he was capable of dealing with deep social and personal issues while presenting an interesting and well developed backdrop. Here he's showing his ability to broaden his spectrum and take aim at our social and political systems. Bravo!
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Summary: Conover spreads his wings and flies!
Review: As an owner of the Empire of Dreams and Miracles I looked forward to reading more work from some up and coming authors. I was most pleased with the two new stories from Daniel Conover. In Empire of Dreams he showed he was capable of dealing with deep social and personal issues while presenting an interesting and well developed backdrop. Here he's showing his ability to broaden his spectrum and take aim at our social and political systems. Bravo!
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Summary: Absolutely Brilliant in Chrome a great collection
Review: Can?t say enough good things about this entire collection, but must note that I especially enjoyed (laughed out loud!) at ?Guess Who?s Coming to Dinner?? by Daniel Conover. His work in Empire of Dreams and Miracles was sensitive, suspenseful and thought-provoking; in Absolutely Brilliant in Chrome, he is all of that, but also deft, a little sly, and irreverently funny.
I think Douglas Adams would approve of the rollicking satire of ?Guess Who,? but there?s more of a nod to John Irving in Conover?s other submission, ?Perfect for Each Other.? Anyone who?s read Irving?s Garp or ?The 158-lb. Marriage? knows he can be surgically precise in identifying the heart of a troubled relationship, and Conover uses the same incisive intelligence in describing the genetically superior, but emotionally crippled characters in his story.
I read both wanting to know ?what happens next? at the end of the stories, and I eagerly anticipate publication of a full-length novel by this smart, funny, talented writer.
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Summary: Great Selection
Review: I'd fallen out of reading short stories but a friend recommended this and it's great. A perfect summer vacation read. Good tales, and it's extra fun trying to guess who'll be the next Orson Scott Card or Douglas Adams. I suspect it'll be Daniel Conover: Don't miss his riff on George W. Bush negotiating secret treaties with rival extra-terrestials!
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Summary: Great anthology w/ impressive entries from Conover
Review: Phobos Books is making a name for itself with impressive science fiction anthologies - "Empire of Dreams and Miracles" in 2002 (edited by Orson Scott Card) was fantastic. Now with "Absolutely Brilliant in Chrome," the publisher has done the unlikely - it has surpassed itself. The stories in this volume are great, a thinking person's short story (but then, isn't this the genre for the thinking person?) Returning after an entry in "Empire" is Charleston writer Daniel Conover. In "Absolutely Brilliant," he contributes two pieces, including what may be my favorite short story of all time: "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner." In "Guess" Conover weaves UFO and Roswell lore into modern politics and pop culture, throws in a measure of Heavy Metal and turns it all into his own wonderful, twisted world. You will laugh out loud, particularly when one alien cries while watching "E.T." The stories in here are great, Conover's is a classic. You should buy this anthology for that alone.
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Summary: Great Selection
Review: This collection covers everything from lush fantasy tales, to clean sci-fi. I enjoyed all the stories, but especially liked the two by Daniel Conover. His clean style, wit, and sense of irony shine through in both stories.
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Summary: solid ten collection anthology
Review: This is a solid ten collection anthology by seven individuals (Daniel Conover, Carl Frederick, and James Maxey submitted two tales each) who have won Phobos Fiction contests and considered by editor Keith Olexa as some of the future breed of superstars. The tales range the gamut of science fiction from Justin Stanchfield's terraforming deep space to earthly satire and all points in between as the only "Meeting of the Minds (besides Gerald Gross' contribution) is that this is an outstanding compilation. The formats also differ from a series of correspondence (Rebecca Carmi's "Letters to a Sister"), Matthew Rotundo's extreme sports "exposé", all the way to a humorous biting tale by Mr. Maxey focusing on a fetish for the latest cosmetic fad Skintex. Any anthology that has aliens arriving for a KISS concert is an indication of the solar and earthly lunacy of this absolutely brilliant short story compilation worth reading just to "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?" Harriet Klausner
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