Dust of the Far Suns

Rating:
Summary: Too bad it's out of print
Review: Jack Vance is one of the great science fiction authors, a writer who has focused on adventure rather than science and has produced more than his share of entertaining works. His stories may not be deep but they are always fun.

In this collection, Vance shows he is as adept with short stories as he is with novels. The first story deals with space travel cadets on a mission with their ofttimes cruel instructor. The second story is a humorous story of one man taking on a vast government bureaucracy; this is followed by a tale of an overpopulated Earth where a hundred square feet may be a vast estate and a man who acquires a whole alien continent on which to live. The final tale deals with aquatic miners contending with a dangerous sea creature.

All four stories are typical Vance, which is to say, great stuff. If you have the opportunity to pick this one up somewhere, you will have a nice treat.

Rating:
Summary: Too bad it's out of print
Review: Jack Vance is one of the great science fiction authors, a writer who has focused on adventure rather than science and has produced more than his share of entertaining works. His stories may not be deep but they are always fun.

In this collection, Vance shows he is as adept with short stories as he is with novels. The first story deals with space travel cadets on a mission with their ofttimes cruel instructor. The second story is a humorous story of one man taking on a vast government bureaucracy; this is followed by a tale of an overpopulated Earth where a hundred square feet may be a vast estate and a man who acquires a whole alien continent on which to live. The final tale deals with aquatic miners contending with a dangerous sea creature.

All four stories are typical Vance, which is to say, great stuff. If you have the opportunity to pick this one up somewhere, you will have a nice treat.