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Summary: SF pay homage to Ms. Ian and her wonderful songs
Review: The theme is a gimmick as this collection contains thirty tales built from Janis Ian's music. Ms. Ian selected the authors based on her love of science fiction and how each one influenced her lyrics. Thus the anthology goes full circle. Each tale is well written with some being fantastic such as Nancy Kress' "EJ-ES" (work it out) and Resnick's "Society's Gov". No contribution is weak as the STARS of SF pay homage to Ms. Ian and her wonderful songs.Fans of short story science fiction will appreciate this delightful book, but especially those like this reviewer who remembers hearing "Society's Child" on the radio when some young teen my age was the rage. Though not attending Elsinore (try Hunter Bronx at seventeen) and having not been at conventions in recent years due to health, there is only one personal complaint to this fine collection. Resnick failed to announce that Ms. Ian would be at the 01 World Science Fiction Convention, for this fan of hers would have made superwoman efforts to attend. Keep that in mind bias is showing. Harriet Klausner
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Summary: SF pay homage to Ms. Ian and her wonderful songs
Review: The theme is a gimmick as this collection contains thirty tales built from Janis Ian's music. Ms. Ian selected the authors based on her love of science fiction and how each one influenced her lyrics. Thus the anthology goes full circle. Each tale is well written with some being fantastic such as Nancy Kress' "EJ-ES" (work it out) and Resnick's "Society's Gov". No contribution is weak as the STARS of SF pay homage to Ms. Ian and her wonderful songs. Fans of short story science fiction will appreciate this delightful book, but especially those like this reviewer who remembers hearing "Society's Child" on the radio when some young teen my age was the rage. Though not attending Elsinore (try Hunter Bronx at seventeen) and having not been at conventions in recent years due to health, there is only one personal complaint to this fine collection. Resnick failed to announce that Ms. Ian would be at the 01 World Science Fiction Convention, for this fan of hers would have made superwoman efforts to attend. Keep that in mind bias is showing. Harriet Klausner
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