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Summary: Me, too, me too!
Review: I also checked out this book 10,000 times from my elementary school library (Ridgeview Elementary, Vancouver BC), and to this day am haunted by the stories. I can see that garish purple-and-yellow cover as clearly as if it was yesterday. I am not sure there is a book from my youth that stays with me as clearly as this one. I wish they would re-publish it.
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Summary: So long ago, so beloved.
Review: I first read this book when I was around nine or ten (it was in my mom's collection), and it awakened in me a lifelong love of reading and science fiction. I reread the book and individual stories many times over the next five years of my life, and it certainly left a lasting impression. I remember best the stories by Asimov, Heinlein and Bradbury, but even the vague recollections of the other stories bring back fond memories.I don't know what happened to the copy I read, and that's sad, because I'd really love to reread it. From reading the other reviews of Tomorrow's Children, I'm happy to realize that I wasn't the only one who loved this book. I only wish it was more widely available, I'd certainly recommend it to anyone, of any age.
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Summary: Incredible book!
Review: I read and re-read this book during my teenage years and, although I have read hundreds of books since then, stories like The Father Thing and the Ugly Little Boy remain among my favourites. I also remember a haunting story about a community of people living in a place disconnected from the earth because of the telekinetic Will of a small boy who turns his disgruntled seniors into unspeakable things and buries them in a field and, being a child, has no conception of the consequences of his actions. His parents, in an attempt to influence his temper, keep telling him it's a good day. (I think I've got the gist of this right; it's been fifteen years since I read it. I lent it to my then boyfriend... he broke up with me and kept the book. If I ever get my hands on another copy I'm keeping it under lock and key.) It takes a particular talent to write well about children, and many writers in the science fiction genre steer well clear. This book affords refreshing and occasionally spine-chilling perspectives on the often dark and incomprehensible world of the child. I can't believe it's out of print.
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Summary: It's a GOOD day
Review: I read and re-read this book during my teenage years and, although I have read hundreds of books since then, stories like The Father Thing and the Ugly Little Boy remain among my favourites. I also remember a haunting story about a community of people living in a place disconnected from the earth because of the telekinetic Will of a small boy who turns his disgruntled seniors into unspeakable things and buries them in a field and, being a child, has no conception of the consequences of his actions. His parents, in an attempt to influence his temper, keep telling him it's a good day. (I think I've got the gist of this right; it's been fifteen years since I read it. I lent it to my then boyfriend... he broke up with me and kept the book. If I ever get my hands on another copy I'm keeping it under lock and key.) It takes a particular talent to write well about children, and many writers in the science fiction genre steer well clear. This book affords refreshing and occasionally spine-chilling perspectives on the often dark and incomprehensible world of the child. I can't believe it's out of print.
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Summary: For Tomorrow's Children & Yesterday's
Review: I read our library's copy nearly to pieces. This collection introduced me to Zenna Henderson and her "People" and so many great authors. DO NOT skip Ike's intro of each story. Great reading there! Not a bad story in the lot!
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Summary: great short stories
Review: I read this anthology 30 years (?) ago and I still remember details from many of the stories. In particular, a story called "Star Bright," I believe. Anyone out there remember the author? I've been trying to locate a copy of the anthology for years, with no luck... Anyone know a company that reprints SciFi books?
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Summary: Outstanding scifi anthology with themes about children
Review: I read this book long ago, but it was so good that I still remember loving it. In particular, there is a story about a little girl brought back from the future to be cared for by parents from an older time that is remarkable, illustrating the origins and limits of parental tolerance. There is another very memorable story about the effect on a whole town when one child is born who has the ability to make things (or people) disappear with a thought. There are many other stories in this collection that are easily worth the time.
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Summary: Great story collection for children and adults.
Review: I read this book when I was in elementary school almost 30 years ago. I must have checked it out of the library ten times. I remember imagining that I was the character in the stories. I wanted to be Holly Jones and design spaceships. Today I design communication satellites. About ten years ago, I was fortunate enough to find a copy published in Great Britain. It's still as good a read now as 30 years ago.
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Summary: Is it memory, or was it really That Good?
Review: I remember reading this book more than once, back in high school or so, I checked it out at least 2 or 3 times from the library. The stories had elements of comedy, horror, a bit of everything. The "Ugly Little Boy," by Isaac Asimov, of a neanderthal boy brought to the present; a story of pioneers, both alien and human, growing and coping on a frontier world; a child of Wizards, desiring to be a CPA; alien invasion, love, and more. If only a publisher would re-issue this book, of, if I could finally find a copy.
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Summary: A book full of wonder and terror.
Review: I too read this book when it came out some 32 years ago and I think the school librarian had to pry it out of my unwilling hands,finally. I remember a haunting story about a girl's family burrowing down to hide from eternal night and cold as the earth left its orbit and drifted away from the warmth of the sun. And wasn't Philip Dick's "The Father Thing" in it? That story scared the hell out of me. This anthology instilled in me an appreciation for good imaginative literature that has never waned. Ah, if I had only kept the book out of the clutches of that *** librarian! I'm glad to know others remember it with such fondness.
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