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Space Battles: Full Throttle Space Tales #6
by
Bryan Thomas Schmidt (Goodreads Author) ,
Anna Paradox, Gene Mederos, Dana Bell, Jean Johnson (Goodreads Author), Jaleta Clegg (Goodreads Author), Sarah Hendrix (Goodreads Author), Anthony R. Cardno (Goodreads Author)
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Red Alert! Red Alert!
This is not a drill…
Anna Paradox’s “Between The Rocks”: The Courtly Vizier, a
utility truck, renders aid to a colony ship but when they return to their asteroid home from supply runs to mines on Old Lumpy from Jupiter’s atmosphere, the colony ship they once helped attacks them. But the situation is not what it seems, and strange circumstances are at han...more
This is not a drill…
Anna Paradox’s “Between The Rocks”: The Courtly Vizier, a
utility truck, renders aid to a colony ship but when they return to their asteroid home from supply runs to mines on Old Lumpy from Jupiter’s atmosphere, the colony ship they once helped attacks them. But the situation is not what it seems, and strange circumstances are at han...more
Paperback, 264 pages
Published
April 18th 2012
by Flying Pen Press
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Space Battles is a collection of 17 different short stories centered on, you guessed it, space battles. They each have their own unique way of displaying a battle and include anything from one-on-one gun fights, to dogfights between single ships, to even full scale assaults on battle cruisers. Space Battles has a good mix of female and male characters, and generally speaking the women kick even more tail than their male counterparts, a refreshing thing to see especially in this genre. In Space B...more
Often Sci-Fi is appealing to readers because it provides an escape while simultaneously bringing the reader into an intelligent and logical look at problems found in our present society. It is sharp in its manipulation of the reader's contemplation. The stories found in this genre bring to the readers mind, almost subconsciously, difficulties in our culture with the treatment of females, race, religion, violence, and justice. They twist the subject into a forgivable future that can shape our thi...more
Bryan Thomas Schmidt has collected seventeen tales, each with a different take on the theme of space battles. The collection is good and its strength lies in its diversity. We see both male and female protagonists; human and alien. A majority of the stories deal with ships fighting ships in space, which would be expected. The highlights of the collection for me were Like So Much Refuse (for its unique take on the theme), First Contact (for its strong voice and vivid action scene), Isis (for its...more
Solid and fun, all the way through. Some of the stories are better than others, but there's not a true stinker in the lot. Some of the standouts for me were:
"The Thirteens": Enjoyed the nautical flavor and the plot twist in the end.
"Like So Much Refuse": Nice balance of two enemy POVs, making both sympathetic.
"Jump Point Blockade": Good conflict catalyst with the hero blithely starting a war.
"First Contract": Loved the banter.
"The Book of Enoch": The Amish go to space? What's not to love?
"Space...more
"The Thirteens": Enjoyed the nautical flavor and the plot twist in the end.
"Like So Much Refuse": Nice balance of two enemy POVs, making both sympathetic.
"Jump Point Blockade": Good conflict catalyst with the hero blithely starting a war.
"First Contract": Loved the banter.
"The Book of Enoch": The Amish go to space? What's not to love?
"Space...more
3.5/5 stars
At the end of the day, Space Battles isn’t an anthology I’m going to remember too long, but it was worth reading. That might sound like a contradiction, but it’s really not. Space Battles isn’t incredibly deep, or very memorable, but it’s a ton of fun. While many of the authors aren’t very well known, it’ll be interesting to watch these names and see who ends up doing what in future years. Some of these stories show real potential not only with writing style, but also because some of...more
At the end of the day, Space Battles isn’t an anthology I’m going to remember too long, but it was worth reading. That might sound like a contradiction, but it’s really not. Space Battles isn’t incredibly deep, or very memorable, but it’s a ton of fun. While many of the authors aren’t very well known, it’ll be interesting to watch these names and see who ends up doing what in future years. Some of these stories show real potential not only with writing style, but also because some of...more
Anthologies usually have a recurring theme, but rarely do they contain such a multiple of varying ideas while still maintaining an element of familiarity.
The range of stories Bryan Thomas Schmidt has assemble for Space Battles – Full Throttle Space Tales #6 has just enough individuality to keep the reader intrigued while maintaining the broader space battle element. Each story stands alone, yet as a whole, the anthology is a cohesive collaboration of talented authors.
You can read the rest of my...more
The range of stories Bryan Thomas Schmidt has assemble for Space Battles – Full Throttle Space Tales #6 has just enough individuality to keep the reader intrigued while maintaining the broader space battle element. Each story stands alone, yet as a whole, the anthology is a cohesive collaboration of talented authors.
You can read the rest of my...more
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Bryan Thomas Schmidt is an author and editor of adult and children’s speculative fiction. He's the author of the Saga Of Davi Rhii space opera series, a family friendly old fashioned science fiction series including the prequel short Rivalry On A Sky Course and the novels The Worker Prince(2011), The Returning(2012) and The Exodus (forthcoming 2013). His debut novel, The Worker Prince(2011) receiv...more
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