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Oceans of Space
by
Brian M. Thomsen ,
Jean Rabe , Ron Goulart , Simon Hawke , Robert Greenberger (Goodreads Author) , Bill Fawcett , J. Robert King , Roland Green
,
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Inspired by classic sea adventures like Horatio Hornblower and Treasure Island, this new swashbuckling anthology from the creators of the "excellent"* Oceans of Magic turns the tide of science fiction with original stories of exploration, piracy, and discovery.
Paperback, 315 pages
Published
March 1st 2002
by DAW
(first published 2002)
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The writing is fairly mediocre throughout, with none of the stories worthy of special mention. That can perhaps be overlooked, depending on how much you're a fan of the genre and what you're expecting out of the book. But the part that I couldn't get past was how committed the book was to the space-as-ocean metaphor. Apparently, stories were not eligible for inclusion unless they used nineteenth century nautical jargon, or had pirates, or buried treasure.
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Most of the stories were pretty lack luster.
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Brian Thomsen was a founding editor of the Questar Science Fiction line of books, and served as managing fiction editor at TSR, Inc.; he also wrote over 30 short stories, and collaborated with Julius Schwartz on Schwartz's autobiography. He also worked as the publisher for TSR's Periodicals Department at one point. He was a consulting editor at Tor Books; as an author he was a Hugo Award nominee.
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