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Pretty great so far, the most frustrating thing about short story collections like this, is that I often find myself wishing to stay with the characters and the narrative to find out what's next... but the short story ends...

Pretty great so far, the most frustrating thing about short story collections like this, is that I often find myself wishing to stay with the characters and the narrative to find out what's next... but the short story ends...

There are aspect of this "idiot" that I find reminiscent of Flowers for Algernon...

I loved the Memorial Day story, it is an alternate history where WW2 takes on the form of a somewhat Axis and Allies-type board game as well as a Automotive showdown between Britain and Germany to see who's new car is the most practical for city driving!

finished "In a Good Cause" and I really enjoyed it. It had some familiar elements: human disunity and infighting throughout the galaxy, aliens that were reminiscent of those from Clarke's Childhoods End, rebels, government squabbles, xenophobia, and a great twist at the end!

Enjoying this way too much, I'll be done way before I can get my hands on Vol 2. Just the right mix of levity and sobriety; then throw in ridiculous amounts of unexplained technology and magical powers and you yet Saga.

Wow, reading "Beautyland" on Earth day almost brought tears to my eyes. I want to keep away from spoilers, but this story basically illustrates our propensity towards destruction in a way that I found moving, and, eerily, imminent...