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These stories are a hoot: despotic governments, swords and ray guns, conniving aliens--even a creepy, violent cult figures in one of the stories. I'm enjoying these way more than I expected to.
— Jun 07, 2011 07:43AM
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I have read the first two stories so far and both were fast-paced and fun. These are the kind of breezy, adventure stories I crave in between heavier reads.
— Jun 04, 2011 12:41PM
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Where did you get this, because Amazon says it's not even out yet?
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I received this through my subscription to Planet Stories. They are putting out two more volumes of older Silverberg titles after this--both of which I am now very much looking forward to.
Ah, cool. I saw thinking about subscribing to them as well.
Did you happen to get Kuttner's Robots Have no Tails?
D_Davis wrote: "Did you happen to get Kuttner's Robots Have no Tails?"I joined after that was released. Fortunately--in fact, very much so--I found a used copy of an older paperback edition of "Robots" the other day. :-)
I was surprised by how thin the new version was - it's almost like a thick magazine. Still though, I want to read those stories, and I want to read Kuttner. I've read a couple of his mythos stories, and I recently picked up a pb collection of short stories.
There are five or six stories in "Robot," and altogether it is pretty short. Did you know that Kuttner was an editor for Robert Howard? No wonder we're finding our way to his work.
Yeah, it's weird that his name has been popping up for me lately. Same as his wife, CL Moore. I've never read her before, but I recently purchased a collection.
Did you pick up "Black God's Kiss?" If so, then I feel bad about sharing my impression: I was sorely disappointed by every story in that collection. It's sword and sorcery without much of the former and only a smidgen of the latter, leaving vast tracts in which the heroine revels in her "fierce" indepedence while fending off various suitors. Ok, I'm being mean. I just didn't care for it.
I wasn't a big fan of Black God's Kiss either. Northwest of Earth was the better collection.
I got Black Gods and Scarlet Dreams, the Fantasy Masterworks edition; I'll give it a shot.
D_Davis wrote: "Ah, cool. I saw thinking about subscribing to them as well."The subscription isn't much of a deal. Even with the subscriber discount, Amazon is cheaper.
No, but I just thought it'd fun to subscribe to something.
D_Davis wrote: "No, but I just thought it'd fun to subscribe to something."I love getting books in the mail.
