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A girl growing up in an insulated though pleasant environment, with a furry guardian for company, comes to realize that she must be the last human left on earth. ... Read more

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Intriguing!
This is one of several books that I read as a child and remembered for years after. I am glad to have found it again.

The plot is unusual, with several startling twists and revelations. Even though it was written for young adults, this book is well worth reading, no matter your age! I don't want to give anything away, but essentially, a young woman has been raised by an alien on a deserted Earth. Her guardian cannot answer her many questions and so she lives frustrated and lonely. But then she discovers they are not alone, after all... ... Read more

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A fictional account of the exploits of Genghis Khan, as seen through the women who loved him, his mother and his child bride, witnesses his founding of an empire stretching from China to the West. 10,000 first printing. ... Read more

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The Novel as History
Pamela Sargent is generally thought of as a science fiction writer but she has actually written for several genres.One wonders why she chose Ghengis Khan as a subject but regardless of the reasons, I am glad she undertook this thankless task.Most Americans are unfamiliar with the great conqueror or are unaware that his empire was the largest empire in the history of the world.

The remarkable thing is that Temujin, his real name, was born in the desert of Mongolia without privelege.Over the years he transformed Mongol riders into killing machines and began an exapansion that for a time threatened to engulf the entire European-Asian landmass.It is hard to generate empathy not to mention sympathy for such a character but he was a reflection of his times - ruthless, loyal, brave, resourceful.

The novel begins when he is a child and follows his rise through the ranks by crafty politics, deal-making and fighting skill.The story captures the mood, the scenery, the pulse of life within the inner circle of the leader.The battles are detailed as are the geopolitical discussions.The action is in turns exciting, tender and mesmerizing. When he died his empire was divided among his sons and eventually fell apart.Today, less than 3 million Mongols eke out a subsistence living in the middle of Asia. ... Read more

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The prestigious Nebula Awards are the Oscars of science fiction and fantasy, the only SF awards bestowed annually by the writers' own demanding peers, the Science-fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. Just as the Nebula Awards honor only the finest science ficiton and fantasy, the Nebula Awards series showcases only the best of the ballot, offering as well fiction and nonfiction not collected elsewhere and a dazzling selection of essays written expressley for each volume. No other best-of-year anthology represents the achievement of the Nebula Awards so well. Nebula Awards 31 is, as Publishers Weekly said of a previous volume, "essential reading for anyone who enjoys science fiction."
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Worth it for "Think Like a Dinosaur" alone
This is the last volume of Pamela Sargent's stint as the Nebula anthology editor, which is unfortunate because she excels at editing these types of varied story collections (such as her Women of Wonder series). There's more work involved in editing a volume like this than you might think--given a limited amount of space, trying to cover an award that is for novels as well as short stories, one must carefully pick and choose. It will be interesting to see who SFWA finds to replace her.

Now as for the material itself:

"Solitude," Ursula K. Le Guin -- I am not a big Le Guin fan-in fact, you could say that I dislike most of her work excluding the Earthsea books. So, when I say that I enjoyed a Le Guin story then it must be special indeed. "Solitude" is a story of culture, one alien to our own. Le Guin posits a world in which past overpopulation has led present society to become the ultimate introverts. Not only do the women live apart from the men (as seen in many feminist SF stories in the past), but they live apart from each other. But it is the method of the story, putting a young child in the place of the observer, in which Le Guin achieves something new here.

"Death and the Librarian," Esther Friesner -- Except for the early part, in which the chameleon-like nature of Death is revealed, this story plods along. When it comes down to the talking heads at the end, I was ready to toss it across the room. Sure, Friesner can write welt enough, but this doesn't have anything Nebula-worthy to it. A disappointment.

"Alien Jane," Kelley Eskridge -- A nice SF tale, taken from the pages of Oliver Sacks, or at least, that is the way it reads to me. Well done, with a satisfying ending.

"Think Like A Dinosaur," James Patrick Kelly -- I haven't road a story this good in a long time! This is the kind of tale that can only be done in SF. Basically a study of what "true" matter transportation would be like, including what the hard choices would be. The result is the best short story I have read in two years.

"The Lincoln Train," Maureen F. McHugh -- An alternate history story with its jumping off point being the survival of Lincoln, except as a handicapped president. The concept is interesting, and the story has a nice moral center, but there was nothing that truly thrilled me here.

"The Resurrection Man's Legacy," Dale Bailey -- A baseball SF tale, reminiscent of Bradbury in its nostalgia and feeling. I was never a Bradbury fan, especially of his warmed over reminisce s of the 5O's, plus I dislike the reverence people give to sport (as opposed to games), so this one really didn't stand much of a chance with me.

"You See But You Do Not Observe," Robert J. Sawyer -- Physics and Sherlock Holmes? Okay, so it was a cute idea, but this is a best of the year. I trust that Sawyer's novel, which did win the Nebula, was much better.

"Enchanted Village," A.E. Van Vogt -- A story from the Grand Master, possibly a little long for the result, but at least it is a result worth reading for. A spaceship crashes on Mars, leaving one lone survivor, who finds a deserted Martian village. The Village may be able to provide for him, but only if he can somehow teach it his needs. Good ending.

"Old Legends," Gregory Benford -- A memoir and essay about SF's role in society, especially American government policy, this was entertaining and enlightening. Benford's goal in this essay is to justify the long held claim by SF fans that stories lead to science just as much as science leads to stories. While I have my doubts about SF's influence today (especially in these times of endless Star Trek novels), Benford shows that it was a very powerful force in the not-so-distant past.

"The Narcissus Plague," Lisa Goldstein -- Cute idea--what if there was a virus that, when you caught it, all you could do was talk about yourself? I liked the conceit, and the story showed promise, but the ending was disappointing.

"Last Summer at Mars Hill," Elizabeth Hand -- A nicely told tale of death and unknown beings. Its power comes not from the fantasy element, but from the portrayal of the characters, each well-drawn and believable. The writing and characterization was so well done that I really wanted to like this story more, but it lacked that sense of the fantastic that I expect from a fantasy story. Great mainstream work, I just want more in my fantasies.

Overall, this was a very rewarding volume. Of the stories, Kelly's "Think Like A Dinosaur" was such a gem, that I will likely be recommending it for years to come. The other highlight was Benford's essay. ... Read more

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Two SF superstars join forces to tell the tale of one incredible cosmic encounter! An abandoned space habitat full of technological marvels is on a collision course with an inhabited planet. It's up to Kirk and Spock to find a way to save the planet without destroying a treasure trove of alien science, and time is running out. ... Read more

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A perfectly acceptable entry in the series.
I have nothing terribly bad to say about this novel; unfortunately, I have little good to say beyond the fact that it was a moderately interesting cheap read; it is far from the worst entry in the "Star Trek" genre (as evidenced by the fact that after reading it, I don't feel cheated not only of the few bucks it cost, but of the time I spent reading it) but it is far from the best, either. It didn't move or excite me in any particularly noticeable way. It was a passably entertaining way to spend a few hours, but nothing more than that, in spite of the fact that the story actually had a point which it was trying to make (the foolishness of excessive insularity). It simply didn't make much of an impression, and I rather expect that in a few weeks, I'll have trouble remembering anything about it.

Murmured to Death
Star Trek novel's are a dime a dozen, and many of them are worth a dime. Not this one though. This novel is childish, boring, and poorly written. The story opens with a completely laughable idea; a number of planets have acquired virus' on their database. Apparently, in the authors minds these planets have only one database and never make backups. So the plot starts off dealing with the natives upset at the Federation for downloading virus' and causing them to loose all their history & data. Stupid. Now the main part of the story deals with what the authors call a "mobile". Actually, its a big rock with some sort of intelligence.

The writing is childish, with conversations sounding like it belongs on Disney. Also, the author's use the word "murmur" everywhere. No one really says anything in this book, they murmur it.

I would recommend murmuring over to a Peter David novel, or some of the surprisingly good William Shatner Star Trek novels.

Don't waste your dime on this murmur.

This is a great book!
An abandoned space habitat is found within an asteroid belt and is headingstrait for the sun. Kirk, Spock and the rest of the gang discover anartifical world full of technological marvels and unexpected dangers. NowKirk and Spock must find a way to save a nearby planet from distruction andtime is running out...!

This book is one of the BEST!
I hope everyone who is a Star Trek fan will buy this book and have achance to enjoy it as I have. This book is full of action and keeps youinterested till the end. Although, there is a bad part about it. It ends.

This book is worth buying any day!
This book is a very interesting and exiting Star Trek book. It has allyour favorite characters and even a couple new characters. Will Kirk beable to keep an ongoing alian ship from destroying itself by going into thesun? Well, I know the answer but if you don't, you better just snatch up acopy of this wonderful novel and enjoy yourself as I have! ... Read more

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With their sun about to go nova, the people of Epictetus III face annihilation. Although the U.S.S. Enterprise™ has come to lead the rescue operation, there is no way to evacuate a population of over twenty million, leaving Captain Picard to make an agonizing decision. Should he try to salvage the planet's children, its greatest leaders and thinkers, or its irreplaceable archeological treasures? No matter what he decides, millions must be sacrificed -- unless another solution can be found.

With time running out, Data proposes a revolutionary scientific experiment that could save all of Epictetus III, or doom both the planet and the Enterprise as well. ... Read more

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Remarkably stupid.
This book is reasonably well-written, which is why I've given it 2 stars rather than one. But the basic plot concept is remarkably silly; Picard & co. have a long-shot chance to save a world threatened by the nova of its sun, but must proceed without telling the inhabitants what they are doing because the Federation council is worried that it will LOOK BAD if they say they're trying, and the plan doesn't work? They'll be accused of fostering false hope for the purpose of pacifying the inhabitants? Meanwhile, people are committing suicide because they have given in to despair? I realize that the Federation council can be stupid & bureaucratic, but they have never been THAT stupid, and I refuse to belive that Picard would have gone along with the restriction, even if he is more of a model of military discipline than Kirk was; he's more compassionate than that. Besides, how is it that he can't tell them what he is doing because that might give false hope, but he can completely mislead them with completely false hope in order to get them to take shelter as they need to? That makes no sense at all. Further, if a sliver of the planet was sliced off by the edge of the wormhole as it went through, I suspect that it would have done a heck of a lot more damage than the authors have it doing. It might not shatter the entire planet as it would have if it had actually hit a physical object, but if a chunk of the pole was sliced off, the planet would also have lost a significant bit of its atmosphere, and that would surely have produced hurricanes & such even beyond what was described. And I also don't accept that there were no recriminations afterward from those people who lost loved ones to suicide who might not have had Picard & the Federation admitted that there was a plan, however long-shot; surely, there would have been less than universal acclaim and acceptance of what had been done. In fact, I find it incredible that none of the ministers for the planet voiced even minor objections after the fact to the fact that this action was taken without consulting them; this was, after all, their world and their right to decide whether the plan was acceptable or not. The fact that the plan involved significant risk to the Enterprise, and therefore to the few thousand children who had been evacuated to the Enterprise, might have led them to insist that the Enterprise not take the risk. Probably not, but that should have been THEIR call to make, not Picard's, and I find it dubious that NOBODY said so, even after the fact.

There was just too much here that I couldn't suspend disbelief far enough to swallow, and considering that I was willing to suspend disbelief far enough to accept the opening of an artificial wormhole large enough to pass a planet through, that's saying something.

Star Trek fans have good imaginations.......but.......
I, like other Star Trek fans, have a sound ability to suspend reality and enjoy fantasy.If the plot isn't that exciting, you can usually get into the character development.My problem with this book is that I was faced with a ridiculous plot:Enterprise creates a worm hole through syphoning off power from a soon-to-go Nova sun, to allow the nearby doomed planet, with its 20 million residents, to then move through (yes, the entire planet!) to safety several light years away and a new, more stable sun.And yes, all this is an experiment that Data pulled out of his positronic rear end.There are then 'teaser' plots that don't go anywhere: ancient civilisation that had abandoned the planet previously, despite having some clever stabilisation control in the middle of the sun; writings of the ancients (that disappointingly are never interpreted through a failure of its archeologists to locate a Rosetta Stone equivalent); dolphin-like creatures who 'might' be ancients, studied by a cult-like group dwelling under the ocean; a completely unconvincing child hostage scene that is resolved in a poorly described narrative 'blip'; and a strange reference to Federation politics overtaking the traditional 'doing the right thing'.From a character-development perspective, the only point of recall was Worf admiring the scenery of the planet - snooze.My kingdom for a Batleth swinging, Daktagh wielding warrior!

This novel really didn't gel at all with me, and truly seemed like Star Trek pulp.Would only recommend people read this, if they want to fill "Novel No# 43" to complete a gap on their bookshelf.

STNG #43 A Fury Scorned - Interesting but with faults!
"A Fury Scorned" is the first novel in the Star Trek genre by Pamela Sargent and George Zebrowski.As Star Trek fiction goes, this novel is a fairly decent one and this writing team has proven that they can write some fair to midland type Star Trek novels since this novel was published.

The overall premise proves to be a fairly interesting one, where this novel falters is in the pacing and the execution of the plot setup.There were times within the story that the pacing was just too slow and the story somewhat stuttered, which detracted from the overall experience of the book.

The cover art for this novel is pretty much the same standard fare for the majority of the novels published at the time when this one was.

The premise:

Captain Picard and crew find themselves faced with Epictetus III and one of Captain Picard's toughest dilemmas' ever; the planet's star approaching nova and too few ships available to evacuate the population of over twenty million inhabitants.As has happened many times before, Data proposes a radical new scientific experiment which "may" save the entire planet and its population...

What follows from there is an interesting story but one that is ultimately non-engaging due to "quirks" within the plot setup and execution thereof and the pacing.

I would recommend this novel as it is part of the line of all Star Trek The Next Generation novels for those that wish to read all of them but to the casual fan, this may be one to pass up on for it is not a "great" example of Star Trek fiction, but it is also ultimately not the worst either.{ssintrepid}

ST-TNG:A Fury Scorned
Star Trek-The Next Generation:A Fury Scorned written by Pamela Sargent and George Zebrowski is a Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise save-the-planet book.

Faced with a population of twenty million and who and what to choose to evacuate Captain Picard and crew are facing steep odds.A dying sun, soon to go nova, threatens the planet Epictetus III and all that inhabits this planet.The U.S.S. Enterprise crew must come up with a solution or all will be lost.

Running out of time, Data proposes a revolutionary solution to this ever growning concern... a wormhole.But, not just any wormhole, no sir... a wormhole big enough for a whole planet.I know it sounds quite farfetched, but this is scifi and anything is possible. But will this novel experiment work? Can the U.S.S. Enterprise be saved?Only time will tell and the answers are in the ending of this book.

For action-adventure this is a good book as the narrative flows and it makes for a rather quick read.Captain Picard's trust in Lt. Commander Data and a solution that is highly experimental and weigh in the balance.But, this book will engage the reader till the end.This is not the best written book in the TREK universe, but it sure isn't the worst either.

It fit the Mold Perfectly
This book is great for any Trek fan out there. What makes this such a great book is the fact that it places the lives of millions of people on the shoulders of one man. Just comprehending such an awesome idea ismind-boggling. It resurfaces a "worst-fear" scenario in the mindsof many people, myself included. For an author to do that in a"typical" sci-fi novel is very bold. Quite a captivating read. ... Read more

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From C. L. Moore's 1944 pulp-magazine novella about cyborgs to Joan D. Vinge's 1978 tale of a spacewoman's triumph, eighteen well-known and obscure stories by and about women are accompanied by new introductions and bibliographies. Reissue. ... Read more

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Some great stories here among the also rans
There is some serious talent here and some awe inspiring writing, some of it very dark, very noir and very hard hitting. This writing is as good as SF written by men only with an added insight into the female mind and the emotional relations between men and women.

There are some experimental stories here, too, lacking either plot or coherence. And there is one that's nothing more than a woman whining about keeping house and raising children (oh, the horror!). Okay, well, it was the sixties...

The pick of the litter:

That only a Mother by Judith Merril is superbly understated and merciless in both its realism and its circumstance.

Contagion by Catharine MacLean is a bloody good space opera yarn with the added dimension of male female relations.

The Anything Box by Zenna Henderson will move you as all her stories will.

When I Was Miss Day by Sonya Hess is a stream of consciousness look inside the mind of an alien shape shifter pimped to the humans by her drug addicted relatives. Done effectively, honestly and touchingly without the need of graphic details or obscenity.

The Funeral by Kate Wilhelm is great writing as always about the perpetual benighted state of humanity, with all its corruption and ignorance and cruelty.

The Ship Who Sang by Anne McCaffrey is hard sf with some very moving elements of a hopeless first love lost which is very moving.

Death Between Stars by M. Z. Bradley begins well, but ends so abruptly that one wonders if a deadline was upon her. See what you think.

No Woman Born by C.L.Moore is the only example of SF from the 1940's here, and is typical of the best of the period. It explores what makes a woman human and what gives her sex appeal and does it well.

Tiptree's "The Women Men Don't See" is a story so good that it warrants buying either this book or this collection: Her Smoke Rose Up Forever. Her writing is amazingly good. She is able as any man of assuming a male's viewpoint and her plots and prose just won't let you go. And, man, does she know the world and the inside of men's skulls!

Special mention:Of Mist and Grass and Sand by Vonda McIntyre is an award winning story and interesting but oh so poorly executed, predictable and cloyingly phrased this reader could barely wade through the overdone, archaic dialog and silly melodrama.

The other stories may appeal to those who enjoy more modern writing of whatever genre. There is a second collection in this series spanning the seventies to the nineties. After reading this one I won't be buying it.

old fashioned and great
I have the old books, from waaay back in the late seventies when "women of wonder" came out followed by "more women of wonder"
They are incredibly insightful as not all the world has moved at the same step regarding equality. And anyway... they make a very good read!
I can hardly wait to get my hands on the next volume... from the 70's to the 90's
(while in there I might as well get the old one, my copies are yellowed and getting brittle)

Excellent collection
This first of two books in the series about women writing science fiction both satisfies your curiousity and entertains while urging you to get the second book.There are so many things that haven't changed and yet, thestories can at times seem dated.We should be grateful, this means thatsome progress has been achieved. ... Read more

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GARTH OF IZAR: The legend of Captain Garth, the hero of Axanar, has spread throughout the Federation. His exploits are required reading at Starfleet Academy -- where he became a hero of a future legend, James T. Kirk...

GARTH OF IZAR: Brutal injuries sustained on Antos IV forced the native Antosians to heal him by means of giving him their natural shape-changing abilities. But the cure proved worse than the disease, as Garth was driven insane...

GARTH OF IZAR: His madness apparently cured at the rehab colony on Elba II, Captain Garth has returned to service to mediate a crisis on Antos IV, with the aid of Captain Kirk and the Starship Enterprise™. But has Garth truly put his insanity behind him, or will he renew his plans for conquest -- starting with the Antosians? ... Read more

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Fascinating concept, mediocre execution.
We start with a fascinating question: In the original series episode, "Whom Gods Destroy", the villain of the piece was "Garth of Izar", a former starship captain then an inmate in a mental institution for the criminally insane. By the end of the episode, Kirk and the Enterprise have successfully delivered a new drug that is supposed to cure his insanity, and it shows every sign of working. SO....if he's been cured, and is no longer dangerous or insane, what do you do with him? Surely, the Federation and Starfleet have sufficiently progressive ideals that they would not continue to penalize a man for what he did while clinically insane after he's been cured, don't they? Not to mention, they wouldn't deprive themselves of the services of one of their best captains when it was no longer neccessary to do so, would they? So if the cure worked, and Garth was reinstated at full rank, how come we've never heard of him again?

This book does an excellent job of answering those very good questions. And other than the fact that for the first ten pages, they can't seem to make up their minds whether his most famous exploits were at the expense of the Klingons or the Romulans (a mistake that probably comes from having two authors working together, but which it is unforgivable that no one, authors or editors, caught before going to print) the book is reasonably if not spectacularly well-written.

Not a great Star Trek book, but a good one; an excellent idea, tolerably well-handled.

Dull And A Bit Confusing!
The beginning of this novel consists of a disjointed dream by James Kirk in which the villan switches between Romulans and Klingons in midstream, although I have to say in defense of the writers than dreams often do not make much sense, so this can be explanined in that way. This novel is based on a character in the earlier original series, the authors state that this character rivals Khan in interest; I like at least one previous reviewer disagree. Overall, my impression of this novel was one of slight boredom as I read it, it just did'nt have that spark that the top Star Trek novels have, this is just pulp science fiction, average and run-of-the-mill. Pamela Sargent and George Zebrowski are veteran Star Trek writers, and perhaps when two talented writers work together it kind of muddies the waters, with the result being a work that seems to be a result of tedious labor and not much inspiration. My favorite Star Trek novel is SPOCK'S WORLD, this novel is not nearly as good. However, if you are like me and partial to the original series it is nevertheless well worth reading.

Dull And A Bit Confusing!
The beginning of this novel consists of a disjointed dream by James Kirk in which the villan switches between Romulans and Klingons in midstream, although I have to say in defense of the writers that dreams often do not make much sense, so this can be explained in that way. This novel is based on a character in the earlier original series, the authors state that this character rivals Khan in interest; I like at least one previous reviewer disagree. Overall, my impression of this novel was one of slight boredom as I read it, it just did'nt have that spark that the top Star Trek novels have, this is just pulp science fiction, average and run-of-the-mill. Pamela Sargent and George Zebrowski are veteran Star Trek writers, and perhaps when two talented writers work together it kind of muddies the waters, with the result being a work that seems to be a result of tedious labor and not much inspiration. My favorite Star Trek novel is SPOCK'S WORLD, this novel is not nearly as good. However, if you are like me and partial to the original series it is nevertheless well worth reading.

ST-TOS:Garth of Izar
Star Trek-The Original Series:Garth of Izar written by Pamela Sargent and George Zebrowski is a novel that continues the television episode "Whom Gods Destroy."

The legend of Captain Garth is known Federation-wide and his exploites are taught at Starfleet Academy and read by Captain James T. Kirk.Garth sustained some rather extensive injuries while on Antos IV.Antos IV is a planet of shape-shifters and after Garth sustained his injuries the tried to bring Garth back to his former health, but now he has shape-shifting abilites and the cure has proved to be worse than his injuries driving Garth to insanity.

Captain Garth is sent to Elba II due to the madness that the Antosians inadvertinatly passed to Garth while being treated.Now, Captain Garth has been "returned" to service after being treated for mental illness... and Garth has returned to mediate a crisis on Antos IV as Captain James T. Kirk and the Enterprise crew come to Garth's aid.

The book was well-written and I found it to be better than this duo of writers did on "Heart of the Son" TOS #83 and "Across the Universe" TOS #88.I found the storyline to be captivating and the reintroduction of Garth to be a strong character to balance the character of Kirk.

I enjoyed the book as it was a very quick read at 263 pages with a larger print made this book easy to read. This book is, so far, the best work by this pair of authors as found in the genre of TREK.I have always wanted to know of what became of Captain Garth from the television series and this book fills in that gap.We get a good fleshing ourt of the character of Garth.

Whom Gods Destroy ... they first make write bad sequels !!!
As with most modern Star Trek writers I always worry when they decide to write a sequel to one of the original stories. This is because they rarely capture the style or fun of the show that started the Star Trek legend. These two authors to my mind have an erratic history with Star Trek as their first novel together, "Heart of the Sun", was a boring go nowhere story with no action whereas their second, "Across the Universe", was an exciting fast paced little adventure. Unfortunately this book is an uneven mix of the two. While there is a bit of excitement in it, the plot is an absurdly constructed mess, full of situational and logical errors. The dialogue is painfully bad at times and the mistakes and disjointed nature of the dream sequence at the beginning of the novel makes you question just how closely the two authors were in contact when they wrote it. As others readers have pointed out the authors can't seem to figure out if the adversaries are Romulans or Klingons !!! Though as every real Star Trek fan knows for the timeline to be consistent (*not that modern writers seem to give a damn about that sort of thing these days !!!), it would have to be the Klingons engaged in the battle. The other big problem with this story is again the rather dubious idea that it was inspired by an original series character who was so interesting the authors felt we should hear more about him. Well I completely disagree with the statement that "Captain Garth was only rivalled by Khan Noonien Singh as Kirk's greatest adversary". In fact he was just one of a long line of interesting characters who Kirk met during his career, a number of which have featured in various other novels, and personally I don't think that Garth was anywhere near the top of the list. I suspect that these two authors sat down one day and said ... "Hmm, who can we write about to give us a link back to Star Trek that hasn't already been covered" ... and thus this novel was born. Certainly I don't believe they captured the feel of the character, or delivered a particularly credible adventure with this novel. However once again the most disturbing thing about this book, and indeed the current generation of writers, is the lack of credit they give to past writers. As with Greg Cox, who wrote the atrociously bad novels about "Khan Noonien Singh" in 2001 and 2002, these two authors are full of praise for the actor who breathed life into the central character of their novel, who they claim was their inspiration, but give absolutely no recognition what so ever to to his creator. For the record, while Steve Ihnat played the character of "Garth of Izar", it was Lee Erwin and Jerry Sohl who conceived him and without them he simply wouldn't exist. This lack of respect for the original series writers is both disappointing and I suspect indicative of why so much modern Star Trek is weaker than its' predecessor. Current writers don't understand the in and outs of how the original stories were constructed and subsequently often fail to reproduce the sense of style and entertainment that they had. As for this novel it is a barely adequate excuse for yet another mediocre adventure. ... Read more

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Title: The Work of Pamela Sargent: An Annotated Bibliography and Literary Guide.(Review) (book reviews)
Author: Kristine J. Anderson
Publication: Utopian Studies (Refereed)
Date: March 22, 1998
Publisher: Society for Utopian Studies
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Excellent in all departments (Kirkus Reviews), Nebula Awards 30 continues a tradition of excellence by offering, alongside works by the winners in all Nebula categories, a generous selection of fiction, poetry, and essays not found in any other best-of-the-year anthologies.
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The best sci-fi of 1994 - but was 1994 such a good year?
Obviously enough, there is just no possibility that in a single year there will be enough groundbreaking science fiction and fantasy written to fill a book the size of Nebula Awards 30. In fact, some of the pieces in thiscollection are downright tepid (at least in my opinion, but yours maydiffer). Included within are:

Seven Views of Olduvai Gorge by MikeResnick: an alien archeologist gets seven glimpses into the nature ofmankind (now extinct), on a progressively more radioactive Earth. May dragaround the edges. 4 stars.

Inspiration by Ben Bova: a visitor from thefuture attempts to give young Einstein the impetus to voice his beliefs onphysics (and thus, oddly enough, save the future Earth from being aradioactive dump) by giving him a copy of Well's The Time Machine. Notquite interesting. 3 stars.

Virtual Love by Maureen F. McHugh: two onlinevirtuosos, off-line nobodies, are mesmerized by each other's mastery withfalse visages. Nice imagery. 4 stars.

None So Blind by Joe Halderman:"Why aren't blind people geniuses?" A child genius falls in lovewith a blind musician and creates a greater intelligence. 3stars.

Fortyday by Damon Knight: in an alternate Roman Empire humans growbiologically older until they are forty, and then age in reverse. 4stars.

In Memoriam: Robert Bloch by Frank M. Robinson: an overview ofRobert Bloch's life (Bloch died in 1994).

The Martian Child by DavidGerrold: Not quite science fiction. A sci-fi writer father suspects thathis adopted child is a Martian. Very endearing. 4 stars.

Rhysling AwardWinners - poetry by W. Gregory Stweart and Robert Frazier, Jeff Vandermeer,and Bruce Boston: since I never enjoyed Science fiction poetry, I will notevaluate this part.

Understanding Enthropy by Barry N. Malzberg: Itdoesn't have a plot. 2 stars.

I Know What You're Thinking by KateWilhelm: A telepathic Woman can't blot out the chatter in her mind andstarts taking pictures of contemplating criminals as a hobby. It drags. 3stars.

A defense of Social Contracts by Martha Soukup: In a society wherestrife is minimized by one's marital permit - monogamous, polygamous, orfree not to marry, a woman seeks to illegally bind a"nonmonogamous" man to herself with false marital documents. Thisis the ultimate in writing about sex with absolutely no emotion whatsoever.3 stars.

From a Park Bench to the Great Beyond: The Science Fiction andFantasy Films of 1994 by Kathi Maio: an overview of exactly what the titlesays. Non-fiction.

The Matter of Segri by Ursula LeGuin: Yet anotherstory in the Ekumen series - a planet, where men are basically breederdrones and women are the only part of the organized society per se, isslowly nudged towards the "standards". Lots and lots of thef-word. Come on, she could have used a synomim!4 stars.

An Excerpt fromMoving Mars by Gregory Benford: since this is only an excerpt, I cannotgrade it.

Good, but I prefer the 2 yrs best.
If you like essays, deeply personal works, & poetry this is what youshould stick with. Otherwise the 2 yrs best are better. "The MartianChild" was a great story that didn't really need to be science fiction& I honestly don't think it was, it wasn't fantasy either. Basicallyit's about the science fiction community & becoming a father. In somerespects I think the SFFWA chose stories that are perhaps more interestingto sf authors then readers. Many of these stories are basically about theauthors themselves or the sf community at large. Consequently ,I think,some of these stories were almost too personal & "inside" foraverage readers. "Seven Views of Olduvai Gorge" was a goodStapledonian story, "Defense of the Social Contracts" was agenuine sociocultural speculation, & I liked Bova's. There were othergood ones too & I liked seeing the Rhysling winners. The essays werealso intriguing & provocative. It was actually a great anthology, but Ithink I'll keep up with the year's best more faithfully then the Nebulaanthologies.

Good, but mildly disappointing.
Don't misunderstand this is a good collection. Some of these stories werea little too personal, but they were good. My problem's that the 2 yearsbest anthologies A. Choose stories that cover the same ground (sometimesthe exact stories that get Nebula nominations) & ,in some instances,cover it better & B. Cover more ground & have a better variety.Neither of the year's best have poetry so it does have that advantage. Theessays are also an advantage, except I think Dozois does a good job in hissummation. The essays do show a variety of opinions though. I didn't likegriffith's because she seemed to say lesbian sf is the best sf about women.I think there are many great women sf authors who don't write lesbian oreven feminist stories. The winners are ,of course among the best, but theMcHugh, Bova, & the Wilhelm I also enjoyed. I've noticed that Wilhelmis somewhat unusual in science fiction in that I think her work deal withthe concerns of middle aged women to a large extent. I liked her story eventhough I'm a 21 yr. old man, but it'd probably make more sense to the groupI mentioned. I think Haldeman's won the hugo. In shot stick with the 2 yr'sbest unless you want essays or poetry.

Good, but mildly disappointing.
Don't misunderstand this is a good collection. Some of these stories werea little too personal, but they were good. My problem's that the 2 yearsbest anthologies A. Choose stories that cover the same ground (sometimesthe exact stories that get Nebula nominations) & ,in some instances,cover it better & B. Cover more ground & have a better variety.Neither of the year's best have poetry so it does have that advantage. Theessays are also an advantage, except I think Dozois does a good job in hissummation. The essays do show a variety of opinions though. I didn't likegriffith's because she seemed to say lesbian sf is the best sf about women.I think there are many great women sf authors who don't write lesbian oreven feminist stories. The winners are ,of course among the best, but theMcHugh, Bova, & the Wilhelm I also enjoyed. I've noticed that Wilhelmis somewhat unusual in science fiction in that I think her work deal withthe concerns of middle aged women to a large extent. I liked her story eventhough I'm a 21 yr. old man, but it'd probably make more sense to the groupI mentioned. I think Haldeman's won the hugo. In shot stick with the 2 yr'sbest unless you want essays or poetry.

A perfect score is too low!
How can anyone rate a book that is made up of the very best of the best in speculative fiction?A perfect score is too low. The Nebula Awards represent the highest accolade in science fiction, and the 30th Anniversary issue represents perhaps the finest collection to date.From the engaging work of David Gerrold in "The Martian Child," to the tightly worded and frighteningly real "None So Blind", this book shines with pure genius. I've waited a decade for a collection of fiction this original...and here it is ... Read more

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