- Paperback: 340 pages
- Publisher: Sff Net (August 2002)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0966969855
- ISBN-13: 978-0966969856
- Product Dimensions: 2.2 x 1.4 x 0.2 cm
- Shipping Weight: 435 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,193,695 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Volume V of the Darkfire Anthology Series.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Stories from the Next Beginning,
By hrladyship (Las Cruces, NM United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Beyond the Last Star: Stories from the Next Beginning (Paperback)
Beyond the Last Star is an anthology of short stories edited by Sherwood Smith and published by SFF Net. Markets for short science fiction stories have been dwindling in the past several years, especially among the magazines. When an anthology does come out those who love short stories always hope for the best.The subtitle for this anthology is Stories from the Next Beginning. Unfortunately most of the authors looked at this from the same perspective: humans have evolved far beyond what they are now, sometimes so far beyond that they are difficult to sympathize with. However, there are some interesting stories here. The standout story is "Flow" by Lawrence C. Connolly. In 16 pages, he has created a whole world, one the reader can understand, yet so unlike our own. The inhabitants communicate in colors in a world threatened by an ancient evil who is faced by a reluctant hero. This is Volume V in the Darkfire series. Lovers of short fiction would certainly want to try the first four volumes if they haven't already. There is always something to be gleaned from an anthology.
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A Good Read,
By J. Feuer (Boston, MA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Beyond the Last Star: Stories from the Next Beginning (Paperback)
Got this one as a Christmas gift...The Premise of Beyond the Last Star is just that--our universe is gone, something else has replaced it. The "what" is left to the imagination of the editor and the twenty-five authors. Most of the stories involve non-human protagonists in some finely crafted stories, and some of them even contain fairly outstanding writing, to boot. Worth mentioning are Beth Bernobich's short work about non-human interspecies love, Paul Bates' well-told-tale of how wolves got their religion, Brian Springer's wonderful yarn of robots seeking their roots at their own peril, Lawrence Connolly's adventure of an undersea people preparing their escape from a dying world while being stalked by an ancient evil, and Susan Kroupa's moving account of how music from this universe touches the lives of beings from the next. A few are a bit long and drawn out for my taste, but most are crisp and to the point in a wealth of styles and possibilities. I highly recommend this collection, as well as the previous books in this series. J. Feuer, Boston
4.0 out of 5 stars
Borrowed, Will Buy,
By A Customer
This review is from: Beyond the Last Star: Stories from the Next Beginning (Paperback)
I borrowed this from a friend at Orycon.Two days later, I want my own copy. What a variety pack! Old-fashioned science fiction with modern ideas and interesting characters are too hard to find these days, but I found them in the stories by Lawrence Fitzgerald, Justin Stanchfeld, David Levine, and a couple others. Science fiction humor in Christopher Rowe's story and the long one by Robert Roggoff. Science fiction folk tale style in the one by Paul Bates. Science fiction fantasy by Cheryth Baldry. Really pretty stories by Kiel Stuart and Beth Bernobich. But the weirdest one is by Lawrence Connolly. It alone is worth the price.
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