It is the twenty-third century, and large space habitats have evolved where individual societies exist without formalized government-a galactic federation called Free Space. These are stories of the men and women of this new era, visions of adventure, social speculations, and downright arguments about freedom and responsibility. Free Space offers fiction from Hugo and Nebula Award winners such as Poul Anderson, Gregory Benford, and Robert J. Sawyer, and particularly from winners of the Prometheus Award of the Libertarian Futurist Society, such as Victor Koman, Daffyd ab Hugh, and L. Neil Smith. In addition, there is work from William F. Buckley, Jared Lobdell, John Barnes and a number of other writers, making Free Space a big, rich, varied compendium of politically-engaged science fiction adventure.
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This is a libertarianist anthology of (mostly) original stories that, depending on your tastes, can be too narrowly focused or wonderfully concentrated. The "Free Space" in the title is just that: a loose federation of space habitats that has no central government. Free enterprise rules, and the editors let 20 authors ranging from William F. Buckley Jr. to William F. Wu have their way with it. The result is mixed, but on the whole successful, and it definitely makes for interesting reading. Several of the writers are winners of the Libertarian Futurist Society's Prometheus Award.
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This sf anthology focuses on a libertarian view of a free-space universe spanning 300 years. Twenty contributors of 19 original stories and one poem include William F. Buckley Jr., Gregory Benford, Poul Anderson, and L. Neil Smith. An intriguing collection by some of the genre's best writers; recommended.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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This is a book of some of the BEST Sci-Fi stories ever. With such authors as Poul Anderson, James P. Hogan, Ray Bradbury, Gregory Benford, L. Neil Smith and Dafydd ab Hugh you can't lose. The stories don't just focus on freedoms and rights, but also deal with time travel, murder and some are in the form of poems. So, come, visit Free Space and enjoy the future of mankind. Just make sure to leave your hang-ups behind and bring lots of money!
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This book combines two things I really love: short stories and science fiction...with an added bonus - libertarian themes! Stephen King once said that if novels are like long romances, then short stories are like a brief kiss. 'Free Space' gives you tongue.
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Thanks for holding out!
Mar 13 1999
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This book combines two things I really love: short stories and science fiction...with an added bonus - libertarian themes! Stephen King once said that if novels are like long romances, then short stories are like a brief kiss. 'Free Space' gives you tongue.
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Not just a book of libertarian stories...
April 19 2003
By Michael Valdivielso
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This is a book of some of the BEST Sci-Fi stories ever. With such authors as Poul Anderson, James P. Hogan, Ray Bradbury, Gregory Benford, L. Neil Smith and Dafydd ab Hugh you can't lose. The stories don't just focus on freedoms and rights, but also deal with time travel, murder and some are in the form of poems. So, come, visit Free Space and enjoy the future of mankind. Just make sure to leave your hang-ups behind and bring lots of money!
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A Good Idea....
Jun 16 2013
By Steven Woodcock
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...but not a great execution, in my opinion.
The idea behind this book is to organize a group of authors to focus on consistent timeline in which humanity advances along generally Libertarian principles. While a bit inconsistent at times the stories do tend to flow well, and sometimes refer to incidents in previous stories showing that there was a bit of solid editorial work here.
For the most part though I didn't really find the stories all that interesting. There ARE exceptions of course as with any collection of this nature--"Nerfworld" is an all-too-believable tale of government regs run amuck, and "Demokratus" is an excellent tale of a man who decides he wants rules and regulations after all. Some stories I've seen in other collections by other names ("Early Bird"). Overall I found about half of them engaging and/or interesting and if they weren't--well, I just skipped to the next.
There were a couple of inclusions I didn't get at all--the poetry (!) that somehow found its way into the book. I admit I'm not much of a poetry fan to begin with but really? why poetry in a book like this?
So I found this to be a very mixed bag overall.....there's some good science fiction in here as well as some solid expousal of Libertarian principles, but the book itself is a bit uneven. A good collection but tread carefully.
The idea behind this book is to organize a group of authors to focus on consistent timeline in which humanity advances along generally Libertarian principles. While a bit inconsistent at times the stories do tend to flow well, and sometimes refer to incidents in previous stories showing that there was a bit of solid editorial work here.
For the most part though I didn't really find the stories all that interesting. There ARE exceptions of course as with any collection of this nature--"Nerfworld" is an all-too-believable tale of government regs run amuck, and "Demokratus" is an excellent tale of a man who decides he wants rules and regulations after all. Some stories I've seen in other collections by other names ("Early Bird"). Overall I found about half of them engaging and/or interesting and if they weren't--well, I just skipped to the next.
There were a couple of inclusions I didn't get at all--the poetry (!) that somehow found its way into the book. I admit I'm not much of a poetry fan to begin with but really? why poetry in a book like this?
So I found this to be a very mixed bag overall.....there's some good science fiction in here as well as some solid expousal of Libertarian principles, but the book itself is a bit uneven. A good collection but tread carefully.
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