PRAISE FOR T. JACKSON KING "I sometimes think a writer's greatest virtues are persistence and endurance, and it seems as if you have them."-Roger Zelazny, Hugo and Nebula Award winner. "Congratulations on the long overdue story collection, Tom! What I find most terrific is your range of topics and styles. You have always been an explorer."-David Brin, Hugo and Nebula Award winner. EXOTIC AND ECLECTIC SHORT STORIES Wonder at the choice presented to an Oregon jazz singer who is offered the greatest gig of her life--if only she will choose to sing for Judgment Day. Discover just what the attraction of Earth might be for Alien ship captains. Consider what America might have been like if concentration camps had been set up for HIV/AIDS sufferers. Experience the wonder of an America where science and technology are failing as Earth magic becomes real. Explore the horrific consequences of removing an ancient archaeological artifact and putting it on display in Berlin's Pergamum Museum. Marvel at the macabre suffering one couple hidden away in an ancient Swiss castle will endure for their art. Ponder whether cannibalism of another thinking species is a reasonable choice for survival. Find out what happens when people work as migrant laborers under distant stars and leave behind orphaned children. Experience the dangers of travel between the stars where gravity's tug brings with it the tides of fear. See how interstellar employment may come down to being a hired gun.
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May 17 2009
By Edy Lou Benjamin
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To Sci Fi buffs, no other comment need be written besides the names and publications that have endorsed this new collection of T. Jackson King's short stories: Asimov's Science Fiction, Analog Science Fiction and Fact, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, David Brin and Roger Zelazny, to name a few.
To the casual reader of Sci Fi (of which I am one), I found the "pure science" sections easy enough to follow to gain a little insight into the technicalities of it - enough not to be a distraction from these delightful 15 short stories. I found myself also captivated by the brilliance of the mind that wrote them.
Not being a writer myself, I believe I would serve any perspective reader by presenting them with some of Mr. King's own words, in his forward:
"...sometimes, we write of dreams that contain madness and horror that are more real than today's truth, for the very fact that their unreality catches the core essence of what we all fear."
"...it falls to the writer to dream, a shaman's dream."
Of the stories themselves he says, "...they are all dreams that wanted to be real."
My suggestion to all potential readers: Put a little amazement in your life - buy this book!
To the casual reader of Sci Fi (of which I am one), I found the "pure science" sections easy enough to follow to gain a little insight into the technicalities of it - enough not to be a distraction from these delightful 15 short stories. I found myself also captivated by the brilliance of the mind that wrote them.
Not being a writer myself, I believe I would serve any perspective reader by presenting them with some of Mr. King's own words, in his forward:
"...sometimes, we write of dreams that contain madness and horror that are more real than today's truth, for the very fact that their unreality catches the core essence of what we all fear."
"...it falls to the writer to dream, a shaman's dream."
Of the stories themselves he says, "...they are all dreams that wanted to be real."
My suggestion to all potential readers: Put a little amazement in your life - buy this book!
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