- Paperback: 320 pages
- Publisher: DAW (Mar 5 2002)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0756400635
- ISBN-13: 978-0756400637
- Product Dimensions: 17 x 10.4 x 2.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 136 g
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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The 16 original stories gathered here are classic escapist fare, taking us far from the concerns of here and now. What with space pirates and daring rescues, they are the heirs to earlier generations of space-going swashbucklers. As such, they provide a lovely means of whiling away dull hours, imaginatively daring distant "seas" of stars instead of any watery main. They make no pretensions to literary grandeur, though coeditor Thomsen's "Fragments of the Log of Captain Amasa Delano" extols the virtues of literacy, and Simon Hawke's "Sargasso" stands out for its setting on a patched space station on the edge of civilization that is named after the wide, clinging sea of earthly maritime legend. There are a couple of big names--Mike Resnick and Andre Norton--among the contributors, but each story delivers some of what all promise--adventure and exploration. A refreshing, unserious collection--entertainment for entertainment's sake. Regina Schroeder
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This review is from: Oceans Of Space (Paperback)
This collection of sixteen tales uses the seas as its basic setting, but not always Earth's waterways as the locale. The stories are divided into three major categories. "Legend of the High Seas and Spaceways" takes the readers through four adventures in the cosmos or on the edge of future science. "Proto-Pirates of the Galaxy and Beyond" provides the audience with six "pirates in space" stories. "Commodores and Commanders of the Cosmos" includes six tales about crews sailing the seas of the galaxies.All sixteen tales are well written with contributions by some of science fiction's best authors. Each tale is unique and different as the metaphor that space is a vast ocean is met with vigor and imagination. Readers will want to take this sea cruise. Harriet Klausner
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This review is from: Oceans Of Space (Paperback)
This collection of sixteen tales uses the seas as its basic setting, but not always Earth's waterways as the locale. The stories are divided into three major categories. "Legend of the High Seas and Spaceways" takes the readers through four adventures in the cosmos or on the edge of future science. "Proto-Pirates of the Galaxy and Beyond" provides the audience with six "pirates in space" stories. "Commodores and Commanders of the Cosmos" includes six tales about crews sailing the seas of the galaxies.All sixteen tales are well written with contributions by some of science fiction's best authors. Each tale is unique and different as the metaphor that space is a vast ocean is met with vigor and imagination. Readers will want to take this sea cruise. Harriet Klausner |
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