- Mass Market Paperback: 592 pages
- Publisher: Baen; Reissue edition (Jun 30 2009)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 143913278X
- ISBN-13: 978-1439132784
- Product Dimensions: 17.1 x 14 x 3.2 cm
- Shipping Weight: 299 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #856,449 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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· In a post-apocalyptic world, telepaths are common, but young Starn had no trace of telepathic ability, and was persecuted by those who had the talent—until he discovered he possessed an even more unusual ability.
· A criminal mastermind has been captured by the Space Patrol, and a Patrol ship is carrying him to a prison planet. Escape seems impossible, but he has a secret weapon. It’s only water—but water with a very unusual property.
· In the afterlife, it turns out that one’s existence is dependent on being remembered by the living. As you are forgotten, you shrink. How do you avoid this? Why, hire an unearthly public relations firm, of course.
These stories and more, including two full-length novels, fill a large volume of entertaining space adventure and humorous fantasy Inventive by a writer noted for original ideas developed with a sardonic wit.
About the Author
Howard L. Myers was a prolific writer of science fiction, publishing short fiction in all the leading SF magazines, as well as the novel Cloud Chamber. His stories also were reprinted in many anthologies. His promising career was cut short when he died at the age of 41.
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Old school SF from the era of Analog, Jun 28 2009
By W. Frederick Zimmerman "W. Frederick Zimmerman" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: A Sense of Infinity (Mass Market Paperback)
Baen Books has earned the eternal gratitude of science fiction fans by keeping the great SF of the 1950s, 60s, and 1970s alive in complete reissuess of the work of masters like Keith Laumer and James Schmitz. Unfortunately, this collection of the works of Howard Myers probably shouldn't have made the cut. The best stuff in this volume are the three very droll stories about Olivine, Renegade of the Space Patrol. Those are well worth reading for any fan of the 60s-era Analog.
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Not recommended, July 6 2009
By J. L. Gillaspy "Author: "A Larger Univers... - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: A Sense of Infinity (Mass Market Paperback)
This may sound a little strong, but it is possible to write well and produce "drivel" at the same time.I read every issue of Analog magazine in the 50's, 60's and early 70's, so I must have read many of the stories in this collection, but I don't remember them. They fit the pattern the editor of analog, John W. Campbell, Jr., was said to be looking for at the time: a "scientific" problem or delemma that the protagonist must solve or overcome. Except that the "science" is at best pseudo-science and the solutions are all contrived. Well written but contrived.
I don't know why I am surprised by that, since Campbell trumpeted something as fact for many months called the "Dean Drive" which violated the laws of thermodynamics and motion (though there are those who still believe that the drive would work), but it is a little unsettling to look back on how naive I was during that time in my life.
The stories about the soul and the "ego field" are perhaps the best examples of this in the book. In my opinion, almost all of this collection would have better appeared first (in modified form) in "Fantasy and Science Fiction" magazine. Also in my opinion, these stories are not Science Fiction at all.
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