A good collection of sci fi short stories
933916
some stories were hard to put down, some were disturbing, worth the time.
1473477
A collection of short stories well worth reading. The story types are widely varied, although they all take place in space. Characters are engaging and there's often a surprising twist at the end.
558863
"Galactic North" is a collection of stories taken from Reynolds's Revelation Space milieu. As a whole, this is a highly entertaining collection. And none of the stories are especially clunky.

Some of the stories feature familiar characters while others expand on familiar places. In some cases, you can see events referred to in the longer works and the story could have started as a writing exercise or maybe something excised from one of the novels. This adds a real dimension if you've read the works, but it never detracts if you've not dealt with (say) Ultras, Spiders, or hamadryads before.

Reynolds has given us some interesting characters before and he's got some nice ideas, setups, and general atmosphere. I like his novels, but here, in shorter blocks, he seems more focused and less prone to some of the letdown you get when you've invest 700 pages only to have the resolution seem somehow less epic than it could be. Instead, with the shorter form, he focuses on delivering more conventional plots and thus characters like Nevil Clavain are given the room to breathe. Nice.
3937591
This book is a collection of short stories of war under various and multiple forms. Short stories are each between twenty and forty pages long. While readers, starting with myself, will prefer some stories to others, there are not any weal stories or, perhaps more accurately, none that I really disliked or found poor.

One theme that is present in several of them is climate change and warfare. A particularly horrific story is about stealthy cyberattacks associated with tsunamis and the catastrophic destruction that these might create.

Another theme is about war in space. A particularly good story is Faceless soldiers, Patchwork Ship where the rather frightening enemy turns out to be not at all bent on aggression. Another story  Conversations with an Armory  is perhaps one of the most original where convalescent soldiers aboard a decommissioned warship desperately try to get the Armorys AI to recognise them and obey them.

A third theme is about proxy wars of attrition on distant or not so distant (the Moon in particular) colonies. My favourite here is Mines where the heroin, a discharged and traumatised soldier on a distant colony, still takes part in the war of attrition between the two colonies along with her special associate.

Another theme is the use of science and biology in particular for war purposes. Another story associated with war trauma is ZeroS where a secret experiment uses the dead to make elite soldiers and dissociate them from their conscience for reasons that became apparent at the end.

Four strong stars for the lot.
1728739
I liked this collection of short stories. There are a handful of stories to keep you busy for a few nights if you are a not a voracious reader. I feel like short stories are a place to experiment and the author has certainly done that going over several different ideas. One thing that I observed occurring across several of the stories is the idea of revelations and the character's decision to ignore them and keep going on about their life, even though they are changed. My favorite stories were the last two: "Hazardous cargoes" and "The vermin episode". Both of these stories alone make the whole book worth it and suggest others to give it a shot.
1007391
An excellent collection of stories that harkens back to Asimov, Heinlein, and Clarke. The stand-outs to me are Containment by Susan Kaye Quinn, 2092 by Rysa Walker, and Lulu Ad Infinitum by Ann Christy. While I enjoyed almost every story these three were very intelligent and well written. I must tell you that I am a devoted reader of anything that Ann Christy writes, but she excels in this genre as well as others. Well worth the price of admission and I have picked up several authors that I plan on reading through because of it.
2909491
I'm not a huge Sci-fi reader, but this collection was a fun read.  Like any compilation, it's a mixed bag; a wide range of style and subject-matter (other than the unifying theme of war).  There were some good, some great, and a few I could do without...  worth picking up.
4477288
This collection might not be what you would expect. from the title,  The stories aren't really about astronauts.  The characters who are by the way very well drawn are members of a community, and there are references in some stories to others in the collection.  Some of these stories are bland, but enough of them are entrancing and provoking enough to keep the reader going.
1344467
I've read some of these stories before but they're all good, a few of them are excellent. I would recommend this collection.
2867298
Reviewing a collection of short stories is always tricky; more so if they are written by different authors. The chance of liking all the stories is slim, though not impossible. Theres probably 2 to 3 remarkable stories and a few mediocre ones, and the rest, forgettable.

I believe this one was done right.

Nonlocal Science Fiction Magazine Issue #1 is a 10-story strong collection thats perhaps the closest youll get to having that dream sci-fi short story anthology. Its evident that it had gone through a stringent selection process. The stories are a wonderful mix of hardcore sci-fi, old-school, offbeat, edgy, and weirdly good speculative fiction.

Though my personal favorite is Shoot The Devil by Nicholas Rossis, I enjoyed reading the other stories. Its one of those collections where the good stories outnumber the not-so-good ones. Its a fantastic start with a lot of  sci-fi promise.
860822
I waited for months to get this from the library & then decided I had to have it on my bookshelves. It is a short story collection. The first story threw me a bit, I didn't expect sci-fi (?), but the other stories are a wide variety of subjects and styles. The stories are imaginative and heartfelt. It's been a long time since I have enjoyed an author's writing this much.
1252167
This is a very good collection of 30 short stories by Eric Frank Russell.  First published in 2000, this brought back into print a large number of stories which today's science fiction lovers could not easily find.  When combined with "Entities", published in 2001, there is at long last a solid foundation of Russell's works, both novels and shorter pieces, in print again for the first time in a long time.

There are too many stories here to cover them all, but the highlights include "Allamagoosa", the first short story ever to win a Hugo, "Dear Devil", "Jay Score", "Study In Still Life", "Top Secret", and many more.  Also included are an Introduction by Jack L. Chalker, and an Afterword by "Mike Resnick".  Russell's stories focus mainly on ideas, rather than characters, which is something some readers may not like.  Chalker and Resnick offer some wonderful insights into his work and why it is that Russell's work has often been overlooked when it comes to awards and recognition.  This collection was ranked 6th on the Locus Poll for Collections in 2001.
1550287
Decades ago, Fred Saberhagen created a universe where humanity and a few other species are at war with a race of machines. Nobody knows too much about the machines except that they are programmed to destroy all life. The supposition is that they were created for an ancient war and that they eventually destroyed their creators. Now they are the problem of the entire galaxy.

This is not one story. Instead, it is a collection of shorter stories. Some are very compelling and some were, to me, a bit tedious. This impression may just be because of the mood I was in while I was reading them. They are all old but very timeless. This was a major series in its time and it is still worthwhile today. It is not my favorite but I have no regrets in having read it. I will probably read all the others as well.
2747174
This anthology contains quite a large number of stories. While I found a few completely worthless, most were enjoyable and a few were truly first-rate science fiction. Definitely worth the price of admission.
2877699
An excellent collection of short stories that became famous (or infamous) science fiction movies. Nicely illustrated with stills & publicity shots from the films. Almost all the stories are worth a read, and there are some real gems including "A Boy and His Dog", "Farewell to the Master", "The Foghorn", and "Who Goes There?".
2854749
This is a wonderful collection of scifi stories. It spans many years and is well worth giving it a try.
772023
Short Stories of an Anthology to science fiction. A great first edition to a Science Fiction Anthology. These digital books are part of small publishing companies just as every other short story collection is being published by self-publishers on free to pay websites, including Create Space and Kindle for Amazon. It's awesome to see so many self-published authors out there but they are needed to keep up with high demand of science fiction, dystopian and horror novels for children and young adults.
In this collection there is romance, pathos, terror (horror), drama, and humor all rolled into one book of short stories.
The authors in this volume have published in most of the major markets (including Analog, Asimov's, Lightspeed, and Tor.com), and also have novels to their credit. Some newer authors are also represented
 This is the first in a monthly anthology that is found on kindle in digital form, but it's also found in the bound book section.

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