pussreboots's review against another edition
3.0
Far Horizons will be most interesting to fans of certain series. Unfortunately the only series in the lot that I am familiar with is the Ursula K. Le Guin story ("Old Music and the Slave Woman" from the Ekumen books) and even it fell short of expectations.
The other stories included are:
2) "A Separate War" by Joe Halderman (an author I haven't read before). This story is a parallel story to his novel The Forever War. It covers the theme of the military being the lesser of the two evils after a lifetime of fighting and finding one's home country changed so much as to be unrecognizable and unfriendly.
3) "Investment Counselor" which is part of the Ender Series by Orson Scott Card. This story covers how Ender and Jane met. since I've not read any of the Ender series, the story didn't hold my attention.
4) "Tempation" is story based in the Uplift Universe created by David Brin. My husband likes this series a lot more than I did.
5) "Getting to Know the Dragon" I had hoped to enjoy but I wasn't in the mood for an alternate history story that brings the Roman Empire (minus Christianity) into the present.
6) Orphans of the Helix by Dan Simmons is part of the Hyperion universe.
7) "Sleeping Dogs" by Nancy Kress contiues to explore the aftermath of making a generation of people who don't need to sleep.
8) "The Boy Who Would Live Forever" by Frederick Pohl is another story of the Heechee.
9) "The Ship that Returned" is a short story in my least favorite of Anne McCaffrey's series.
10) "The Way of all the Ghosts" by Greg Bear rounds out the book.
The other stories included are:
2) "A Separate War" by Joe Halderman (an author I haven't read before). This story is a parallel story to his novel The Forever War. It covers the theme of the military being the lesser of the two evils after a lifetime of fighting and finding one's home country changed so much as to be unrecognizable and unfriendly.
3) "Investment Counselor" which is part of the Ender Series by Orson Scott Card. This story covers how Ender and Jane met. since I've not read any of the Ender series, the story didn't hold my attention.
4) "Tempation" is story based in the Uplift Universe created by David Brin. My husband likes this series a lot more than I did.
5) "Getting to Know the Dragon" I had hoped to enjoy but I wasn't in the mood for an alternate history story that brings the Roman Empire (minus Christianity) into the present.
6) Orphans of the Helix by Dan Simmons is part of the Hyperion universe.
7) "Sleeping Dogs" by Nancy Kress contiues to explore the aftermath of making a generation of people who don't need to sleep.
8) "The Boy Who Would Live Forever" by Frederick Pohl is another story of the Heechee.
9) "The Ship that Returned" is a short story in my least favorite of Anne McCaffrey's series.
10) "The Way of all the Ghosts" by Greg Bear rounds out the book.
nicholasbobbitt1997's review
3.0
While I enjoyed all of these stories, I don't have the background in any of the worlds but Orson Scott Card's to truly really like any of the other stories.
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