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Title: Worst Contact
Series: ----------
Author: Hank Davis - Editor
Rating: 3 of 5 Stars
Genre: SF
Pages: 384
Format: Digital Edition
Series: ----------
Author: Hank Davis - Editor
Rating: 3 of 5 Stars
Genre: SF
Pages: 384
Format: Digital Edition
Synopsis:
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A collection of
short stories about First Contact between Humanity and Aliens.
Ranging from the humorous to the droll to threatening to the
downright ironically twisted, this collection just about covers it
all.
My
Thoughts:
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Overall, this was a good collection of short stories. I do like
collections like this because you can read one or two, walk away for
a day, come back the next day and not need to have remembered
anything. Each story is self-contained.
The reason this didn't get 4 stars from me is because the Editor,
Hank Davis, has his own little blurb before each story. Mainly a
ultra-mini biography or bibliography about the author of the story. I
found they interrupted the flow of my reading and I really didn't
enjoy them. Also, there were 2 or 3 where he talks about the authors
political leanings and without fail they were very liberal to the
outright Communist. I felt like he was singling them out for special
attention as no other political affiliation was mentioned for other
authors. If I want to hear the praises of the Left sung, I'll go read
something about Barack Obama. Keep that stuff OUT of my SF please and
thank you.
The humor, both wacky, ironic and menacing, all worked for me.
Vaguely threatening is fantastic when it is pulled off correctly.
Things get a little dated with some of the stories when ever “tech”
is used. I remember one story talking about translating video being
the easiest because pictures are “universal.” Anyone who uses
digital video today and has to encode their own bluray/dvd's and runs
into different codex compatibility issues knows that “universal”
is a crock of rotten milk. 50 years is a long time in terms of
technology * wink *
I definitely would have enjoyed this more if the Editor hadn't stuck
his oar in on each story, but then, if he doesn't, how is anyone
supposed to know how great and smart he is? So depending on how you
feel about editorial things, that might not be an issue at all for
you.
★★★☆☆
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