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By: Orson Scott Card, Arthur C. Clarke, Karen Joy Fowler, Roger Zelazny, John Varley, Joe Haldeman, Robert Silverberg, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Lawrence Watt-Evans
Narrated by: Roddy McDowall, Terry Farrell, Wil Wheaton, other stars of
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 Who better to narrate today's best science-fiction stories than today's favorite science-fiction stars? This exciting collection features Roger Zelazny's "Permafrost" read by Siddig El Fadil ( Star Trek: Deep Space Nine), Orson Scott Card's "Fat Farm" read by Roddy McDowall ( Planet of the Apes), and John Varley's "Options" read by Claudia Christian ( Babylon 5). Robin Curtis ( Star Trek III and Star Trek IV), Terry Farrell ( Star Trek: Deep Space Nine), Nana Visitor ( Star Trek: Deep Space Nine), and Wil Wheaton ( Star Trek: The Next Generation) also perform, reading works by Karen Joy Fowler, Lawrence Watt-Evans, Robert Silverberg, Arthur C. Clarke, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, and Joe Haldeman.©1980 by Omni Publications International Ltd.; 1951 by Arthur C. Clarke; 1993 by Joe Haldeman; 1980 by Agberg, Ltd.; 1979 by John Varley; 1988 by Omni Publications International Ltd.; 1985 Karen Joy Fowler; 1987 by Davis Publications; 1987 by Kristine Kathryn Rusch (P)1995 by Dove Audio, Inc. Anthologies Anthologies & Short Stories Science Fiction
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The SF&F lives up to its normal high standards with this collection of short stories, but somehow the editor has decided to skip author and title of each story. This detracts from the overall impression. Other than that I feel this is a good read, as long as you're prepared for it to be read as one continouos story.

Interesting stories with a minus

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Bit amateurish throughout. Poor audio quality. Narrators vary from bad through to fairly good throughout.

Very mixed bag

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This review will contain some clichés. 'Anthologies are mixed bags.' 'Classics are often (not always!) classics for good reason.' 'I'm stupidly picky so I rate anthologies based on my favourite story.' Arthur C. Clarke's classic short story 'The Sentinel' is included in this anthology, and I really liked it (4.5 stars), it and he don't really need yet another person singing their praises, so I'll just say the collection was worth it for that entry alone, and people with fewer allergies than I have will likely find a lot more to love among the other stories.

4.5 stars for 'The Sentinel'

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