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Loading... The Science-Fantasy Megapack: 25 Classic Tales from Fantasy Adventuresby E. C. Tubb
None No current Talk conversations about this book.   ) acb13adm | Sep 13, 2023 |  It felt a little odd to have the stories selected over such a wide time range: I think the oldest was written around 1950, and the most recent around 2010. Hence, some of the pieces had dated societal attitudes—it was the sexism that I found most obtrusive—but I wasn't always convinced that the reason was merely the age of the work. None of the stories knocked my socks off with thought-provoking themes, compelling characters or even clever storylines. Speaking generally, I tend to enjoy stories where a character does something and then has to deal with the consequences. In this book, many of the stories were along the lines of "something odd becomes apparent, and then at the end it is explained/sorted out," with the characters really only being there to witness or experience the odd thing or neat idea that the author came up with. That's probably why I also got a strong sense of characters telling each other the plot rather than being more actively involved. That said, I did read all the stories, other than Prisoner of Time by John Russell Fearn. I bailed out on that one around 15% of the way through (essentially because I got bored and it seemed to take up nearly a quarter of the entire book). My favourite stories were probably the ones by Philip E. High: The Drainpipe, The Gunman and The Wishing Stone. They weren't groundbreaking, but there was definitely a feel that the characters had earned their outcomes. MHThaung | Jul 15, 2021 | no reviews | add a review
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HTML: Here are twenty-five stories of fantasy and science fiction selected from the pages of Wildside Press's Fantasy Adventure anthology series, selected by its editor, Philip Harbottle. Throughout its run of thirteen issues FA presented both original stories and classic reprints by veteran British SF and fantasy writers, including Sydney J. Bounds, John Russell Fearn, John Glasby, Philip E. High, and E. C. Tubb. They were soon joined by newer writers, most notably Eric Brown, and the series became a modern showcase for the best of British science fiction and fantasy writing. Included are: INTRODUCTION by Philip Harbottle THE CALL OF THE GRAVE by Brian Ball THE WARLORD OF KUL SATU by Brian Ball THE BROKEN SEQUENCE by Antonio Bellomi FINAL CONTACT by Sydney J. Bounds SUNSKIMMER by Sydney J. Bounds A TIME FOR CONTACT, by Sydney J. Bounds WRITER FOR HIRE by Sydney J. Bounds writing as David Somers THE TAPESTRY OF TIME by Eric Brown UNCERTAIN WORLD by Eric Brown I'LL KISS YOU GOODNIGHT by Frederick H. Christian ASSASSIN by Andrew Darlington PRISONER OF TIME by John Russell Fearn THE HOUSE ON THE MOORS, by John Glasby THE MARTIAN ENIGMA by John Glasby NIGHTFALL ON RONAN by John Glasby writing as A. J. Merak THE DRAINPIPE by Philip E. High THE GUNMAN by Philip E. High THE WISHING STONE by Philip E. High SOMETHING IN THE AIR by Gordon Landsborough THE DILETTANTES by E. C. Tubb EMERGENCY EXIT by E. C. Tubb THE GREATER IDEAL by E. C. Tubb YOU GO, by E. C. Tubb SEA CHANGE by Peter Oldale BRIDES FOR MARS by Eric C. Williams And don't forget to search this ebook store for "Wildside Megapack" to see more entries in this great series, covering science fiction, fantasy, horror, mystery, westernsâ??and much, much more! No library descriptions found. |
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