Tides From the New Worlds

A solid collection of science fiction and fantasy at 3.43. There are several very good stories here.

Tides from the New World : The Fish Merchant - Tobias S. Buckell
Tides from the New World : In the Heart of Kalikuata - Tobias S. Buckell
Tides from the New World : Io Robot - Tobias S. Buckell
Tides from the New World : Anakoinosis - Tobias S. Buckell
Tides from the New World : Aerophilia - Tobias S. Buckell
Tides from the New World : The Shackles of Freedom (with Mike Resnick) - Tobias S. Buckell
Tides from the New World : Her - Tobias S. Buckell
Tides from the New World : In Orbite Medievali - Tobias S. Buckell
Tides from the New World : Four Eyes - Tobias S. Buckell
Tides from the New World : Spurn Babylon - Tobias S. Buckell
Tides from the New World : Trinkets - Tobias S. Buckell
Tides from the New World : Death's Dreadlocks - Tobias S. Buckell
Tides from the New World : Smooth Talking - Tobias S. Buckell
Tides from the New World : Tidess - Tobias S. Buckell
Tides from the New World : Something in the Rock - Tobias S. Buckell
Tides from the New World : A Green Thumb - Tobias S. Buckell
Tides from the New World : All Her Children Fought - Tobias S. Buckell
Tides from the New World : The Duel - Tobias S. Buckell
Tides from the New World : Necahual - Tobias S. Buckell
Tides from the New World : Toy Planes - Tobias S. Buckell

Pepper first contact message hunt murder.

3.5 out of 5

Rickshaw spycraft.

3.5 out of 5

Get lost, cyborgs.

3 out of 5

Whiffet slave reliance.

3.5 out of 5

Airship pilot has personality.

4 out of 5

Doctor's religious restriction dilemma.

4 out of 5

Anatomical life foundation.

3.5 out of 5

Fell off the ring.

2.5 out of 5

Run down spirits.

3.5 out of 5

Slave ship skellies put you off your beer.

3 out of 5

Compelled stretch.

3 out of 5

Sangers of doom.

3 out of 5

Spirited tree location, location, relocation.

4 out of 5

Coastal War magic training.

3 out of 5

Dwarf mine worm disaster.

3.5 out of 5

Car growth industry.

3.5 out of 5

Kid pilot training.

3.5 out of 5

Toad love history.

3 out of 5

Anti aztec air assault.

4 out of 5

I dread to blow off my head.

4 out of 5

http://freesf.strandedinoz.com/wordpress/2011/03/tides-from-the-new-world-tobias... ( )

http://iamrazorwing.livejournal.com/40481.html ( )

Many short story collections clock in well under 300 pages. Tides is a healthy 483, and nothing really feels just like filler. There’s plenty here that show literary muscles being flexed in preparation for the novels he wrote later, and not always where you’d suspect. In his novels, I can see echos of “Death’s Dreadlocks” and “Something in the Rock,” neither even vaguely science fiction. It’s great to see a writer I’ve come to associate so strongly with science fiction tackle the rest of speculative fiction, particularly when the genres get mixed subtlety and/or creatively, as in “Her,” “In Orbite Medievali,” “Tides,” and “A Green Thumb.” I’d totally read an urban fantasy series based on the character/setting of “Four Eyes.” For more on the individual stories:

http://mentatjack.com/2009/05/04/review-tides-from-the-new-worlds-by-tobias-buck... ( )