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Iterations and Other Stories

2 Ratings: 2.5

Short Sci Fi Stories by Robert J. Sawyer

introduction by James Alan Gardner.

Tags: Books, Fiction, Science Fiction, Short Stories, Robotics, Dyson Sphere

Author: Robert J. Sawyer

Genre: Short Stories

Publisher: Red Deer Press

Date Published: April 9, 2008

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Mar 21, 2009

by MichaelN

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I am not usually a big fan of the short story. There are some really good ones in this collection by Sawyer who in my opinion is the current best at the scifi novel. Each tale is presented with an introduction as to how Sawyer came up with the idea for the tale.

There is an excellent tale involving Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson being drawn into the future to solve a puzzling riddle. There is also a tale about high school student who is kind of nerdy but smart. He is always the last one picked (or not even picked) for sports teams in school. He gets the ultimate revenge against the jocks that wronged him.

There is are several tales that deal with parallel universes and dinosaurs. All in all I really enjoyed about half the tales and the other half were just so-so. Since you can skip over the tales that you don't care for, I give the book 4 stars based on the really good ones.

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