The Monadic Universe

by George Zebrowski, Gerald Hull

Contents:
First Love, First Fear (1972)
Starcrossed (1973)
Assassins of Air (1973)
Parks of Rest and Culture (1973)
The Water Sculptor (1970)
Rope of Glass (1973)
Heathen God (1971)
Interpose (1973)
The History Machine (1972)
The Cliometricon (1975)
Stance of Splendor (1973)
The Monadic Universe (1972) with Gerald Hull

Genres: Science Fiction, Fiction, Short Stories, Science Fiction Fantasy

170 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 1977

About the author

George Zebrowski was an American science fiction writer and editor who wrote and edited a number of books, and was a former editor of The Bulletin of the Science Fiction Writers of America. He lived with author Pamela Sargent, with whom he co-wrote a number of novels, including Star Trek novels.
Zebrowski won the John W. Campbell Memorial Award in 1999 for his novel Brute Orbits. Three of his short stories, "Heathen God," "The Eichmann Variations," and "Wound the Wind," were nominated for the Nebula Award, and "The Idea Trap" was nominated for the Theodore Sturgeon Award.

Reviews

[Baal Of · Rating 4 out of 5]

For most of this book, I thought it was just going to be a solid 3 star. The stories always seemed a bit too short, to end too abruptly. For the final 3 stories, I found more of what I like in old speculative fiction - ideas fleshed out in more detail, and it was enough to edge this one up a star.

[Joachim Boaz · Rating 3 out of 5]

Full review: https://sciencefictionruminations.com...

"A while back I picked up a copy of George Zebrowski’s The Monadic Universe (1977) for my friend 2theD at Potpourri of Science Fiction Literature to supplement his suitcase of SF books he buys every year before heading back to Thailand. Before I sent it to him I read a single story “The History Machine” (1972) and was intrigued enough to buy the collection [...]"

[Kevin Driskill · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some are better than others here. It was a bit iconoclastic at times for my taste.