15 all-new stories of tomorrow from 15 of the best sci-fi writers of today The challenge and lure of space exploration has long been fertile ground for some of the finest science fiction stories. Here, fifteen of the best chroniclers of the day after tomorrow present unique tales of space stations both in our own solar system and far beyond.
Martin Harry Greenberg was an American academic and speculative fiction anthologist. In all, he compiled 1,298 anthologies and commissioned over 8,200 original short stories. He founded Tekno Books, a packager of more than 2000 published books. In addition, he was a co-founder of the Sci-Fi Channel.
For the 1950s anthologist and publisher of Gnome Press, see Martin Greenberg.
This book contains fourteen stories. All of them have a Space Station at their respective centre or periphery. Most are readable. Only two stories were crisp, gently humorous and assuredly realistic in their cosmopolitan outlook. They were~ 1. 'The Battle of Space Fort Jefferson' by Timothy Zahn; 2. 'Mikeys' by Robert J. Sawyer. Rest of the stories seemed to take themselves too seriously and were either aimed to be tearjerkers or lengthy reaeds with lots of details. 'Nuff said.
For Sci Fi fans of space travel this is the book for you. I was surprised how much I enjoyed this book. The first story was my favorite, it reminded me of Fort Apache. Other good ones were the fourth, fifth, sixth, eighth, ninth, tenth and twelve. The funniest was was "First Contact Cafe" it also makes you think a little. The most thought provoking one was "Serpent On The Station". The last story was the worst, it was hard for me to understand. Highly recommended.