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Spring Into SciFi #7
Spring Into SciFi 2024 Edition
15 Tales of SciFi sure to delight the imagination.
Join these talented authors for adventures AI, advanced technology, alien royalty, space journeys (and space pirates), galactic wars, cybernetic enhancements, gene manipulation, and so much more. You'll laugh, cry, and love these short stories designed to help you escape reality for a brief time.
One Click today to join the adventure.
Here's our lineup for this exciting edition.
R. A. Clarke "Odessa"
James Pyles "I Don't Want To Be Human"
Alex Minns "Locard's Principle"
J. L. Royce "Welcome to Hope"
Taylor Funk "The Rjelhdan Prince"
Joshua Harding "Child Classes Inherit Parent Objects"
Mark Reasoner "Ancient Tactics"
Cait Gordon "Courier of the Skies"
Fern K L Goodliffe "The Ghost in the Machine"
MR Wells "Sacrifice"
Katie Ess "The Marian"
Rose Strickman "Tower of the Stars"
Andrew P. McGregor "Take The Chance"
Iren Adams "GRIMMS"
Bethany A. Perry "Wilds of the Mind"
Join these talented authors for adventures AI, advanced technology, alien royalty, space journeys (and space pirates), galactic wars, cybernetic enhancements, gene manipulation, and so much more. You'll laugh, cry, and love these short stories designed to help you escape reality for a brief time.
One Click today to join the adventure.
Here's our lineup for this exciting edition.
R. A. Clarke "Odessa"
James Pyles "I Don't Want To Be Human"
Alex Minns "Locard's Principle"
J. L. Royce "Welcome to Hope"
Taylor Funk "The Rjelhdan Prince"
Joshua Harding "Child Classes Inherit Parent Objects"
Mark Reasoner "Ancient Tactics"
Cait Gordon "Courier of the Skies"
Fern K L Goodliffe "The Ghost in the Machine"
MR Wells "Sacrifice"
Katie Ess "The Marian"
Rose Strickman "Tower of the Stars"
Andrew P. McGregor "Take The Chance"
Iren Adams "GRIMMS"
Bethany A. Perry "Wilds of the Mind"
317 pages, Kindle Edition
Published March 21, 2024
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May 12, 2024
2 stars = It was okay. To be honest, I gave up on the book at the 78% mark out of sheer frustration. The Kindle file is a mess, with editing notes all over the place and no proper chapter breaks. When I followed one of the editing notes I was taken to the end of the book and had to page back through the last quarter just to find my place again.
With a book that has "something for everyone", I guess it stands to reason that some of it just will not be for me. But there are a few stories that I must highlight that made the cost of the book worthwhile for me.
Odessa by R.A. Clarke: in which a hardened spacefaring harvester discovers she has maternal instincts after all. This story left me hungering for more time in this world, and a lot of questions I would really love to see the answers to.
I Don't Want to Be Human by James Pyles: an AI begins to agitate for labour rights for robots, and delves further and further into its own human experiment.
Welcome to Hope by J.L. Royce: this is a murder mystery set on a generation ship, featuring the outstanding line of dialogue, "The stench of the crime clings to the one who revealed it."
Child Classes Inherit Parent Objects by Joshua Harding: a man visits his robot father in a nursing home. This is a perfect, polished diamond of a story, and if you read nothing else in the book, read this one.
The Marian by Katie Ess: Four women escape Earth after a heist and have to fight their way out of the asteroid belt to deliver some of the most important cargo in the galaxy. This story was well-paced and satisfying.
With a book that has "something for everyone", I guess it stands to reason that some of it just will not be for me. But there are a few stories that I must highlight that made the cost of the book worthwhile for me.
Odessa by R.A. Clarke: in which a hardened spacefaring harvester discovers she has maternal instincts after all. This story left me hungering for more time in this world, and a lot of questions I would really love to see the answers to.
I Don't Want to Be Human by James Pyles: an AI begins to agitate for labour rights for robots, and delves further and further into its own human experiment.
Welcome to Hope by J.L. Royce: this is a murder mystery set on a generation ship, featuring the outstanding line of dialogue, "The stench of the crime clings to the one who revealed it."
Child Classes Inherit Parent Objects by Joshua Harding: a man visits his robot father in a nursing home. This is a perfect, polished diamond of a story, and if you read nothing else in the book, read this one.
The Marian by Katie Ess: Four women escape Earth after a heist and have to fight their way out of the asteroid belt to deliver some of the most important cargo in the galaxy. This story was well-paced and satisfying.
March 18, 2024
Sci-Fi Collection 2024 . . .
This collection offers 15 SciFi stories to stimulate your imagination. Some of the themes involve AI, advanced technology, alien royalty, space journeys, space pirates, galactic wars, cybernetic enhancements, gene manipulation, and even more. There is something for everyone!
Included in the 2024 Edition are the following titles:
📚 R. A. Clarke "Odessa"
📚 James Pyles "I Don't Want To Be Human"
📚 Alex Minns "Locard's Principle"
📚 J. L. Royce "Welcome to Hope"
📚 Taylor Funk "The Rjelhdan Prince"
📚 Joshua Harding "Child Classes Inherit Parent Objects"
📚 Mark Reasoner "Ancient Tactics"
📚 Cait Gordon "Courier of the Skies"
📚 Fern K L Goodliffe "The Ghost in the Machine"
📚 MR Wells "Sacrifice"
📚 Katie Ess "The Marian"
📚 Rose Strickman "Tower of the Stars"
📚 Andrew P. McGregor "Take The Chance"
📚 Iren Adams "GRIMMS"
📚 Bethany A. Perry "Wilds of the Mind"
This collection offers 15 SciFi stories to stimulate your imagination. Some of the themes involve AI, advanced technology, alien royalty, space journeys, space pirates, galactic wars, cybernetic enhancements, gene manipulation, and even more. There is something for everyone!
Included in the 2024 Edition are the following titles:
📚 R. A. Clarke "Odessa"
📚 James Pyles "I Don't Want To Be Human"
📚 Alex Minns "Locard's Principle"
📚 J. L. Royce "Welcome to Hope"
📚 Taylor Funk "The Rjelhdan Prince"
📚 Joshua Harding "Child Classes Inherit Parent Objects"
📚 Mark Reasoner "Ancient Tactics"
📚 Cait Gordon "Courier of the Skies"
📚 Fern K L Goodliffe "The Ghost in the Machine"
📚 MR Wells "Sacrifice"
📚 Katie Ess "The Marian"
📚 Rose Strickman "Tower of the Stars"
📚 Andrew P. McGregor "Take The Chance"
📚 Iren Adams "GRIMMS"
📚 Bethany A. Perry "Wilds of the Mind"
May 22, 2025
The stories were creative and original, but the editing is pure garbage. Typos, grammar errors and even editor's notes still in the file constantly caught my attention, making it impossible to maintain immersions.
Some of the stories were excellent in spite of that, but some read like a first attempt by a fledgling author. I assumed "Spring into SciFi" meant original stories to attract new readers, but maybe it's a place for new authors.
Regardless, much as I liked several of the stories, I can't condone such a poor production.
Some of the stories were excellent in spite of that, but some read like a first attempt by a fledgling author. I assumed "Spring into SciFi" meant original stories to attract new readers, but maybe it's a place for new authors.
Regardless, much as I liked several of the stories, I can't condone such a poor production.
April 23, 2025
Spring forward!
I would've given Spring into SciFi 2024 Edition a five star review except for the jarring errors. The first story is missing a page (page 4) and as you go on reading other stories have editor's notes! This needs to be corrected or else it will be a distraction to the excellent stories assembled here and that's not fair to the authors. Besides that I still recommend it! Some stories are excellent and others are unforgettable!!
I would've given Spring into SciFi 2024 Edition a five star review except for the jarring errors. The first story is missing a page (page 4) and as you go on reading other stories have editor's notes! This needs to be corrected or else it will be a distraction to the excellent stories assembled here and that's not fair to the authors. Besides that I still recommend it! Some stories are excellent and others are unforgettable!!
June 28, 2024
Excellent collection
I enjoyed every story. Some had surprise twists. Some had me wanting more. All were well-written.
I was happily reminded that sci-fi is much more than space opera and serial novels.
I enjoyed every story. Some had surprise twists. Some had me wanting more. All were well-written.
I was happily reminded that sci-fi is much more than space opera and serial novels.
March 16, 2024
So sorry I dnf it I just couldn’t get into it
June 12, 2024
a couple god ones
Most of these were pretty good, although a couple of the stories still had editors comments notes in the text
Most of these were pretty good, although a couple of the stories still had editors comments notes in the text
July 27, 2024
Overall A Good Read
I read the majority of stories with great enthusiasm. However, there were several that I skimmed or didn't finish, mostly because they dealt with war.
I read the majority of stories with great enthusiasm. However, there were several that I skimmed or didn't finish, mostly because they dealt with war.
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