Ultimate Conclusions

by Karl K. Gallagher

Rocket scientist Karl K. Gallagher writes stories stretching the imagination to new frontiers of Amish boy on the Moon must choose between obeying his people’s separation or saving the life of a “Modern.”A squire tries to save a village from the monster which killed his knight.A junior officer makes contact with aliens whose mere appearance terrifies people.And three new stories following up on the Torchship Trilogy, showing how Michigan Long and her friends deal with the aftermath of war and revolutions.

308 pages, Paperback

Published April 30, 2024

About the author

Karl K. Gallagher is a systems engineer, currently performing data analysis for a major aerospace company. In the past he calculated trajectories for a commercial launch rocket start-up, operated satellites as a US Air Force officer, and selected orbits for government and commercial satellites. Karl lives in Minnesota with his family.

Reviews

[Travis · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ultimate Conclusions is a collection of stories in the scifi genre, and they're all pretty good. Collections are usually hit or miss for me, but I didn't find a single story in this collection that I didn't like, and that's rare. Good selection of stuff here folks. If you're looking for a book to keep you entertained in many different universes, this book might be the one you've been hunting for.

[Luke · Rating 4 out of 5]

Odd, but generally good, collection

Gallagher's Torchship is a great series, so I picked this up too.

It's odd. I like most of the non-Torchship short stories, though some are a little weaker than I would expect. Then it takes a left turn into hyper specific GURPS rules and lost me.

The stories were good, not sure why the roleplaying supplement was in the same book as the fiction.