In the future man will have moved on in terms of technological skill, but will he have become any more moral? Will he have learned to live in peace with others? Will the earth still be in the garden paradise it is now? Will the population be under control? Or will man have learned nothing from his past mistakes, read history, and learned nothing?
Wow! I think my originality meter overflowed! This short story collection includes fantasy and science fiction. Its settings go from post-apocalyptic Mars to medieval worlds where magic reigns. There's humor and horror, sex and violence, victories and defeats, villains and heroes. Oh, and time-travel too.
Further, many of the stories are set in the same universe and cross-reference each other. At times, they feel like chapters from the same book.
I recommend this book for anyone who enjoys originality and creative use of medieval dialect as well as invented alien languages.
That dialect and those languages will be a stumbling block for some readers who aren't patient enough to figure the unique uses.
If you're not a patient reader willing to let the author reveal what's going on, avoid this book.