Jim Baen's Universe Volume 1 Number 1

Jim Baen's Universe

by Eric Flint, Alan Dean Foster, Gregory Benford

"Chilling" Copyright © 2006 by Alan Dean Foster
"Bow Shock" Copyright © 2006 by Gregory Benford
"Pimpf" Copyright © 2006 by Charlie Stross
"What Would Sam Spade Do?" Copyright © 2006 by Jo Walton
"Brieanna's Constant" Copyright © 2006 by Eric Witchey
"Bob's Yeti Problem" Copyright © 2006 by Lawrence Person
"Slanted Jack" Copyright © 2006 by Mark Van Name
"Candy-Blossom" Copyright © 2006 by Dave Freer
"The Darkness" Copyright © 2006 by David Drake
"The Cold Blacksmith" Copyright © 2006 by Elizabeth Bear
"Poga" Copyright © 2006 by John Barnes
"Build-A-Bear" Copyright © 2006 by Gene Wolfe
"The Opposite of Pomegranates" Copyright © 2006 by Marissa Lingen
"'Ware the Sleeper" Copyright © 2006 by Julie Czerneda
"The Thief of Stones© Copyright © 2006 by Sarah Zettel
"The Ancient Ones Part 1" Copyright © 2006 by David Brin
"Travails with Momma" Copyright © 2006 by John Ringo
"Fish Story, Episode 1" Copyright © 2006 by Andrew Dennis, Eric Flint and Dave Freer
"Fancy Farmer" Copyright © 2006 by Pamela Uphoff
"The Puzzle of the Peregrinating Coach" Copyright © 2006 by George Phillies
"Astromonkeys!" Copyright © 2006 by Tony Frazier
"Giving it 14 Percent" Copyright © 2006 by A. S. Fox
"Local Boy Makes Good" Copyright © 2006 by Ray Tabler
"Gods and Monsters in Hollywood" Copyright © 2006 by Gregory Benford
"Back to the Moon" Copyright © 2006 by Travis Taylor
"Light of Other Days" by Bob Shaw was first published in Analog, August 1966
"The Facts Concerning The Recent Carnival Of Crime In Connecticut" by Mark Twain was first published in 1877

Genres: Short Stories

560 pages, ebook

First published June 1, 2006

About the author

Eric Flint was a New York Times bestselling American author, editor, and e-publisher. The majority of his main works were alternate history science fiction, but he also wrote humorous fantasy adventures.

Reviews

[Jess · Rating 5 out of 5]

This review is solely for the Elizabeth Bear story The Cold Blacksmith. I don't think I've ever heard Bear refer to this story, and it certainly (to my chagrin) wasn't included in her "Best of" collection. I don't have any way of knowing whether that's because of copyright intricacies or because she considers it a rougher, early story of hers. I think it might be my very favorite. I have so many favorites from among her short stories --but I come back to this one again and again. I am a sucker for stories that refer, obliquely or overtly, to characters from myth and folklore, but that's not all of it and I can't even say what the extra pieces are; I just love it.

[Robert · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting articles at the end on the influence of the Gutenberg press and copyright law. Some stories were good, some meh.