Isaac Asimov's Utopias

by Gardner Dozois (Editor), Sheila Williams (Editor), Ursula K. Le Guin (Contributor)

Acclaimed science fiction writers present their own provocative visions of what an ideal world is really like...

Contents
1 • Mountain Ways • (1996) • novelette by Ursula K. Le Guin
33 • Out of Touch • (1995) • novelette by Brian Stableford
62 • Getting to Know You • [North American future] • (1997) • novelette by David Marusek
97 • One Perfect Morning, with Jackals • [Kirinyaga • 1] • (1991) • shortstory by Mike Resnick
108 • Canary Land • (1997) • novelette by Tom Purdom
135 • Transit • (1998) • novelette by Stephen Dedman
169 • Smart Alec • [Company] • (1999) • novelette by Kage Baker
202 • Nevermore • (1997) • novelette by Ian R. MacLeod
234 • Bicycle Repairman • [Chattanooga] • (1996) • novelette by Bruce Sterling

Genres: Science Fiction, Short Stories, Anthologies, Fiction, Speculative Fiction

288 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published October 31, 2000

About the author

Gardner Raymond Dozois was an American science fiction author and editor. He was editor of Asimov's Science Fiction magazine from 1984 to 2004. He won multiple Hugo and Nebula awards, both as an editor and a writer of short fiction.
Wikipedia entry: Gardner Dozois

http://us.macmillan.com/author/gardne...

Reviews

[Izzat.w · Rating 3 out of 5]

The book is about futuristic society and how they function with problems effecting their like for example all the people on earth became hermaphrodite but the main idea is that society functioning after big events in their history and world but that the main element of these stories.

The things I didn’t like was how they have the most uninteresting character that don’t have really any thing complex about them besides being human.
Some of the setting in this story are not really interested at all so I’m giving it three stars so yeah that’s my review

[Mariusz · Rating 2 out of 5]

The collection all in all is enjoyable. The notes for the editor are fairly useless so I started skipping them towards the middle of the book. Bicycle repairman was a phenomenal story. Everything was nice.

[Dennis · Rating 3 out of 5]

Picked this book up because I thought it was an Asimov book. It wasn't :P

Quality short stories. Highlights:
- One Perfect Morning, with Jackal
- Canary Land
- Bicycle Repairman

[JD Marien · Rating 4 out of 5]

Slow build up in the beginning and middle but the ending was worth the wait

[Santiago · Rating 5 out of 5]

not all bangers, but that last one was great (and spooky topical for me)

[H · Rating 4 out of 5]

A mix of short SF stories. I don't see them as utopias, I see them as about different things

1 • Mountain Ways • (1996) • novelette by Ursula K. Le Guin Excellent, an unusual marriage
33 • Out of Touch • (1995) • novelette by Brian Stableford OK, obsolete elderly
62 • Getting to Know You • [North American future] • (1997) • novelette by David Marusek Great, a AI personal minder
97 • One Perfect Morning, with Jackals • [Kirinyaga • 1] • (1991) • shortstory by Mike Resnick Meh, Old guy leaves to live on another world as ancestors did to the horror of his son
108 • Canary Land • (1997) • novelette by Tom Purdom - didn't like this one
135 • Transit • (1998) • novelette by Stephen Dedman - Good, hermaphrodite world, e meets girl.
169 • Smart Alec • [Company] • (1999) • novelette by Kage Baker -smart kid hacks Ai social police system
202 • Nevermore • (1997) • novelette by Ian R. MacLeod - Ok, art and virtual people
234 • Bicycle Repairman • [Chattanooga] • (1996) • novelette by Bruce Sterling - Good, cyperpunk. The social worker lady was hilarious.

[Jillian · Rating 3 out of 5]

All of these authors are amazing creators; I was impressed and enthralled by all of their new worlds and societies. (Though I wouldn't consider every one a utopia, false or otherwise; I think that title was more a marketing choice based on a few of them.) Unfortunately the short form storytelling wasn't always as strong, as many of the tales faded into unsatisfactory endings, but pieces of the tales will stay with me. Usually I highlight favorites... in this case I would say maybe "One Perfect Morning, With Jackals," "Out of Touch," and "Transit"... but this collection actually felt remarkably balanced.

[Athena · Rating 5 out of 5]

A collection of short sci-fi stories once featured in Isaac Asimov's magazine. One of my all time favorites...I have read this 6 or 7 times since I bought it years ago.

[Teddy · Rating 3 out of 5]

entertaining

[David · Rating 2 out of 5]

boring

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Isaac Asimov's Utopias (2000)