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The Horses of Lir: 5 'Poignant Duty Upon a Moonlit Sea,' stars.

And I Only Am Escaped to Tell Thee: 4 'Flying Dutchman,' stars.

#11: Home is the Hangman: Excellent. 5 'Robot Revenge?' stars.

Twist in the end. Very thoughtful and philosophical.

Part way through, 'Home is the Hangman,' and getting 'Eye of Cat,' vibes with pursuit of the unstoppable hunter trope.

#7. Go Starless in the Night: Being frozen is not all it's cracked up to be.
#8. But Not the Herald: Pandora is inevitable.
#9. A Hand Across the Galaxy: Bleak, so bleak.
#10. The Force that ... Recusive physics rules ok?

I believe I've owned this book in paperback many many years ago.

#6 Dismal Light: A man reconciles with his father. 4 "Daddy Issues,' stars.

#3 Recital: Experimental writing. Didn't work for me. DNF'ed
#4 The Naked Matador: A man on the run meets a helpful and sexy Greek myth. 4 'Smirking Behind Sunglasses,' stars.
#5 The Parts That are Only Glimpsed: Three Reflexes: An essay on writing, I found relevant. 5 stars.

#2: The Last of the Wild Ones: The key question, is Murdock the villian of this piece? In an echo of the hunting of wild bison on the American plains to extinction an obsessed hunter tracks the last 'wild car,' to a final battle in a desolate canyon. 4 elegiac stars.

Took me a while to invest in the characters - hence -1 star.

#1: Unicorn Variations. 5 stars. Classic Zelazny fare.