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The short story that started them all.
This collection has been created for over thirty years, and I can tell volume 3 was early on, because while the stories were all complete and written well, there were only a few that were very good. Whereas, volume 31 had many excellent stories. I appreciated the essays included throughout this volume, discussing SF writing, and enjoyed the informative and useful tips. The short, short story at the end was fantastic - "Resonance Ritual" by Paula May. Oh, something else I was surprised by and fel...
This is a collection of science fiction and fantasy stories from amateur and (previously) unpublished writers, that have done well in a contest judged by professional and well published writers. Although this competition is known for discovering several well known authors, and some of the authors in this volume did go on to successful writing careers, there's a reason that most of them were unpublished at the time of this book, and remained only lightly published thereafter.I'm usually pretty ea...
I don't think there was anything I actively hated, but some stories stood out more than others. 'The Language of the Sea' was great and I'd love to visit that world again in a longer story or novel. I thought the same of 'Resonance Ritual' - the background of that would make a great story in itself. I liked 'Jacobs Ladder' too. The writing tips were useful too and I enjoyed reading them as much as the stories.