Viewpoints Critical: Selected Stories | L. E. Modesitt

Viewpoints Critical: Selected Stories | L. E. Modesitt | Delightful and insightful

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	Viewpoints Critical: Selected Stories L. E. Modesitt Tor Books, 2008 - 352 pages average customer review:based on 2 reviews view larger image
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This is the first story collection ever from the bestselling fantasy and science fiction writer L. E. Modesitt, Jr. He began publishing as a short story writer in the SF magazines in the 1970s, mostly in Analog. Some of the earliest stories are kernels for his early SF novels, others display the wide range of his talents and interests, from satire to military adventure.

This collection includes selections of stories from his entire career, as well as three new stories that have never been published before: ?Black Ordermage,? set in the world of Modesitt?s bestselling Recluce series; ?Beyond the Obvious Wind,? set in his Corean Chronicles universe; and ?Always Outside the Lines,? which is related to the Ghosts of Columbia books.

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superb compilation

This enjoyable anthology contains nineteen previously published stories; three never published before including a Recluce tale; five from 1973 to 1990; the remainder since 2000. Two tales are set in the Recluce universe ("Black Ordermage" and "Sisters of Sarronym, Sisters of Westwind") require understanding of that realm to grasp what is fully going on; for die hard fans of that saga will enjoy finding out how Cassis became a Recluce. A "what if" tale set in the realm of the Corean Chronicles ("Beyond the Obvious Wind") in which the author's introduction explains that this was his pre-novel efforts to set some ground rules; though this does not require reading the Corean tales, it is fun to compare the changes from this original short to what followed. This reviewer's favorite contributions are "News Clips from the NYC Ruins" that is reminiscent of the 1960s cult film Fillard Millmore as an amusing cautionary tale that highlights the future downfall of the United States and 1973's "The Great American Economy" summed up by the author in his Introduction to this piece" "forecast some of what later became known as cybercrime ...". Although these are short stories, for the most part the characters are fully developed or developed enough to carry the tale. Fans of author will appreciate this superb compilation while newcomers obtain a taste of a terrific author.

Harriet Klausner

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Delightful and insightful

Viewpoints Critical was a delightful addition to the Modesitt collection. Having been a fan of his writing for nearly 20 years, this assortment of short stories were, as always, thought provoking and entertaining. I would have loved to have read a story on Erde, but it was not to be.
The stories were tight, quick and relatively easy to digest - at least on the surface. Strongly recommended, particularly to those who have read his work before. Perhaps less enjoyable for those who might pick read him for the first time.

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