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nwhyte's review
adventurous
challenging
dark
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Peter Davison's Book of Alien Planets (1983), on the other hand, contains eight stories, only two of which are original - one by the editor, and one by Mary Gentle, who at that time had published only one novel, A Hawk in Silver, several years before; she had two more stories published in Asimov's that in 1983, and of course has never looked back. The others are all classics by the likes of Emond Hamilton, Ray Bradbury and two by Arthur C. Clarke, "The Star" and "History Lesson". From Davison's foreword, it appears that these were very much chosen by him as personal favourites. Most of them have a grim twist at the end. It is the more solid of the two anthologies, but you are more likely to have the stories in it.
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