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By: Bookgasm » Novel Ideas: Fantasy

Bookgasm » Novel Ideas: Fantasy — Thu, 23 Mar 2006 20:04:12 +0000

[...] NOVEL IDEAS: FANTASY is an anthology of eight original short stories, which were eventually expanded by their authors into full-fledged novels. The concept is to show how these stories evolved from a complete brief episode into part of a whole of a more complex narrative. This is an interesting idea and a companion book for science fiction (conveniently titled NOVEL IDEAS: SCIENCE FICTION) is also available. [...]

By: Rod Lott

Rod Lott — Thu, 23 Mar 2006 01:58:43 +0000

Agreed, Brian. Your REEL STUFF anthology is out of print, but I enjoyed it last year when ibooks rereleased it as CYBERFILMS. I had written a review of it at some point; I'll have to dig it up.

By: Brian M. Thomsen

Brian M. Thomsen — Wed, 22 Mar 2006 20:33:27 +0000

Thank you for the reviews of both NOVEL IDEA books.
Like my previous book THE REEL STUFF, it is my sincere hope that these anthologies will provide a jumping off point for new or young or casual readers to develop a taste for works in the genre, sort of the appetizer sampler plate that might lead to larger more elaborate meals.

… and if that sliver of a taste, that short story, leads to a second or third helping, all the better.

All generations could do with a widespread outbreak of literary addiction … not just SF/F but all genres.

By: Ryun Patterson

Ryun Patterson — Wed, 22 Mar 2006 16:38:13 +0000

Strangely enough, as soon as I finished this review, I sat on the couch and the movie Millennium (based of the short story Air Raid in this collection) was on. Holy Craptacular! You’ve got to love Kristofferson, though.