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The River of Time [Kindle Edition]

David Brin (Author)
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The River of Time brings together twelve of David Brin’s stories , including The Crystal Spheres, which won the Hugo Award for Best Science Fiction Short Story of the year. Here are powerful tales of heroism and humanity, playful excursions into realms of fancy, and profound meditations on time, memory, and our place in the universe.

Who guides our fate? And can we ever hope to wrest control for ourselves? The Loom of Thessaly merges classical mythology with impudent modern spirit in a science fiction classic that speculates on the nature of reality.

Thor Meets Captain America offers an alternate history exploring a chilling scenario behind the Holocaust. In this parallel world, the Nazis narrowly avoid defeat in World War II when they are championed by the gods of the Norse Pantheon.

Read these and other speculations into the future of humanity in The River of Time.

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  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • File Size: 533 KB
  • Print Length: 281 pages
  • Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited
  • Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B007EISOKY
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
  • X-Ray: Not Enabled
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #65,718 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

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5.0 out of 5 stars This collection made a believer of me 3 July 2012
By James Crain - Published on Amazon.com
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Prior to reading this anthology, I'd read two of David Brin's 'Uplift' novels. Those were OK but could have been better, I thought. Nonetheless, they were good enough I decided to try this collection.

I'm glad I did. Brin is *great* in the short story format. I enjoyed all the stories here and I have concluded (for the time being) that Brin's a better short story writer than a novelist.

I don't say that to take anything away from Brin. In my view, Larry Niven fits into that same category. Niven's novels are entertaining but his short stories are outstanding. Brin and Niven's short tales remind me of Ted Chiang's (who's the ne plus ultra of sci-fi short story authors IMO).
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Some fascinating short stories. 25 Nov 2012
By William T. Reynolds - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase
David Brin is a cleaver writer and the short story genere is an excellent medium for new ideas unencumbered by the character and plot development in a longer work. I liked Brin's commentary on each short story. Only 4 stars because one short story was shifted in my Kindle so it was unreadable. It is worth 5 stars in paper.
3.0 out of 5 stars Short Stories Come Up Short 5 Jun 2013
By E. Joseph Anna - Published on Amazon.com
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As with all anthologies, there is the problem of having some "misses" among the "hits". But I am afraid that David Brin has more misses with this opus. I was raised reading short stories of Asimov, Heinlein, and Clarke, among others, and I got used to seeing stories that come to a logical or satisfying conclusion. Often times Brin's stories just stop, leaving this reader thinking "and what's your point?" Of the twelve short stories, three are memorable: the title story "River of Time", "Loom of Thessaly", and "Crystal Spheres". These are sold separately, but it may be cheaper to buy the volume. One story, "News from 2025: A Glitch in Medicine Cabinet 3.5", had its own glitch on my Kindle Fire in that the last several words of each line were cut off. I can't imagine that is what the author intended, but one can never tell for sure.
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