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Wandering Stars [Hardcover]

Jack Dann (Author)
4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)

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  • Hardcover: 239 pages
  • Publisher: Harper & Row; [1st ed.] edition (1974)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0060109440
  • ISBN-13: 978-0060109448
  • Product Dimensions: 21.3 x 14.2 x 2.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,740,693 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Delightful, escapist, Jewish-culture fastasies 8 July 1998
By A Customer
Format:Paperback
This 25th anniversary edition is very welcome. My 1974 paperback, which I have cherished and handled with care, deserves to be retired. My husband and I never tire of rereading some of the stories. His favorite is Malamud's "The Jewbird" and mine is Singer's "Jachid and Jechidah".
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5.0 out of 5 stars a well-deserved reprint - highly recommended 22 May 1998
By A Customer
Format:Paperback
This book has been long out of print (the copyright is 1974), so I'm very glad to see it back in print.

This is a collection of classic short stories by some great writers, both in and out of the SF field. They include William Tenn, Avram Davidson, Isaac Asimov, Carol Carr, Robert Silverberg, Horace L. Gold, Pamela Sargent, Bernard Malamud, George Alec Effinger, Robert Sheckley, and Isaac Bashevis Singer. It's notable also for the only laugh-out-loud story that I've ever read from Harlan Ellison.

My only complaint, if you could call it that, is that a newer version of this anthology is long overdue. I recommend this book highly and without reservations.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Left Me Wondering 19 April 2009
By Dean Cowan
Format:Kindle Edition
This is a very enjoyable and sometimes challenging collection of short-stories by Jewish Science Fiction and fantasy authors. They tend to fall into three categories of story types. The folkloric such as Avram Davidson's two frightening stories " The Golem" and " Goslin Day" as well as the more famous works of Bernard Malamud's satire "The Jew-Bird" and I.B. Singer's mysterious " Jachid and Jachida". The second category is the taking of familiar Jewish themes such as assimilation and confused identities and working them into a science fiction format, the most intelligent being the hilarious " The Dybukk of Mazel Tov IV" by Robert Siverberg and the Orwellian " Paradise Last " by Geo.Alec Effinger. Then there is those that fall outside of the first two categories and are more inventive such as the idea of the talking city in Robert Sheckley's " Street of Dreams, Feet of Clay" and the psychic child of a holocaust survivor in Pamela Sargeant's " Gather Blue Roses" which probably ranks as my personal favourite in this strong collection. The rest including works by some famous writers fall short of the others mentioned and this is mainly due to the fact that many secular Jewish writers seem to find it hard to write Jewish characters without resorting to over used Jewish stereotypes. The hectoring wife/smoothering mother, the put upon shlemiel of a father who can also be a grobber vulgarian when he wants to be.It becomes tiresome to read dialogue which starts with " Nu?" even if it is put into the mouth of an orthodox Jewish alien with a caterpillar body and several arms. The frequency of this lets an otherwise excellent collection down.However I would recommend this book for the the vast entertainment value it provides.
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