What does this mean?Pros & Cons
Pros
How humanity squabbles among its governments and cultures is one of the highlights of this tale. A good anthology. Yet, greedy me wants more!
I am always surprised that peter cawdron doesn't have an exponentially larger audience given his talent. Peter constantly delivers great work, but short stories are tough because you just can't get enough development in. This is not disappointing.
Smart and funny, a delight to read. Keep up the good work pete. Fantastic read, such a variety. Go buy them.
Cawdron's writing is reminiscent of carl sagan in its intensity and passion. He's incredibly prolific so there’s a variety of stories by him out there for anyone to enjoy. When i read a story by him, i know i'm getting a thoughtful, engaging and versa... Read More
Cons
Lame short story. Left too many questions unanswered. Lame story. Too many questions left unanswered.
Highlights
Quality
Im a huge peter cawdron fan and the quality of writing like always is superb
A pretty good collection of sf short stories with the theme of ‘first contact’ and one or two ring ins
At first i was upset with the ending
Some good ideas with the usual sf focus on curiosity and adventure
Price
I bought this without reading anything or even noticing the price was low because hey its peter cawdron
Packaging/appearance
Lots of good science thrown into the mix as well
Competitiveness
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Not a fan of short stories generally because i like to get the characters more
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Mostly lighthearted and optimistic lacking the harsh dissonances that have become more common
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I thought this was a book but its not
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Several of them have interesting twists at the end so the conclusion isnt what you think its going to be
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
So i hate anthologies and yet after reading this collective of stories i still hate anthologies
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But thats because when you get hit by so many good stories all at once under the same book cover it gets frustrating to want more of a certain world or reality that gets presented
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Such is the case with cawdrons collection of stories
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No i still dont like anthologies
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