Mar. 10th, 2009

Books

Mar. 10th, 2009 09:15 pm
dsrtao: dsr as a LEGO minifig (Default)
_Ten Sigmas, and Other Unlikelihoods_, Paul Melko

A collection of short stories (one pretty long, and one novella) from the author of _Singularity's Ring_ and _The Walls of the Universe_, both of which I liked.

I suppose it's a good sampler of Melko: the first chapters of each of those novels are contained herein as standalone stories. There is also a later chapter from _Ring_ and a story that was excised from the finished novel.

The remainder of the stories range from meh to very good; overall, I liked it. Nothing stood out as superlative, but there's something to be said for competent storytelling, and that something is "thank you".

Books

Mar. 10th, 2009 09:15 pm
dsrtao: dsr as a LEGO minifig (Default)
_Ten Sigmas, and Other Unlikelihoods_, Paul Melko

A collection of short stories (one pretty long, and one novella) from the author of _Singularity's Ring_ and _The Walls of the Universe_, both of which I liked.

I suppose it's a good sampler of Melko: the first chapters of each of those novels are contained herein as standalone stories. There is also a later chapter from _Ring_ and a story that was excised from the finished novel.

The remainder of the stories range from meh to very good; overall, I liked it. Nothing stood out as superlative, but there's something to be said for competent storytelling, and that something is "thank you".
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