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  • Inside Man & other science fictions

Inside Man & other science fictions

by H. L. Gold (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
3.0 out of 5 stars (1)
HUGO WINNING WRITER-EDITOR/NEBULA NOMINEE STORY Fabulous collection of classic humorous and satirical science fiction by legendary writer-editor H. L. Gold. Exclusively in e-book, this don't-miss volume rounds up Gold's uncollected work, including his Nebula Nominee story, "Inside Man." Readers will find fresh, new, delightfully fey wrinkles on ESP (as in "Inside Man" and "The Riches of Embarrassment); the tale of the wife of a pigmy chief whose subtle manipulations of colonial visitors inadvertently saves the world from itself ("The Transmogrification of Wamba's Revenge"); a man unlucky enough to achieve one of humankind's oldest dreams (He that Hath Wings")," two spacelanes con men who manage only fleece themselves ("Grifter's Asteroid") and the extraordinary short novel, "Some to Watch Over Me," a dark and haunting serio-comic inversion that stands traditional notions of hyperspace, monstrous aliens, true love, ambition, revenge, and human values on their heads. "There's nothing machine-made about the short stories and novelets of H. L. Gold. They're individual tales of odd notions, often proving once again that Mr. Gold is almost the only s.f. writer capable of creating lower and lower-middle class backgrounds (a relief, after all of s.f.'s potentates, plutocrats and technological elite)." –The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Gold's SF offers "witty entertainment" from a "sharp and perceptive intelligence." –The Science Fiction Source Book.
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  1. Print length
    193 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    PageTurner
  4. Accessibility
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  5. Publication date
    April 26, 2003
  6. File size
    333 KB
  7. Page Flip
    Enabled
  8. Word Wise
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  9. Enhanced typesetting
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Product details

  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B000FA672K
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ PageTurner
  • Accessibility ‏ : ‎ Learn more
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ April 26, 2003
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 333 KB
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 193 pages
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1588731814
  • Page Flip ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Best Sellers Rank: #4,478,787 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
  • Customer Reviews:
    3.0 out of 5 stars (1)

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  • Diplocaulus
    3 out of 5 stars
    cynical & black humored with space ships
    Reviewed in the United States on January 19, 2015
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    H. L. Gold wrote sci-fi that leans closer to the hardboiled and cynical than many of the genre's writers. His protagonists are decidedly in the gray area, working on slippery slopes and thin ice. They make deals with dark beings, cheat their way into getting space-business done, or use ancient magic moss to teach the world a lesson. Even the pure, angelic character of "He That Hath Wings" eventually succumbs to the way of the world.

    As with any anthology, not every story here is great—a few are pretty forgettable, and a couple are just goofy, but most were decent enough sci-fi yarns that showed some imagination. Perhaps my favorite in the collection was "Someone to Watch Over Me," where a space freighter makes a connection with mysterious beings from hyperspace to win the heart of his long-time crush (which may or may not have inspired the Wally Wood piece used for the collection's cover).

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