Book Review: Oceans Of Space

Reviewed By: Harriet Klausner

Oceans Of Space     Amazon US PB Amazon Canada PB
Brian M. Thomsen , Martin H. Greenberg
Class/Genre:   Science Fiction   [Short Stories]
Daw, Mar 2002, $6.99, 320 pp.

This collection of sixteen tales uses the seas as its basic setting, but not always Earth’s waterways as the locale. The stories are divided into three major categories. "Legend of the High Seas and Spaceways" takes the readers through four adventures in the cosmos or on the edge of future science. "Proto-Pirates of the Galaxy and Beyond" provides the audience with six "pirates in space" stories. "Commodores and Commanders of the Cosmos" includes six tales about crews sailing the seas of the galaxies.

All sixteen tales are well written with contributions by some of science fiction’s best authors. Each tale is unique and different as the metaphor that space is a vast ocean is met with vigor and imagination. Readers will want to take this sea cruise.

Harriet Klausner

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