To Outlive Eternity - Review
To Outlive Eternity - by Poul Anderson - is a very old (1967 - older than me!) collection of short stories.
It was a wonderful book, full of memorable stories. I find it a bit hard to comment on the stories, since I'm afraid to give away any spoilers.
The first story - To Outlive Eternity - is a awesome story on a ramscoop that can't stop - and will have to go beyond the local eternity to stop (I realize the phrase is a bit dorky, but, again, I'm trying to avoid spoilers).
The sequence after the big wars (starting with the second story) goes through some military sequences, through the UN-man super-agent stories. They aren't only good as stand-alone tales, they also fit very well together.
The tale of the Earth destroyed and the remaining man seeking vengeance is hardly unique, but it was pretty good too. As with many of the other stories, the fact this is an old book shows (no mixed gender crews!), but I felt that the prediction mistakes were far outweighed by the cool ideas Anderson invents throughout this book.
I completely recommend this one. It's interesting to note that it's also available through Webscriptions . If you get it on a pack, it's pretty cheap.
It was a wonderful book, full of memorable stories. I find it a bit hard to comment on the stories, since I'm afraid to give away any spoilers.
The first story - To Outlive Eternity - is a awesome story on a ramscoop that can't stop - and will have to go beyond the local eternity to stop (I realize the phrase is a bit dorky, but, again, I'm trying to avoid spoilers).
The sequence after the big wars (starting with the second story) goes through some military sequences, through the UN-man super-agent stories. They aren't only good as stand-alone tales, they also fit very well together.
The tale of the Earth destroyed and the remaining man seeking vengeance is hardly unique, but it was pretty good too. As with many of the other stories, the fact this is an old book shows (no mixed gender crews!), but I felt that the prediction mistakes were far outweighed by the cool ideas Anderson invents throughout this book.
I completely recommend this one. It's interesting to note that it's also available through Webscriptions . If you get it on a pack, it's pretty cheap.
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