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Writers Of The Future: Volume XXVIII (Large Print 16pt) (2013)

by L. Ron Hubbard(Favorite Author)

3.54 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

1459655273 (ISBN13: 9781459655270)

languge

English

genre

Fantasy

publisher

ReadHowYouWant

review 1: Finally its on here, I've had this for months XDI really enjoyed all of these though some were way to odd for me but good none the less! The illustrations were pretty nice too! Some were gorgeous and other really cool looking!I loved meeting Roy Hardin -he is such a nice guy- at Books-A-Million while he was doing signings back in June! His short "Fast Draw" was the best to me to and I had seriously wished it had been a full novel, I hope he writes more because he is amazing!!!!
review 2: This is the first time I've read one of these anthologies- I can see I've been missing out!No bad stories here, though some were more polished than others. To mention a few:"The Siren" by M.O. Muriel was truly weird and surreal; nicely paced, though, as our understanding of wha... moret was going on tracked the events quite tightly."Contact Authority" by William Mitchell was a good first-contact story with a twist. Nicely done in the first-contact aspects, and the galactic ramifications were interesting and well-thought-out.I'm not sure what to think about "My Name is Angela" (Harry Lang), except that it will stay with me for quite a while. it was an intense and compelling read.These stories were the high points for me, though I did enjoy several of the others. A few of them, though, were pretty predictable- "The Command for Love" by Nick T. Chan, for example, and the first 2 stories. And "While Ireland Holds These graves" by Tom Doyle just never really came together; I think there was too much world background needed, and not enough was included.Unfortunately, we only get to see small grayscale versions of the winning illustrator's work, and that's really not enough to make any informed opinions on it- color would make such a difference!This MMPB is also ungainly- it is too big to even open comfortably without cracking the spine, and a number of the pages had printing so close to the binding that it was difficult to read. If one really must make such a huge MMPB, being careful to have sufficient margins toward the spine is vital to keep it readable.I appreciate all the effort that went into writing and collecting these stories and illustrations, and for the most part I enjoyed this collection more than most anthologies i read. less

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