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Identity Theft And Other Stories (2008)

by Robert J. Sawyer(Favorite Author)

3.72 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0889954127 (ISBN13: 9780889954120)

languge

English

genre

Science Fiction

publisher

Red Deer Press

review 1: I had not paid attention when I picked the book up and thought I was reading an anthology of identity theft stories though was puzzled as the individual authors were not being credited and why the anthology editor kept writing about himself so much. It was only after a few stories that I realized it’s a collection but it also shows how good Robert Sawyer is at writing in a “different hand” for each story. The first few stories are about identity theft in one form or another.All of the stories are science fiction with one exception which is “Driving a Bargain” which would be a haunting or horror story. Many of the stories are thought provoking and in that sense are the best of what science fiction should be. My favorite was “Flashes” which explores a possible ... moreconsequence to an intelligent alien race deciding to send messages to Earth that are essentially the contents of a galactic encyclopedia.
review 2: I liked most of the stories in the book except for Shed Skin which I already read and hated as it made no sense (see below) The title story was an okay mystery and the stories Flashes and the Aurora Award winner Ineluctable were really good and gave one a lot to think about.The problem with Shed Skin and its novel expansion Mindscan:If you get a robot created with your memories and then retire to the moon to die, what exactly is the benefit for you other than knowing a robot with your memories is now bothering your family and friends? less

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