L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 30
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Celebrate New Writers and New Winners. Writers of the Future: Volume 30. This is your window into incredible worlds of wizardry, warfare and wonder. This is your escape into fantastic realms of the human mind lurking just beyond your imagination ... and reaching deep into your wildest dreams. This is your ticket to tomorrow. Celebrate the future of science fiction and fantasy ... now. "Keep the Writers of the Future going. It's what keeps sci-fi alive." --Orson Scott Card. Included: Bonus short stories by Orson Scott Card, Mike Resnick and L. Ron Hubbard plus a color spread highlighting the story illustrations.
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The 30th edition of the Writers of the Future anthology, collecting the year's winning authors and illustrators.
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Any anthology is a chancy thing, even those – like this one – with no theme. Naturally, some stories are better than others. Invariably, some are good, some are not. I fully support the concept of anthologies that bring to light new authors, even when, as this one, they come with some philosophical baggage.
Unfortunately, in this volume, the newly arrived amateurs come off second best to the few stories by seasoned vetarans – Orson Scott Card and Mike Resnick in particular. There are some good stories here, but none, to be honest that made me sit up and say, “I've got to find more by this author.” There's some promise here – from writers like Leena Likitalo, Megan O'Keefe, C. Stuart Hardwick, and Liz Colter – but no real moments of brilliance. The artwork is often nice.
