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"But you can't steal first base!" he says to the girl who amusingly insists that she's just arrived from Altair V. "It's not possible!""Why not?" she says. "In fact, that's given me an idea."He doesn't know she has a time machine.
Aunque la carrera de Robert F. Young se extendió a lo largo de 30 años, esta colección abarca apenas 7, los que van desde 1955 a 1962. Sin haber leído nada fuera de ese intervalo, es difícil hacerse una idea de lo representativos que pueden ser, pero invitan a abrir la cuestión de si fue otro buen artesano de la ciencia ficción caído entre líneas de la historia del género, o si en la escritura de relatos llegó a estar en la categoría de los Matheson, Sheckley, Bradbury...Hay en The Worlds of Rob...
Not all stories can end up being as fantastic as his "The Dandelion Girl" but there are many great short stories that leave a great impression upon the reader.
I got this late 60's collection through inter-library loan simply to read one story in it. I have 2 stories by Mr. Young on my "to read" short fiction list and figured I'd track them down. Robert F. Young seems to have written mostly science fiction but somehow "A Drink Of Darkness" wound up on my list (in the specific, I don;t remember how, in the general, I have a vague idea but discussing it would give away the end of the story.So, "A Drink Of Darkness", from 1962, is the tale of a broken dow...
I can’t help but feel a sense of awe whenever I pick up a good out-of-print book. Besides the fact that I’m one of the few privileged readers who have access to it, there’s also a profound sense of “reverence” in coming to grips with the author’s work. It’s still a mystery that little attention from the American media has been given to Robert Franklin Young; I only knew who he was after viewing the TV anime for Clannad and RahXephon. Details into Young’s life are also shrouded in obscurity — it
Short story collection. Some science fiction, some apeculative fiction. Somce themes on marketing and consumerism. Several stories involving poetry. Some interesting perspectives / story lines.
