If you like 60's-70's SF...

[eric_hinkle]

Then you'll love Infinite Space, Infinite God IIThe rest is from the author on one of the stories with his permission

Comments

[jairus_greywolf]

I'll add that to my list of books to get. Ken and HH make a good writing team.

[eric_hinkle]

I hope you enjoy it. Did you ever read the first ISIG? That has one of their stories too, from the same series as in ISIG II.

[jairus_greywolf]

No, I need to get that one as well. I had a copy of short stories by HH that I got from him at the U&G party one year but it along with several art prints I bought never made it back with me. Somehow they got lost (or stolen) :/

[eric_hinkle]

I think I know what book you're talking about; I have a copy myself and I think it's available through Lulu or some such site. I'll check with Heavy.

Okay to link to this?

[pennyyak]

Eric:

Any problems with this (right sidebar)? If so, I will alter, delete, whatever. http://pennyyak.blogspot.com/

Re: Okay to link to this?

[eric_hinkle]

No, no, it looks fine! Thank you so very much for linking to a story of mine; I'm very flattered!

Take care!

A bit of analysis about ISIG2

[anonymous]

1) Unlike ISIG1, there are NO near-future Persecution Dystopias. The closest to these are the general dystopian background of "Cathedral" and the African War Zone Hellhole of "Tin Servants". And both of these have optimistic endings; just with some Dark Times between now and then.

2) The majority have human (or at least human-appearing semihuman) casts. (In "Tenniel", the Rytharians are human, regressed descendants of a lost colony.) The only four which have actual alien characters are "An Exercise in Logic", "Battle of the Narthex", "Frankie Phones Home", and "Dyads".
2.1) "An Exercise in Logic" is a puzzle story like the ones where a starting-out Poul Anderson made his bones as an SF author. Basically a logic puzzle with a story built around it.
2.2) In "Battle of the Narthex", the aliens onstage (and implied others) are actually a "lost race" offshoot of humans, similar to the Vilani and Zhodani in Traveller. Alien but not alien (and the main character is to Maximus from Gladiator -- both in background and corruption of

Re: A bit of analysis about ISIG2

[eric_hinkle]

Well, if there's a shortage of aliens, at least there's "Dyads" to make up for it. And thanks for posting further explanations for the stories.

Re: A bit of analysis about ISIG2

[anonymous]

Another story to keep an eye on is the Cyberpunk representative of the anthology, "Otherworld."

Set in a future full-sensory version of Second Life, it deals with a priest starting one of the first Virtual Chapels in that chunk of Cyberspace, with the accompanying strangeness. I'd like to see it become a series; there's a LOT of potential there.

Re: A bit of analysis about ISIG2

[eric_hinkle]

Yes, that's another one I really want to see.

Shortage of aliens?

[anonymous]

I'm not sure I'd call it a "shortage" of aliens. We tried to get a wide range of science fiction subgenres, including time-travel, cyberpunk/virtual reality, clones/genetic engineering, robots/androids, human empires in the stars, near-future, aliens and space opera. Aliens are pretty well represented when taken among the whole.

(Not taking offense, just stating for the record. :-) )

Blessings,

Karina Fabian
editor, Infinite Space, Infinite God I and II
www.isigsf.com

Re: Shortage of aliens?

[eric_hinkle]

Okay, and thanks for the correction. I guess I'll just have to wait until I get and read a copy for myself so I can post my own review here and elsewhere.

And I hope the book sells very well!