Reviews for Paragons

The average rating for Paragons based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2009-05-01 00:00:00 Sukhbir Basra The stories are okay to good, the author commentary about each story is the really valuable part. I get a brief inspirational buzz after reading something by an author about writing where I can imagine myself writing, but then get bogged down in coming up with story, characters, and dialogue (are those really necessary?). Most entertaining is Bruce Sterling's guide to the way SF workshop attendees talk about stories (a version is here ). Ronald Moore should have read this one: "Adam and Eve Story Nauseatingly common subset of the "Shaggy God Story" in which a terrible apocalypse, spaceship crash, etc., leaves two survivors, man and woman, who turn out to be Adam and Eve, parents of the human race!!"

Review # 2 was written on 2010-10-14 00:00:00 Craig Beaver For those who dream (or do) write either hard or soft science fiction, this is an exceedingly well-chosen group of authors and stories, accompanied by clear essays explaining selected aspects of their personal writing process. I might not have read some of these authors but the editor won over my confidence with the early selections in the book--something that I thought all editors knew to do (but too many don't).