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Essential Reading in Science Fiction Kindle Edition

by David Scholes (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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The book contains a huge variety of short science fiction stories running almost the full gamut of the genre. In Battle at Time's End Fate clashes with the successor to Time's Guardian. The child of an alien shapeshifter father and Earth mother is of considerable importance to human history in The Shifter Child. In Star Ravagers impossibly alien life forms seek to consume our Sun, while in Final Revenge the rape of future humanity is avenged. An extradimensional visitor seeks to help an Earth besieged by both aliens and alien gods in A Long Way From Home. While to the advanced inhabitants of Drandor, Visitor 51347 is not at all what he seems to be. And much more.

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The author has written over 140 speculative fiction short stories in the 7 years he has been writing speculative fiction. His publications include seven collections of short stories and two novellas. All of which are on Amazon. For some years he has been a regular contributor to both the Antipodean SF and the Beam Me Up Pod cast sites. In more recent times he has also become a regular contributor to the Farther Stars Than These site. He has also been published on a variety of other sci-fi sites including Bewildering Stories, 365 Tomorrows and the former Golden Visions magazine. He has written three sci-fi series: the 12 part "Alien Hunter" series for then Golden Visions Magazine in 2011/12, the "Trathh" series for the Beam Me Up Pod Cast site in 2012/13, and the "Human Hunter" series also for the Beam Me Up site in 2014/15.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B007KMDW9M
Publisher ‏ : ‎ (March 14, 2012)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ March 14, 2012
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 451 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 249 pages

Best Sellers Rank: #4,043,724 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #9,083 in Science Fiction Anthologies (Kindle Store)
- #16,306 in Science Fiction Anthologies (Books)

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I have written over 220 short stories in the 12 years or so that I have been writing speculative fiction.

My sci-fi author face book page is here: http://www.facebook.com/pages/David-K-Scholes-Science-Fiction-Author/127467717269583?sk=wall&filter=12

My publications include nine collections of speculative fiction short stories and two science fiction novellas. All of which are here on Amazon.

For some years now I have been a regular contributor to the Antipodean SF, Beam Me Up Pod Cast, and Farther Stars Than These speculative fiction sites and am becoming a regular contributor to 365 Tomorrows. I have also been published on a variety of other speculative sites including Bewildering Stories, the WiFiles site and the former Golden Visions magazine.

I have written three sci-fi series: the 12 part "Alien Hunter" series for then Golden Visions Magazine in 2011/12, the "Trathh" series for the Beam Me Up Pod Cast site in 2012/13 and the "Human Hunter" series also for the Beam Me Up Pod Cast site in 2014/15.

My very latest book is a collection of fast paced action packed science fiction and science fantasy short stories entitled "Contingency Nine and Other Science Fiction Stories" published via Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing.

I'm currently working on a new collection of science fiction short stories as yet unnamed.

Cheers!

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Dr. Johnson C. Philip

I love science fiction

Reviewed in the United States on September 26, 2014

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I love science fiction. It fascinates me. There were only a few of them to choose from when I started reading them six decades ago. The problem today is an over-abundance of sci fi in an unbelievable range of genres. Thus there is a tendency to get lost. What is more, not even the most voracious reader can keep in touch with all of it.

Essential Reading kind of books are a great help in such cases, though not everyone will agree with everything that was selected or not selected. The same is true of this collection also.

I read the volume without any prejudice as to what ought to be and what not ought to be included -- mostly to get a different perspective. I must say that I enjoyed the book very much because of my perspective. Good selection!!

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Leon Ramakers

Disappointing.

Reviewed in the United States on April 22, 2015

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Not having read any of David Sholes work before, I was very disappointed in his stories in this book. They mostly had the potential to be good novelettes, but stopped way too early, just as I was starting to get used to the characters and storyline. Very irritating. If David has any full novels, I'd be interested in taking a look at them.

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Kyle Tolman

solid

Reviewed in the United States on May 7, 2015

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Solid old school sci -fi

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JLD

Essential Reading in Science Fiction by David Scholes seems to be neither of these.

Reviewed in the United States on July 30, 2012

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Essential Reading in Science Fiction by David Scholes seems to be neither of these.

I purchased this e-book and I read these all straight through to the very end.

This appears to be a collection of 24 stories that could very well stand alone. Yet there is this convoluted thread that runs through them all to make it look like a disjointed effort to make a novel.

I say this because the first story has a character named Urrle who at one place gets miss named as Earle. Earle seems to be a recurring character through out. And there are threads of Asgard myth's with Odin and Thor in prominence. And there is some almost faceless benevolent but non interfering alien race called the Brell. So, it becomes difficult at best to divorce these from one another. There are some other names recurring but often with disturbing conflicted time lines - such as Chris and Jenny.

This is what creates the rather disjointed whole at best.
It's not that these might not be good stories its just that my limited intelligence kept having me say "Huh" straight through to the end. I tried in my mind to break them up into their separate selves but that was just worse.
Maybe one of the people with glowing recommendations could help me out here.

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Jraussie

Shades of Peter Hamilton

Reviewed in the United States on November 2, 2013

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If you're a fan of Perter Hamilton then try this collection of short stories. Scholes has the same universe-building talent with the added bonus of short stories that are easier to wrap the mind around and a nice collection of characters to become attached to. A novel in this universe would be great with these stories as its basis. One question...Why was Jenny so important?

Reviewed in the United States on April 5, 2013

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I'm sorry the writing just isn't very good. The stories miss some level of detail and gloss over things that would serve the setting well to explain.

It wasn't a fun read.

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Peter

Just not gripping

Reviewed in the United States on April 7, 2013

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I managed to get around halfway through before giving up on this book. Early on there were some interesting short stories, but overall the quality was lacking.

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Fast fun!

Reviewed in the United States on May 2, 2017

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I enjoyed this collection as it was full of similar and slightly familiar shorts that took only minutes to read in some cases. It is a fast paced read and is great for a break anywhere you might be.

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patrick murphy

Five Stars

Reviewed in Canada on April 5, 2016

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ken

Great reading to take you into others worlds

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 13, 2014

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Great reading to take you into others worlds. I am an avid sci fi reader have been all my life this book is good reading and would recommend it unreservedly

bluebird

return to sci-fi

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 9, 2013

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This is the first sci-fi book I've read for many a year.I used to really enjoy the short stories,there was some very clever writing with often a surprising twist at the end. Unfortunately,this book gave me none of the forementioned. I found them totally uninvolving and i'm ashamed to say I didn't finish the book,something I very rarely do.

DENNIS

Interesting

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 22, 2021

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Very super hero type science fiction and fantasy quite simplistic and short at times the hero always wins some interesting new ideas and well worth reading.

A. Butler

thor is great, yeah we got that

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 8, 2014

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Well, while I read the whole book in a short while it was curiosity rather than en-rapt attention.

There are two basic themes to the series of stories in this book. Thor protecting the Earth and Aliens invading the Earth. The stories use the same character names again and again very few times are they referring to the same actual character though.

The stories revolve around the basic idea that invaders will get their comeuppance and that Thor is truly great and powerful.

I got the book free courtesy of ebooklister.net and it was worth what I paid.

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