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reading (The 7 Deadly Sins of Science Fiction)
I finished "The 7 Deadly Sins of Science Fiction" last week, Tuesday I think. The only story from the collection that I remember reading before was Isaac Asimov's "Galley Slave". Even though I'd read it before I enjoyed encountering it again. This collection was ostensibly based on the deadly sins, but in some cases it seemed like a passing or minor theme. Most of the stories were interesting. Only Frederick Pohl's two stories on gluttony seemed to go on too long and hit the same points too hard. That said, I think the world proposed in the first one is an insightful twist. It's probably more spot on today than it was in 1954. Amazing considering it was a social and economic commentary published in 1954.
Were published from the mid 1950's to the early 1970's, so they all tend to have an old style feel. The pace is slow and the description sharp. There is a preponderance of male characters and most of the females minor characters. Judith Merril's "Peeping Tom" does turn that on its head a bit, enjoyably so and Pohl's "The Man Who Ate The World" quietly pokes fun at the ego of male shown in both main characters.
40. "The 7 Deadly Sins of Science Fiction" Edited by Asimov, Waugh, & Greenberg
Were published from the mid 1950's to the early 1970's, so they all tend to have an old style feel. The pace is slow and the description sharp. There is a preponderance of male characters and most of the females minor characters. Judith Merril's "Peeping Tom" does turn that on its head a bit, enjoyably so and Pohl's "The Man Who Ate The World" quietly pokes fun at the ego of male shown in both main characters.
40. "The 7 Deadly Sins of Science Fiction" Edited by Asimov, Waugh, & Greenberg