Hit & Miss Anthology

As usual for anthologies, some are good, some are not. A few verge into fantasy instead of sci-fi, if that matters. A couple were strong right up to the end when they nosedived.

• Sojourn for Ephah • (2012) • novelette by Marina J. Lostetter = 2.5 stars (mostly good/weird; terrible ending)
• Brutal Interlude • (2011) • novelette by Wayne Wightman = 3 stars (but hated the end)
• Under the Shield • (2011) • novelette by Stephen Kotowych = 1 star (blah)
• Hologram Bride • (2009) • novella by Jackie Gamber = 4 stars
• The Curse of Sally Tincakes • (2012) • novelette by Brad R. Torgersen = 3 stars
• The Absence of Stars • (2009) • novelette by Greg Siewert = 4 stars
• Making Ender Smart • essay by Orson Scott Card = 1 star
• Mazer in Prison • [Ender's Universe] • (2005) • novelette by Orson Scott Card = 3 stars
• When I Kissed the Learned Astronomer • (2007) • novelette by Jamie Todd Rubin = 4 stars
• Body Language • (2009) • novelette by Mary Robinette Kowal = 3 stars
• Tabloid Reporter to the Stars • (2007) • novelette by Eric James Stone = 4 stars
• On Horizon's Shores • (2009) • novelette by Aliette de Bodard = 2.5 stars (another rough ending)

All of the audiobook narrators did a good job.

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Guess I'm not a novelette fan.

i thought the stories were well read/performed but I didn't like the way most of them ended. They spend a lot of time building the characters and story, then the ending is short with little detail leaving you hanging. I guess they leave it up to your own imagination but that is not what I want. Think I will stick to novels in the future. If novelettes are your thing I think will probably like this collection.

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has duplicate stories in it from first I.M.S. book

Tons of books in series already bought, cardinal sin! DONT REPUBLISH SAME STORIES MULTIPLE BOOKS!UGGGH!

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Super fun sci-fi stories!

Fun quick listen, some fun background stories to End’s game, and thought provoking stories me and my friends spent time talking about

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Entertaining

I found each story to be entertaining and well read by the story tellers and their presentation.

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Ugh

Sexist, salacious, outdated, unrealistic…these are ostensibly futuristic stories, yet the behaviors and attitudes are so out of step with society’s values, especially in light of Me Too, and everything that has happened to change the way we treat women; I literally had to stop listening in disgust.
The final straw was a story in which a government subsidized program “randomly” chooses citizens and televises every moment of their lives, EVERY INTIMATE MOMENT, in hi-def, from multiple angles. The more traumatic the subject finds this voyuerism, the higher the ratings. And of course, the higher the ratings the more rewards the subject can receive. The subject is offered a panoply of drugs, and the show’s emcee, it’s celebrity host, assaults her “over her clothes” whenever she’s unconscious.
Nope.
It’s free, and I guess if you’re bored some weird old Sci-fi might be fun…but if it’s that’s your situation, grab some Heinlein or better yet, some old Sci-fi Hall of Fames; loaded with big ideas and classic stories that inspired generations of writers. O.S.C. isn’t a complete waste of time, but this anthology is.

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Some of the stories are in the other OSCIGMS

While these stories aren't completely terrible, several are duplicates from the other Orson Scott Card's Intergalactic Medicine Show. It was very disappointing to hear the same stories again, since I thought I was buying a separate set.
As for the stories themselves, I was not overly impressed by any of them, but they were somewhat interesting.

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Needs the author's notes at the end

not sure why they're not included here. I always enjoyed them and the collection is lesser because of it.

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Amazing collection!

Collections are usually some anchors and a bunch of fillers. I enjoyed every one in this collection.

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Little science fiction, mostly interpersonal talk.

Very little science fiction. A great deal of frequently argumentative interpersonal talk not advancing a science fiction plot. Very disappointing.

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