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Lädt ... The Dark Between the Starsvon Poul Anderson
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The third story 'Eutopia' first appeared in Harlan Ellison's 'Dangerous Visions' and so would be expected to be provocative. Anderson plays with the readers preconceived notions in this parallel world story and one doesn't hit the ick until the very last sentence, and in fact the very last word. Yuck. Then in another story we have a soldier subject to genital mutilation who is forced to betray his country in this spy game People's Republic of America alternate history story. The title of this collection may be the dark between the stars but it is more like the dark between the words. Dystopian futures and alternate / parallel worlds are a recurring theme.
Generally these are very well written stories but the subject matter and/or the 'twist' was not to my liking in too many. I would not really recommend this collection, although 'Call Me Joe' is a classic of the genre, which I have read before and was worth a reread. Also on the plus side, The Voortrekkers, although rather short, captures the excitement of future deep space pioneers in an unusual way. The personalities of the explorers are stored and then implanted in new bodies when the destination is reached across many light years in space. I think of it as like the Star Trek transporter system in a different use. Here though one must re-acclimate to the recreated body. (I like also Anderson's co-opting the term 'Voortrekkers' for the title of this story of man's migration into space.)
The better stories seem to be in the second half of the book beginning with Voortrekkers. Gibraltar Falls was a rather fun and exciting trip into the past.
There is also a very good afterword in this collection which is oddly placed three stories before the end!
The bulk of the stories collected here are award winning and/or have been anthologized in many different collections.
The included stories are:
Foreword • (1981) • essay by Poul Anderson
The Sharing of Flesh • (1968) • novelette
Fortune Hunter • (1972) • short story
Eutopia • (1967) • novelette
The Pugilist • (1973) • novelette
Night Piece • (1961) • short story
The Voortrekkers • (1974) • novelette
Afterword by Poul Anderson
Gibraltar Falls • (1975) • short story
Windmill • Maurai • (1973) • novelette
Call Me Joe • (1957) • novelette ( )