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A Logic Named Joe |
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| edited by introduction by Barry Malzberg Baen, New York; 2004 |
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| A Logic Named Joe is an excellent collection of Murray Leinster, not least because it includes The Pirates of Zan, one of my lifelong favorite novels — the perfect space-pirate novel. Altogether there are three novels and three short pieces, first published from 1935 to 1964; one of the novels is fantasy, all the others are science fiction:
A rather different cross-section of Murray Leinster's work than in recent big collections of Leinster, First Contacts (from NESFA) or Planets of Adventure (from Baen), or the series collection Med Ship (from Baen). All of these are worth reading, but for an introduction to Leinster, I think I'd recommend A Logic Named Joe. Baen does their usual thoughtful service of providing the stories' publishing history, with original magazine dates and alternate titles. Few publishers bother with this, or strive to get it correct. (We leave aside those who falsely trumpet "first time in paperback" and similar falsehoods.) A worthwhile and distinctive assortment: innovative, thoughtful, and funny — often at the same time. I highly recommend it.
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© 2006 Robert Wilfred Franson |
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