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| Forbidden Planets | 
 enlarge | Creators: Stephen Baxter, Peter Crowther, Ray Bradbury
Publisher: DAW
Category: Book
List Price: $7.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 361640
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 320
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 6.7 x 4.2 x 1
ISBN: 0756403308
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.0876208
EAN: 9780756403300
ASIN: 0756403308
Publication Date: November 7, 2006
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Product Description
An anthology of science fiction short stories by some of today's top authors to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the science fiction film classic Forbidden Planet. Filled to the brim with provocative tales of worlds where humans were never meant to go.
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excellent homage to the landmark science fiction movie Forbidden Planet November 18, 2006
13 out of 14 found this review helpful
Paying homage to the landmark science fiction movie Forbidden Planet on the fiftieth anniversary of its release, these twelve tales focus on humans visiting other worlds or dimensions where they are unwelcome and unwanted. Each tales is fun to follow as humans bravely go where they should not. The original movie is loosely based on Shakespeare's The Tempest so the twist of using King Lear (Jay Lake's "Lehr, Rex") is a fascinating spin; others are just as good as mechanical sidekicks like Robert the Robot (see "Forebearing Planet" by Michael Moorcock) and "The Singularity Needs Women" by Paul Di Filippo are fun twists from the film. The remaining tales, all new, are quality contributions that make for a fine collection. In addition to a dozen terrific entries, Ray Bradbury in the Introduction provides two shockers about the movie and Stephen Baxter in the Afterward analyzes the impact on his work. This is an excellent short story collection that reverently salutes a movie that many Trekkies know that Kirk and company should journey where no one did before except Forbidden Planet.
Harriet Klausner
christmas present January 18, 2007
3 out of 14 found this review helpful
This was from my husband's wish list. He could not find this book in any of the local stores. He was very pleased to get it for christmas.
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