Editorial Reviews
Review
Library Journal : "From a darkly humorous tale of the power of words (Death and the Librarian) to a never-before-published response to events of September 11 (Ilion), Friesner's 12 stories illustrate the author's acutely sensitive vision of wonder in the everyday world... Known primarily for his 'Star Wars' novels... Zahn's short stories also deliver strong plots and memorable characters... Zebrowski's many novels (e.g. Macrolife) mark him as a visionary as well as a master of hard sf. The ten short stories collected in In the Distance provide a benchmark of his creativity... the author expands his concept of the human condition to embrace the stars. Part of Five Star's continuing commitment to showcasing the short fiction of the genre's most prominent author's, these three volumes belong in most libraries where short sf is popular."
-- Library Journal (December 2002)
Library Journal : "...Part of Five Star's continuing commitment to showcasing the short fiction of the genre's most prominent authors, these three volumes (Death and the Librarian and Other Stories/ Star Song and Other Stories/ In the Distance, and Ahead in Time) belong in most libraries where short sf is popular."
-- Library Journal (December 2002)
Library Journal : "Four more titles in Five Star's new series (God Is an Iron and Other Stories/ Generation Gap and Other Stories/ The Lady Vanishes and Other Oddities of Nature/ Suppose They Gave a Peace and Other Stories) of short fiction by noteworthy sf authors offer a variety of tales that illustrate the depth and staying power of the genre...Most of the stories in these volumes have only appeared in periodicals. Libraries wishing to augment their sf or short fiction collections should consider any of them."
-- Library Journal (June 2002)
Library Journal : "With particular appeal to readers of Norse and Greek mythology, this volume belongs in most fantasy and general fiction collections."
--Library Journal, March 2005
Book Description
Odysseus, home from the Trojan War, grows restless after his wife, Penelope, dies, and dreams of new conquests. Diomedes arrives to tell him of surviving Trojans who have settled in the far north, a land of golden-haired woman, and set up themselves as gods. Odysseus knows what he has to do, and prepares for one final voyage. One of the Greeks' greatest heroes journeys to a strange land filled with danger and adventure. He faces obstacles from the gods and meets old and new friends in this novel that tells what happened after the Trojan War and the Odyssey. His trip up the Rhine to the new kingdom of the Trojans is also a time for reflection on his life and the events that have shaped him, and made him into the warrior and man that he is. Deftly combining ancient myth and legend with a new spin on one of mythology's oldest characters, Edward S. Louis has woven a spellbinding story both of what might have been, and never could be.
Edward S. Louis lives in Wisconsin where he teaches and does scholarly work on early literatures. He and his wife, a painter, enjoy travel in Europe and practice Mediterranean cooking and amateur archeology.
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