Starlight 3 (Starlight)

Original anthologies of SF stories have become a rare thing these days. The Startlight series of anthologies is, therefore, more important than it would have been otherwise. The 3rd volume in this series features an introduction, 16 stories and authors' bios. Most of the 16 stories are by famous names: Ted Chiang, Stephen Baxter, Terry Bisson, Geoffrey Landis, Jane Yolen, Cory Doctorow, D.G. Comptom, Colin Greenland. Onward... Read Full Review

The newest edition of Patrick Nielsen Hayden's original anthology series _Starlight_ is a pretty solid book, certainly not hurting the reputation of this series as one to rival _Orbit_ or _New Dimensions_ or _Universe_ in quality and consistency, but it's vaguely disappointing: I guess because while there are a whole lot of really good stories, there are no superb stories, nothing like say "Story of Your Life" from the second... Read Full Review

Patrick Nielsen Hayden turns out another outstanding Starlight anthology. If only they could come out on a more regular basis. The Starlight series is the only significant original fiction anthology series on the market. Starlight 3 follows up the first two Starlights admirably. The quality of fiction in the book is consistently high, occasionally achieving excellence.The high point of the anthology for me was 'Senator... Read Full Review

Once again editor Hayden has given SF fans a reason to cheer; another superb and solid read from a solid line up of the best SF authors around today! Gary S. Potter Author/Poet