Sunday, July 08, 2007

CREATIVE DESTRUCTION by Edward M. Lerner

I was wondering what the co-author (Edward M. Lerner) of Larry Niven's Ringworld prequel (FLEET OF WORLDS), had written. Turns out that he has several SF pieces to his name and one might be worth looking into: his short-story compilation CREATIVE DESTRUCTION. The theme of the stories seems to be the effects of disruptive technology on human society. For those of you not paying attention, the foremost purveyors of this theme are John Varley and Richard K. Morgan, and Larry Niven himself is no slouch in this arena. All this bodes well for the forthcoming FLEET OF WORLDS and may mean that CREATIVE DESTRUCTION is a gem waiting to be discovered.

The tag that grabbed me in the editorial review on Amazon was, "The internet. That was nothing."

Buy from Wildside Press.

Read a review at "Fast Forward."

Edward M. Lerner home page.

I also learned that there will be a sequel called JUGGLER OF WORLDS where we will are promised to learn about the Outsiders.