''The River of Time'' (1986) is a collection of
science fiction short stories by American writer
David Brin.
Contents
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The Crystal Spheres" (first published in 1984) (Winner of the
Hugo Award
The Hugo Award is an annual literary award for the best science fiction or fantasy works and achievements of the previous year, given at the World Science Fiction Convention and chosen by its members. The Hugo is widely considered the premier a ...
in 1985 in the Short Story category)
*"The Loom of Thessaly" (first published in 1981)
*"The Fourth Vocation of George Gustaf" (first published in 1984)
*"Senses Three and Six"
*"Toujours Voir"
*"A Stage of Memory"
*"Just a Hint" (first published in 1980)
*"Tank Farm Dynamo" (first published in 1983)
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Thor Meets Captain America
"Thor Meets Captain America" is a science fiction and alternate history novelette by American writer David Brin. It was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Novelette in 1987 and also won a Locus Award in 1987 in the novelette category. The gra ...
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*"Lungfish"
*"The River of Time" (first published in 1981 as "Coexistence" in ''
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine'')*
Sources, references, external links, quotations
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Reception
Dave Langford
David Rowland Langford (born 10 April 1953) is a British author, editor, and critic, largely active within the science fiction field. He publishes the science fiction fanzine and newsletter ''Ansible'', and holds the all-time record for most ...
reviewed ''The River of Time'' for ''
White Dwarf'' #94, and stated that "more conventional but contains some nice genre-mixing: in 'The Loom of Thessaly' the weaving Fates encounter spaceborne weaponry, and 'Thor Meets Captain America' offers a nasty world where Hitler ''did'' achieve his dreams of recruiting supernatural aid."
Reviews
*Review by Dan Chow (1986) in ''
Locus'', #307 August 1986
*Review by Don D'Ammassa (1987) in ''
Science Fiction Chronicle'', #93 June 1987
*Review by Paul Kincaid (1987) in ''Paperback Inferno'', #69
*Review by W. Paul Ganley (1987) in ''Fantasy Mongers Quarterly'', #22 Spring 1987
References
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1986 short story collections
Short story collections by David Brin