Book Review: Low Port

Reviewed By: Harriet Klausner

Low Port     Amazon US PB Amazon US HC Amazon Canada PB Amazon Canada HC
Sharon Lee , Steve Miller
Class/Genre:   Science Fiction   [Short Stories]
Meisha Merlin, Sep 2003, $16.00

Unlike most science fiction anthologies that concentrate on superheroes or villains that seem worldly if not galactic in scope, this twenty stories collection concentrates on those individuals who will not have to deal with tax rebates or for most part taxes. The stars of these tales typically do not attain the bottom of the food chain though some are hard working blue-collar individuals needed but hidden so that Scotty can apply his magic to the warp drive. Life is more of a daily survival for these players whose dreams reach the loftiness of regular and recurring solid meals.

The tales grip the audience as it serves as a reminder that around the world including the United States there are those who don’t need to learn how to fish until sustenance is attained. The contributions are all well written with a few harrowing in their excellence as the audience will ponder where in our society lies those who reside in the LOW PORT.

Harriet Klausner

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