A-Z Wednesday: The Letter O

It's A-Z Wednesday! Hosted by Reading at the Beach. To join in, here's all you have to do.

*Go to your stack of books and find an author whose first or last name starts with the letter of the week.

*Post:

1~ a photo of the book

2~ title & synopsis

3~ a link (amazon, barnes & noble, etc)

4~ go back to Reading at the Beach and link up your post

This week the letter is "O"

The Future on Fire by Orson Scott Card

Publisher: Tor Books

ISBN-10: 0812511833

ISBN--13: 978-0812511833

Category: Science Fiction, Short Stories (and for some reason, according to Amazon: YA)

Description from Amazon: A provocative collection, edited by one of science fiction's best-known names. Of particular interest are several stories from the cyberpunk school, as well as Pat Murphy's Nebula award winning "Rachel in Love" and Ursula LeGuin's wonderful "Buffalo Gals, Won't You Come Out Tonight?"

The review from the School Library Journal calls this YA. And says "Unfortunately Card takes the opportunity afforded by the introductions to the stories to lecture mercilessly. The quality of the entries, however, makes it worth overlooking this flaw, as YAs will quickly discover how to skip the 'boring parts.'" My rebuttal: YAs who are interested enough in science fiction ought to be intelligent and curious enough to WANT to read the introductions by a master of the field. My recollection of the book (it's been a while since I read it) is that his introductions are informative (as they are meant to be) and well worth the time spent. The stories are fabulous too.