Isaac Asimov's Skin

by Sheila Williams, Pat Cadigan, James Patrick Kelly, et al.

Book Overview

Written by Kathe Koja, Pat Cadigan, James Patrick Kelly, Connie Willis and others, ten sensual, provocative science fiction stories set in a seductive but frightening future are culled from the pages... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0441001904
• ISBN13: 9780441001903
• Release Date: April 1995
• Publisher: Ace Books
• Length: 227 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 4.2" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

One of the best collections yet from the magazine.

This another in the "Isaac Asimov's" series that collects stories from his magazines and publishes them on a comment theme. This theme is sexuality in science fiction -- no, not about sex and robots as the cover suggests; yes, I was disappointed by that. Of the ten stories, five are great -- they flow well, the characters make you care, the dialog is realistic, and the plot ties together well throughout. These five are: Brian Stableford's "Bedside Conversations" about sex change and childbirth in unlikely bodies; Peni R. Griffin's "The Goat Man" about how the beastly man is not always the beast your mother told you to avoid; Connie Willis' "Even the Queen" about alternatives to "naturalness" and the willingness to forgo it for less pain; Tanith Lee's "Zelle's Thursday" which is thankfully about robots and domestic problems of human beings; and finally Deborah Wessell's "The Last One to Know" that has shows gender extending into marital roles in surprising ways. The other five are either a bit too confusing, a bit too long, or a bit too, well, much for my personal tastes -- that's coming from a BDSM erotica folks!