Of All Possible Worlds

Before starting Of All Possible Worlds I had never heard of William Tenn (it turns out he's only written a couple of novels, but wrote a lot of short stories), and yet, reading the introduction, I was struck by how eloquent Tenn was. His defense of science fiction, published in 1955, still rings tru......more

Full review: [URL not allowed] "In the early days of my website, I reviewed two volumes by William Tenn–his sole novel Of Men and Monsters (1968) and his collection The Human Angle (1956). Of All Possible Worlds (1955) is his first published collection. The presence of “Down Am......more

This collection is mostly bad with one worthwhile exception - the very last story! It's a real chore to get to "The Custodian" and I wish I would have known how skippable everything else in here is because I read it all. He was compared to Robert Sheckley on Goodreads so I figured I'd give him a sho......more

A surprisingly lighthearted and thoughtful collection of stories! The first and the last I particularly liked: - Team building with your zombie kamikaze bomber squad. - Using a stooge to test your time-travel machine. - A history of the destructive 'liberations' of earth (again and again). - Love potion......more

I really like this collection of William Tenn's stories. Very fun to read, pretty much like Sheckley, but not so resourcefully. And some stories just break in a half, without revealing pledged ideas. Just several good fantastic things, generally. It's hard to formulate one big opinion of this book.......more