Book Review: L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 36

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​"The Trade

Gravity meets a used car salesman.

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Foundations

Those who came before us laid the foundation upon which we build.

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A Word that Means Everything

A space-age missionary struggles to translate the Bible into an alien gestural language.

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Borrowed Glory

What would you do with 48 hours and unlimited wishes?

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Catching my Death

What if a person's death was a lifelong pet?

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A Prize in Every Box

What would you do with a remote that controls reality?

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Yellow and Pink

Groundhog Day meets Back to the Future. Spoiler: A man repeated commits murder to start life over and be with his "soulmate."

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The Phoenix's Peace

Even amid magic and technology, a girl's devotion to her pets is unrivaled.

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Educational Tapes

WTH did I just read? What a wannabe Orwellian waste of time.

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Trading Ghosts

How does a fallen angel commit suicide? He gets help.

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Stolen Sky

Humans steal everything, even the aliens' sunset's.

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The Winds of Harmattan

An African woman is born to fly, but destined for other things.

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As Able as Air

Bots, bots everywhere, but not a hand to hold.

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Molting Season

The monsters have inherited the earth, and we're just the help.

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Automated Everyman Migrant Theater

Literally, Transformers meets Shakespeare. The novelty wore off in the middle of act I.

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The Green Tower

Child brides in an age of magic.

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Overall:

With rare exception, the stories shared a common theme or emotion, something I've come to expect from L. Ron Hubbard's Writer's of the Future: hopelessness; a bleak view of the future and/or mankind.

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