Golden Gryphon Press
3002 Perkins Road, Urbana, IL 61802
www.goldengryphon.com

Golden Gryphon's high-quality productions result in picks which can be recommended across the board, and their latest publications are no exception. George Alec Effinger's LIVE! FROM PLANET EARTH (1930846320, $25.95) provides over twenty short pieces by fellow writers and editors who knew Effinger quite well. Each provides a commentary about their selection which includes insights into how it was written: with the commentary based on personal knowledge of Effinger, each note offers more depth and insight than your usual introduction. As for the short stories — they're written across the decades and provide numerous focuses.

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All are powerful, excellent reads.

— Midwest Book Review Bookwatch, November 2005

[Note: The three other titles included in this review are Richard Bowes's From the Files of the Time Rangers, Gregory Frost's Attack of the Jazz Giants and Other Stories, and William F. Nolan's Wild Galaxy.]