. . . Golden Gryphon Press regales us with
two fine collections in their ongoing attempt to single-handedly span the
entire range of living SF meistersingers. From George Zebrowski comes
Swift Thoughts (hardcover, $24.95, 311 pages, ISBN 1-930846-
08-8), graced by a beauteous Bob Eggleton cover and representing three
decades of Zebrowski's alternately cool and fevered lucubrations. The
range here is impressive, from the slapstick alien invasion of Curly
Howard-lookalikes in "Stooges" to the philosophical intricacies of the title
story and others such as "Gödel's Doom." Echoing and even prefiguring
such peers as Charles Harness, Poul Anderson, and Greg Egan, Zebrowski
proves he is intimately engaged with both the social currents of our era
and the timeless verities of the cosmos. Like Feynman playing bongo
drums, Zebrowski is a blend of wild heart and cool brains.
— Paul Di Filippo, Asimov's, February 2003
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