Smith, Dean Wesley, ed. with John J. Ordover & Paula M. Block. Star Trek; strange new worlds V.Pocket Books. 372p. c2002. 0-7434-3778-0. $14.95. JSA JSA - Jaisalmer Airport (India) JSA - Jammer System Analysis JSA - Japan Sabo Association JSA - Japan Softball Association JSA - Japan Sumo Association JSA - Japanese Society of Anesthesiologists JSA - Japanese Standards Association JSA - Japanese Student Association JSA - Japanese Sumo Association JSA - Jewelers' Security Alliance JSA - Jewish Student Association JSA - Job Safety Analysis JSA - Jobseeker's Allowance Every year, the best entries in the annual Star Trek short story short story, brief prose fiction. The term covers a wide variety of narratives—from stories in which the main focus is on the course of events to studies of character, from the "short short" story to extended and complex narratives such as Thomas Mann's Death in Venice. Most often the short story is restricted in character and situation and is concerned with creating a single, dynamic effect. Its length usually falls between 2,000 and 10,000 words. contest are published in the Strange New Worlds series. Aspiring writers must have fewer than three published stories in order to be eligible for the contest and this series. In volume 5, there are a few authors who have appeared in other Strange New Worlds volumes, including the Grand Prize winner who was also in a previous volume. The stories are somewhat uneven but the good ones are very good and this series is always fun to read. Perhaps this volume will provide inspiration to a future Star Trek Strange New Worlds Grand Prize winner. Hugh M. Flick, Jr., Silliman College, Yale Univ., New Haven, CT |
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