Masterpieces edited by Orson Scott Card

This is a collection of works by well known science fiction writers.   They are all short stories. Apparently, Card, if he made the collection, wanted to focus on darkness instead of light.   Too many of the stories dealt with a lack of hope.   The search for intelligent life that was unsuccessful.  The frustration of looking for home.  Frankly I’ve found scifi more hopeful than these stories illustrated.  The one light side was the aggressive invasion of our planet by beings that found themselves grossly out classed in aggression.

The stories were interesting but I prefer more hope in my scifi.

This book may have been received free of charge from a publisher or a publicist. That will NEVER have a bearing on my recommendations.