Book Review: Pawn’s Gambit: and Other Stratagems by Timothy Zahn
(Three Stars)
“Physical reality is never obligated to correspond with our theories and constructs.”
An adequate collection of short science fiction. Quality decreases deeper into the book, however the last tale, the eponymous “Pawn’s Gambit,” is the best of the bunch.
“You risked your life to try to save people whose music you don’t even like.” “People are people, no matter what their tastes are.”
Quibble: No one would fly the two hundred miles from Frankfurt to Stuttgart. Train or car would be faster.
“Not paranoid, you understand, just cautious.”
As a Matter of Fancy 