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Bryan Thomas Schmidt

Author of Infinite Stars

29+ Works 680 Members 30 Reviews

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Works by Bryan Thomas Schmidt

Infinite Stars (2017) — Editor — 158 copies, 5 reviews
The Monster Hunter Files (2018) — Editor — 119 copies, 5 reviews
Shattered Shields (2014) — Editor — 103 copies, 7 reviews
Infinite Stars: Dark Frontiers (2019) — Editor — 81 copies, 2 reviews
Predator: If It Bleeds (2017) — Editor; Contributor — 35 copies
Raygun Chronicles: Space Opera for a New Age (2013) — Editor — 27 copies
Mission: Tomorrow (2015) — Editor — 21 copies
The Worker Prince (2011) 18 copies, 4 reviews
Robots through the Ages: A Science Fiction Anthology (2023) — Editor — 16 copies
Beyond the Sun (2013) — Editor — 15 copies
Little Green Men - Attack! (2017) — Editor; Contributor — 12 copies, 1 review
Galactic Games (2016) — Editor — 11 copies, 1 review
Decision Points (2016) — Editor; Contributor — 10 copies, 1 review
Space Battles: Full Throttle Space Tales #6 (2012) — Editor — 7 copies, 1 review
The Hitherto Secret Experiments of Marie Curie (2023) — Editor — 7 copies
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X-Files: Secret Agendas (The X-Files (Prose)) (2016) — Contributor — 19 copies

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Canonical name
Schmidt, Bryan Thomas
Birthdate
1969-02-13
Gender
male
Nationality
USA
Birthplace
Topeka, Kansas, USA
Places of residence
Salina, Kansas, USA
Topeka, Kansas, USA
Education
California State University, Fullerton (BA|Communications-Radio-TV-Film)
Covenant Theological Seminary (MA|Theological Studies)
Organizations
Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America
Short biography
Bryan Thomas Schmidt is the author of the space opera novel The Worker Prince, an Honorable Mention on Paul Goat Allen's Best SF Releases of 2011 list, the collection The North Star Serial, Part 1, and has several short stories forthcoming in anthologies and magazines. His second novel, The Returning, is forthcoming from Diminished Media Group in 2012. He’s also the host of Science Fiction and Fantasy Writer’s Chatevery Wednesday at 9 pm EST on Twitter, where he interviews people like Mike Resnick, AC Crispin, Kevin J. Anderson and Kristine Kathryn Rusch. A frequent contributor to Adventures In SF Publishing, Grasping For The Wind and SF Signal, he can be found online as @BryanThomasS on Twitter or via his website. Excerpts from The Worker Prince can be found on his blog.‎ Bryan is an affiliate member of the SFWA.

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Infinite Stars: Dark Frontiers by Bryan Thomas Schmidt
Despite the fact that this is "Dark" and despite the fact that there are a lot of military stories in here, I did read more than the Becky Chambers' short. And I actually appreciated some of it.

The only lead to a new-to-me author that I got though, was [a:Gardner Dozois|12052|Gardner Dozois|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1247758142p2/12052.jpg]. Well, I might have to take another look at [a:Kristine Kathryn Rusch|43989|Kristine Kathryn Rusch|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1444439515p2/43989.jpg] too.

I do like the quote from Mike Shepherd's story that "answering bad with good bugged the hell out of people." So if someone is insulting you, consider saying what "Kris Longknife" did, "God bless you."

And Kevin J. Anderson's slogan "Take from the greedy, help the worthy," seems like it might be a better alternative to Robin Hood's motto.

I will definitely look for the first [b:Infinite Stars|32501176|Infinite Stars (Infinite Stars, #1)|Bryan Thomas Schmidt|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1492805356l/32501176._SY75_.jpg|53094351] book.

August 2022… (more)
 
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Cheryl_in_CC_NV | 1 other review | Oct 18, 2024 |
Infinite Stars: Dark Frontiers by Bryan Thomas Schmidt
I enjoyed this story, but it's also one more character I'd like to know more about -- what happened next?

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I enjoyed this story, but it's also one more character I'd like to know more about -- what happened next?
 
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accidental_hermit | 1 other review | Jan 28, 2024 |
Infinite Stars by Bryan Thomas Schmidt
The following is a review for the story, Night Passage by Alastair Reynolds, which is the only reason i got this anthology.

Night Passage is the third book in the Revelation Space Universe.

This time a Demarchist sleeper ship, with thousands of passengers on board, has apparently been taken over by the Conjoiners among the passengers and is now drifting in space near an large unknown object.   Time is running out as, without any engines, the ship is slowly drifting towards the object and won't survive the encounter.

I really enjoyed this short story which has quite a depth to it, essentially beginning with the quote:
Shame is a mask that becomes the face.

The implication of which being that if you wear the mask long enough, it grafts itself to your skin, becomes and indelible part of you--even a kind of comfort.


And actually ending with the quote:

A late gift is worse than no gift at all.

Would you mind leaving me now?


Available in the anthology, Infinite Stars.

And for my sins of thoroughly enjoying this i now head straight into A Spy in Europa.… (more)
 
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5t4n5 | 4 other reviews | Aug 9, 2023 |
Infinite Stars by Bryan Thomas Schmidt
This was a great collection. Enjoyed all the stories but the last one. It just didn't really resonate. BUT -- the other stories (and there are lots of them) varied from great and entertaining to brilliant. I loved The Iron Star, by Robert Silverberg, and Dual on Syrtis, but Poul Anderson. I'd never read either of those authors, and both of the stories were fantastic.

It took me a damned long time to work my way through this book, but it was worth the effort.
 
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bloftin2 | 4 other reviews | May 4, 2023 |
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