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A motley collection, with work from several genres. Some of the stories here are developed into longer works later, such as Carrion Comfort, and a couple that are used in some form or another in the Hyperion series.

So, a decent introduction to Simmons, with the wary story 'E-Ticket to Namland' a nice example of something a little different, and Remembering Siri an excellent slice of the Hyperion universe.

He gives an intro on how each story came to be, and Harlan Ellison describes how he discovered him in a story workshop, directly after someone that was completely and utterly incapable of writing a sentence.

Prayers to Broken Stones : The River Styx Runs Upstream - Dan Simmons
Prayers to Broken Stones : Eyes I Dare Not Meet in Dreams - Dan Simmons
Prayers to Broken Stones : Vanni Fucci is Alive and Well and Living in Hell - Dan Simmons
Prayers to Broken Stones : Vexed to Nightmare by a Rocking Cradle - Dan Simmons
Prayers to Broken Stones : Remembering Siri - Dan Simmons
Prayers to Broken Stones : Metastasis - Dan Simmons
Prayers to Broken Stones : The Offering - Dan Simmons
Prayers to Broken Stones : E-Ticket to Namland - Dan Simmons
Prayers to Broken Stones : Iversons Pits - Dan Simmons
Prayers to Broken Stones : Shave and a Haircut Two Bites - Dan Simmons
Prayers to Broken Stones : The Death of the Centaur - Dan Simmons
Prayers to Broken Stones : Two Minutes Forty-Five Seconds - Dan Simmons
Prayers to Broken Stones : Carrion Comfort [SS] - Dan Simmons

Resurrection relations.

4 out of 5

Widower mindtouch memory recreation.

4 out of 5

Bolgia's televangelist transformation torment time.

3.5 out of 5

Santa vigil slaughter sacrifice.

3.5 out of 5

Hawking seduction's intermittent progress.

4.5 out of 5

Cancer monster suspicion.

3 out of 5

War tourism recreation.

4 out of 5

Officer's holey end.

3 out of 5

Bloody barber's bizarre basement bloke.

3.5 out of 5

Teaching problem.

2.5 out of 5

Space try failure fall.

3.5 out of 5

Mind vampire deathmatch.

4 out of 5

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worth it for the Harlan Ellison introduction and the first story -- the one that got Dan Simmons discovered. ( )