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Michael A. Burstein

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in New York City, The United States

February 27

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Science Fiction & Fantasy, Short Stories

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Isaac Asimov

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Average rating: 3.7 · 1,445 ratings · 206 reviews · 51 distinct works • Similar authors

	I Remember the Future: The Award-nominated Stories of Michael A. Burstein 4.14 avg rating — 80 ratings — published 2008 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jewish Futures: Science Fiction from the World's Oldest Diaspora by Michael A. Burstein (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Jack Dann (Goodreads Author) (Introduction) 3.67 avg rating — 51 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Paying it Forward 3.67 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2004	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cosmic Corkscrew 3.90 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1998	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Spaceships 3.36 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2003	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kaddish for the Last Survivor 3.88 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2003	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Decisions 3.71 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2004	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	World Jumping by Michael A. Burstein (Goodreads Author), Terri-Lynne DeFino (Goodreads Author), Kim Vandervort (Goodreads Author) 3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Time Ablaze 3.40 avg rating — 5 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Broken Symmetry 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2003	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Michael liked Samuel Aronoff's review of Persephone's Curse: "My thanks to St. Martin's Press Group for selecting me as one of the Goodreads Giveaway winners for an Advance Reader Copy (paperback). Since this is an uncorrected proof, I obviously ignored the "the/them" switches and similar, but there is one thin" Read more of this review »
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Michael liked Robert Greenberger's review of In Any Lifetime: "Love Across the Multiverse This is the first prose of Marc's that I have read and it was the freshest take on the multiverse that I have read in ages. Of course, it is also a love story, the kind of love that stretches across infinite worlds. I wish ou" Read more of this review »
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