This is a mini- collection of two novellas. Starlady was sf story about a slum society in which a traveler gets robed, loses here ship status, and has to stay with a pimp to survive in this crappy new environment. This story is almost gang-like in style where Starlady and the pimp must survive against the bosses in the slums, and was really mostly an action story.
Fast-Friends is a heavier story as it has a original idea of how humans figure out how to travel to the stars. They found these dark creatures in space that can be joined with humans, and then the humans become these Fast-Friends and travel the stars for the humans. It tells the story of a couple where the female becomes a Star-Friend but then the man chickens out, and this tales is his story in how he deals with his shame, fears, and obsession with the Star-Friends.
Both of these stories are very early Martin, written in the mid 70's and it shows. These are not great stories, nor are they researched science fiction, but what they are is fun entertaining reads. Even though the quality isn't there because of the young age Martin that wrote these, they were still fun reads. I liked both stories.
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