Mutants (Volume Three of Matter Is Mostly Space) re-twists the re-realities of Vera Kamchatka, Roland Randall (or one of their Meboids) and other previously appearing minor characters.
Reappearing is Quentin Denmore, who started this whole thing in The Metaphysical Invasions, and from The Arrival of the Overlords returns the unstable Diaz. These existential irruptions introduce the sociopathic Drs. Vogt and Ichi, always good for a laugh in the field of human experimentation, who are also incidental in resolving whether humans have free will.
The stories in this volume are
�Pardon My Extremities�
�The Metaphysical Phase-Out�
�Acrolithia�
�Nihilism and Threatening Mania�
�The Fighter�
WHAT OTHERS HAVE SAID �
Orson Scott Card, Hugo and Nebula winner: �[Wayne Wightman is] �one of the names I[�ve] learned to look for�. He�is a romantic whose stories confess his belief that individuals can be larger than life, that their decisions can change the world around them.�
John Brunner, the legend himself: �Wayne Wightman is agreeable company, both in person and via the printed page. As to the former, I�m afraid you will have to wait the chance to make his acquaintance�. As to the latter, however, now�s your chance.�
Richard Paul Russo, Philip K. Dick Award winner: �One of Wightman�s great strengths is his willingness to go to the edge. He pulls no punches, whether the story is serious or violent or manic. You can count on him to take you places other writers shy away from.�
