reviews
Mar 26, 2010
Shirari
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Yay feminism and animal rights! This book was full of unexpected perspectives, spellbinding weirdness, and startling clashes of everyday life with myth and history. The book ends with an exceptionally modest postscript explaining the writer's creative process. I put it down thinking that Emshwiller must be a very wise and compassionate person, to have crafted so many beautiful and haunting stories. She's able to speak truth to power while being entertaining and not at all heavy-handed.
May 12, 2008
Debbie
rated it:
These are not your conventional SF stories, and they don't yield their meanings easily.
The collection suffers slightly from having so many first person stories one after another--it's hard to shift gears from one persona to the next, especially when some are male and some female, but it often doesn't become clear which until you're a fair way in.
That said, there's so much to intrigue and ponder here that a second reading is surely a must.
Secondhand bookshop.
The collection suffers slightly from having so many first person stories one after another--it's hard to shift gears from one persona to the next, especially when some are male and some female, but it often doesn't become clear which until you're a fair way in.
That said, there's so much to intrigue and ponder here that a second reading is surely a must.
Secondhand bookshop.
Aug 12, 2008
Leah
rated it: 
This shit will blow your mind. Artfully, poetically, written. humanist spec/sci fiction. Just enough humor and absurdity to keep you smiling--but tragically beautiful stories. I can't recommend this collection of short stories highly enough. She will blow you away!
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