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Cade is a New Zealand writer with a PhD in science communication. She has apparently written many short stories. In fact, the first 10% if this was published previously as a short story, and later expanded to a novella.
There is a lot to like here: women scientists form a resistance against the forces down playing climate data, an introduction to some of the Earth's most adaptable lifeforms, multiple connected pov's, tons of honest self reflection and a literary style. But ultimately, I agree wi ...more
There is a lot to like here: women scientists form a resistance against the forces down playing climate data, an introduction to some of the Earth's most adaptable lifeforms, multiple connected pov's, tons of honest self reflection and a literary style. But ultimately, I agree wi ...more
4.5 stars. I read two stories from Octavia Cade before ('We Feed the Bears of Fire and Ice' and 'Gone to Earth') and ended up nominating one for the Hugos so I was stoked when I found out she wrote a novella based from a short story with the same title (http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/cade_...) AND another cli-fi one, nonetheless. The Stone Weta was in my TBR since the last WorldCon (she is a Kiwi author) and I have been trying to nominate it for book of the month in various group polls but alwa
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Hurrah! Finally!
I know about five people who've read this and they all rave about it. I was completely with them for the first half of the book or so. Then the book got very repetitive and boring. I considered dnfing. There is no plot. So once you get over the initial wow factor there is nothing left to keep reading for. I think this would have worked better as a shorter work. I also feel like maybe I would have enjoyed this more as an audiobook. If a beautiful voice was reading this to me I thi ...more
I know about five people who've read this and they all rave about it. I was completely with them for the first half of the book or so. Then the book got very repetitive and boring. I considered dnfing. There is no plot. So once you get over the initial wow factor there is nothing left to keep reading for. I think this would have worked better as a shorter work. I also feel like maybe I would have enjoyed this more as an audiobook. If a beautiful voice was reading this to me I thi ...more
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