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What Members Thought
The Reality Trip by Robert Silverberg ★★★☆☆
“She is a cosmic nuisance, but I fear I’m getting to like her.”
Part meaningful story of loneliness, part SNL skit, I burst out laughing at least twice.
Maybe I’m an asshole and I should have seen the despair in more even terms but deep levels of crazy amuse me.
It’s How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days with crab aliens. How could I not laugh?
The Tattooist by Susan Wade ★★★☆☆
Well, you don’t hear that everyday. Tattooist get some strange requests but Claren d ...more
1. The Reality Trip by Robert Silverberg- 4 stars
I really don't know why, but I liked it. Loneliness, crab aliens, a creepy woman who writes bad poetry. And as always Lena, that picture, is perfect. I was imagining her as that meme lol.
2. The Tattooist by Susan Wade- 3 stars
Loved the concept and tattooing process, but found the story lacking over-all. Not sure what I was supposed to get out of it.
3. Dolly Sodom by John Kaiine- 2 stars
I don't get it. A needy man chases a coin operated sex doll ...more
I really don't know why, but I liked it. Loneliness, crab aliens, a creepy woman who writes bad poetry. And as always Lena, that picture, is perfect. I was imagining her as that meme lol.
2. The Tattooist by Susan Wade- 3 stars
Loved the concept and tattooing process, but found the story lacking over-all. Not sure what I was supposed to get out of it.
3. Dolly Sodom by John Kaiine- 2 stars
I don't get it. A needy man chases a coin operated sex doll ...more
This book and I clearly disagree on the meaning of "alien". Thank you to the good folks over at Spells, Space & Screams for a great and sanity-maintaining buddy read though!
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I loved Sextraterrestrials, by Joe Haldeman and Jane Yolen, which was one of the only pieces in the whole book that was actually about alien sex. These poems were amusing and very inventive when it came to how they described and characterized both sex and alien species.
Unfortunately, I found most everything else disappointing, upsetting, or just boring. I had a feeling based on the forward and introduction that this might not be the right book for me, and that proved to be the case. Most of the ...more
Unfortunately, I found most everything else disappointing, upsetting, or just boring. I had a feeling based on the forward and introduction that this might not be the right book for me, and that proved to be the case. Most of the ...more
I read the book because it was a BOM for a GR group. This anthology didn't meet my expectations. I only read two stories. The one that I liked was "The Lucifer Blue" which dealt with prostitution during the Spanish Civil War. I thought the premise was interesting. The other story I read seemed to be a misfire. Several were unengaging, but there were a number of others that were downright repellent to me and the cumulative impact made me nauseous even without finishing them. Ugh! It would have be
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Feb 15, 2019
Stephanie H
marked it as to-read
