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What Members Thought
A really solid collection - as hinted by the names on the cover, but as usual it's all down to personal taste, and luckily this one jibed well with me.
Standouts for me:
Fields of Gold, Escape from Caring Seasons (Sarah Pinsker really has mastered the art of the short), and Different Seas. Stunning stories.
No real disasters, but there were some in there I wasn't as fond of. Those ones I liked though, were absolutely brilliant. ...more
Standouts for me:
Fields of Gold, Escape from Caring Seasons (Sarah Pinsker really has mastered the art of the short), and Different Seas. Stunning stories.
No real disasters, but there were some in there I wasn't as fond of. Those ones I liked though, were absolutely brilliant. ...more
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Fields of Gold by Liu Cixin ★★★★★★
"Are the stars very far?"
"They’re getting closer."
Six stars. Jaw droppingly good. I gasped!
Byzantine Empathy by Ken Liu ★★★★★
That was absolutely fascinating. The blockchain charity seems a good idea but I prefer GiveDirectly. Listening to Jianwen and Sophia argue is like listening to college me vs. the-world-complicated adult me.
Escape From Caring Seasons by Sarah Pinsker ★★★★½
Scary stuff! A.I. and corporate greed takeover a retireme ...more
Fields of Gold by Liu Cixin ★★★★★★
"Are the stars very far?"
"They’re getting closer."
Six stars. Jaw droppingly good. I gasped!
Byzantine Empathy by Ken Liu ★★★★★
That was absolutely fascinating. The blockchain charity seems a good idea but I prefer GiveDirectly. Listening to Jianwen and Sophia argue is like listening to college me vs. the-world-complicated adult me.
Escape From Caring Seasons by Sarah Pinsker ★★★★½
Scary stuff! A.I. and corporate greed takeover a retireme ...more
Feb 16, 2020
Marti Dolata
marked it as to-read
