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I'm not sure what I expected, but this wasn't it. These are stories bemoaning destruction while imagining all the ways we could be destroyed in an alien environment.
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August 2002 - Night Meeting - inspiration for Mieville's City and the City? (84)
April 2005 - Usher II - "Full grown without memory, the robots waited. In green silks the color of forest pools, in silks the color of frog and fern, they waited...." (110) - possibly the ...more
More soon, after we discuss this for SFF Audio.
Notes to flesh out:
August 2002 - Night Meeting - inspiration for Mieville's City and the City? (84)
April 2005 - Usher II - "Full grown without memory, the robots waited. In green silks the color of forest pools, in silks the color of frog and fern, they waited...." (110) - possibly the ...more
If elizabeth and nico both give it 5 stars its gotta be good...
(3.5) Classic sci-fi work, enjoyable.
Interesting look at what the future of space exploration and technology looked like in the 50s. I didn't enjoy the Martian telepathy bullhonky in the earlier chapters.
Two highlights for me. First was the story about the entire black population of the US forming an underground effort to build and launch rockets to flee to Mars for a better life. Except we never hear from them again, so I actually fear that they were (mis)lead to their death, in which case this ...more
Interesting look at what the future of space exploration and technology looked like in the 50s. I didn't enjoy the Martian telepathy bullhonky in the earlier chapters.
Two highlights for me. First was the story about the entire black population of the US forming an underground effort to build and launch rockets to flee to Mars for a better life. Except we never hear from them again, so I actually fear that they were (mis)lead to their death, in which case this ...more
I can't put my finger on why, but I really enjoyed this book. Maybe it's because it forced my brain to think differently than the usual book I read, or the topic itself was worth pondering over, but I found myself thinking about this book when I wasn't reading it and wanting to get back to reading it as soon as I could. It's a short read, but very worth it.
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