by Peter Watts
I’m trying this new thing, where I make some notes about every story in a collection instead of just hitting the highlights. Watts tends towards a specific set of themes in his writing. For starters, that we are not what our brains fool us into thinking we are. Next, that we are much more predicta...
Brainycat's 5 "B"s:blood: 4boobs: 0bombs: 3bondage: 0 blasphemy: 3Bechdel Test: FAILDeggan's Rule: FAILGay Bechdel Test: FAILPlease note: I don't review to provide synopses, I review to share a purely visceral reaction to books and perhaps answer some of the questions I ask when I'm contemplating i...
Science fiction is an incredibly diverse genre, both in terms of content and in terms of storytelling. At one end of the spectrum you have your pulp sci-fi, rollicking adventure stories that often skirt the boundaries of science to tell their fantastic tales. Further along the line, at the middle of...
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