Reviews

Lightspeed Magazine, November 2013 by John Joseph Adams

nicksquiggles's review

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4.0

Awesome little extra story at the end of The Body Electric. Loved this concept, only criticism is that I want more! xD

trisha_thomas's review

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4.0

"that’s the line between A.I. and human, isn’t it? A soul. Not intelligence. Soul.

I love this little addition. I read it at the end of The Body Electric. I love how it ties together and was her inspiration.

vanya_vatsal's review

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5.0

I don't particularly enjoy short stories, but this was one of the best I've ever read.
Can't wait to read more by the author. Ordering "Across the Universe" on Amazon now..

l1brarygirl's review

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4.0

Unique little short story - I liked it.

starbound's review

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5.0

Very intriguing and engaging short story. This should be turned into a proper book.

scamp1234's review

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3.0

Decent issue, no stand outs really except The Battle of York was interesting. The Sean Williams addition from his new Twinmaker series was just flat. I'm about to start the novel so I'm hoping my thoughts will change afterward.

galy's review

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5.0

Great short story. It really makes you think during the whole story. I read another book by Beth Revis and when I saw that she had some short stories I was curious and this title was familiar to me so I read it. I really recommend it.

dr_ju's review

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4.0

'Forgive me father for I have sinned.'
'Senhor, I'm not your father.'
'I need to confess my sins, father.'
'I am just your rabbit Steve, not a priest.'
'Yes, you are my rabi. I've been greatly tormented lately, father.'
'Stop calling me-'
'It was a devil. A bluish deliciously peachy book demon. Every time I was in deep prayer and meditation the devil was passing me devilish books to read. The sinful kind of books.'
'Non-fiction books?'
'Even worse. Science fiction books...'
'Oh, my son, your poor suffering soul! Tell me at least they were some mainstream SciFi books that might absolve you for being a trend following lamb.'
'My father, they were the kind of books that makes you question your existence!'
'How could you!? You know well we were all created to read fictional books, but not the wrong kind of fiction.'
'I know father, I am ashamed, but if you could just read a bit of it and see how tempting it is...'
'Leave, Satan, this just body of Senhor and go back to your real world hell. We dont need you to tempt us to read sinful books. I will hit you now in the head with this thick heavy hard Holy Super Magical Fiction Book and you'll be banished out of this world.'
'Damn it, Steve, that hurts. Don't be an arse hole now.'
'I've learned from the best of them.'
'You're not even real.'
'Are you?'

mikaylamurphy42's review

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5.0

UH
TWIST

vivienh's review

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5.0

Woah, short and impactful. Kind of creepy too.