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A review by urlphantomhive
Some of the Best from Tor.com, 2019 edition by
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I will be updating this on the go, as I plan to read these short stories in between my other books.
"Deriving Life" - Elizabeth Bear
2 Stars - I couldn't really get in to the story, short as it was. I was intrigued by the premise, but it failed a little to convince me why these deriving life forms were necessary in the first place. Also, I had this strong feeling I'd read something like this at least once before, but couldn't remember exactly where.
"For He Can Creep" - Siobhan Carroll
3 Stars - Little story from the POV a cat fighting the devil. While the perspective of the cat was purrr-fect the story failed to surprise me.
"Beyond the El" - John Chu
2 Stars - The first page folding the paper dumpling was extremely touching, the rest not so much.
"Zeitgeber" - Greg Egan
4 Stars - Interesting. When people's internal clock no longer aligns, what do we do? Adjust the world or force them back. I liked this one a lot.
“One/Zero” - Kathleen Ann Goonan
2 Stars - This story about impending AI couldn't really hold my interest, despite being a short story.
"Skinner Box" - Carol Johnstone
3 Stars - I saw the plot twist coming, but it was a quite ok story nevertheless.
"The Song" - Erinn L Kemper
3 Stars - Very sad little story about the song of whales.
"Articulated Restraint" - Mary Robinette Kowal
2 Stars - Very formulaic short about what one wants to sacrifice for advancement with AI etc.
I admit to reading the rest in one sit, and the details of each of the following stories have blurred a little, sorry. In any case, there was not one story which really stood out for me.
I will be updating this on the go, as I plan to read these short stories in between my other books.
"Deriving Life" - Elizabeth Bear
2 Stars - I couldn't really get in to the story, short as it was. I was intrigued by the premise, but it failed a little to convince me why these deriving life forms were necessary in the first place. Also, I had this strong feeling I'd read something like this at least once before, but couldn't remember exactly where.
"For He Can Creep" - Siobhan Carroll
3 Stars - Little story from the POV a cat fighting the devil. While the perspective of the cat was purrr-fect the story failed to surprise me.
"Beyond the El" - John Chu
2 Stars - The first page folding the paper dumpling was extremely touching, the rest not so much.
"Zeitgeber" - Greg Egan
4 Stars - Interesting. When people's internal clock no longer aligns, what do we do? Adjust the world or force them back. I liked this one a lot.
“One/Zero” - Kathleen Ann Goonan
2 Stars - This story about impending AI couldn't really hold my interest, despite being a short story.
"Skinner Box" - Carol Johnstone
3 Stars - I saw the plot twist coming, but it was a quite ok story nevertheless.
"The Song" - Erinn L Kemper
3 Stars - Very sad little story about the song of whales.
"Articulated Restraint" - Mary Robinette Kowal
2 Stars - Very formulaic short about what one wants to sacrifice for advancement with AI etc.
I admit to reading the rest in one sit, and the details of each of the following stories have blurred a little, sorry. In any case, there was not one story which really stood out for me.