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A review by ryan_lan
A Galactic Holiday by Anna Hackett
3.0
2 stars for the first 2 stories, 3 for Hacketts.
My biggest issue was with our cyborg and cop story. I’m sorry but both our mains were assholes. She gets to be pissed that she keeps being demoted (even tho she is supposedly a good cop) because she doesn’t want to be a cyborg. He gets to get implants or whatever. They both demean each others choices and are just assholes. Then! We’re all supposed to just be cool at the end cuz they’re partnered up on the job as well as off of it. So systemic oppression (1 fictional version of it) is cool as long as you get hot dick.
Tbh i forgot what the second story was even about. An ice miner or something. Pretty ehhh.
Hackett manages to write something compelling (tho incredibly lighthearted/shallow) even when it’s short.
My biggest issue was with our cyborg and cop story. I’m sorry but both our mains were assholes. She gets to be pissed that she keeps being demoted (even tho she is supposedly a good cop) because she doesn’t want to be a cyborg. He gets to get implants or whatever. They both demean each others choices and are just assholes. Then! We’re all supposed to just be cool at the end cuz they’re partnered up on the job as well as off of it. So systemic oppression (1 fictional version of it) is cool as long as you get hot dick.
Tbh i forgot what the second story was even about. An ice miner or something. Pretty ehhh.
Hackett manages to write something compelling (tho incredibly lighthearted/shallow) even when it’s short.