@stuebinm To me the name reads like a dish /o\
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jana reviewed Sinopticon by Xueting Christine Ni
"Tombs of the Universe," "宇宙墓碑"
Read "Tombs of the Universe," "宇宙墓碑". It’s great! I love it! It’s a story with a very different trope to what I’m used to, felt more like reading a documentation of the ancient past in the far future (similar to how "Always Coming Home" describes a society that will have been in the distant future-past), a story about the customs of burial of the dead in a space exploration age and ultimately spaces rejection of humanity as a live-adverting vast void. Will read again.
@stuebinm Ooh, maybe? :3 I would love that!
I already encountered the part you told me of, about delicious food being Workfood! It’s such a cute conversation and I love the idea of food being delicious, hence fast to eat, a productive meal.
jana started reading A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine
The alien species in this story refers to research as fiction, science fiction to be precise, as their society seemingly does not have such a concept. I like that :D
jana reviewed Nightfall by Isaac Asimov
jana reviewed Sinopticon by Xueting Christine Ni
"The Last Save", "最终档案"
Next one up was "The Last Save", "最终档案" by Gu Shi. I actually quite liked this one. It's a techno-dystopian story introducing a "save and reload" mechanic to life, a wildly intrusive one even. I enjoyed the story, the ending just wasn't for me. The author could have taken this further I think
jana reviewed Sinopticon by Xueting Christine Ni
jana reviewed Sinopticon by Xueting Christine Ni
Finished "The Absolution Experiment", "特赦实验"。
Finished "The Absolution Experiment", "特赦实验" aaaaand I just don't like it? Like it starts great, the entry dialogue is good and the initial scene is moody. It's an interesting starting-off point with plenty paths this could have gone and it just went into a personal vendetta story, involving the government as the acting force, the "good", that just tastes like a Marvel or DC style comic, it's a bland trope. I will still cherish the first part, I liked it!
jana started reading Sinopticon by Xueting Christine Ni
jana commented on Nightfall by Isaac Asimov
jana commented on Nightfall by Isaac Asimov
Damn. I didn’t expect the short story “Hostess” to be this intrusive and all encompassing of the human experience, turning it so very sour. This will stay with me as a brainworm, literally..
(can’t write much more than this to not spoil it)
jana started reading Nightfall by Isaac Asimov

Nightfall by Isaac Asimov, Robert Silverberg
These two renowned writers have invented a world not unlike our own--a world on the edge of chaos, torn between …