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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.
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
Ambassador Mahit Dzmare arrives in the center of the multi-system Teixcalaanli Empire only to discover …
Craving some low key horny SciFi aand I haven't read this in a while c:
Craving some low key horny SciFi aand I haven't read this in a while c:
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
These two renowned writers have invented a world not unlike our own--a world on the …
"What is Love"
"What is Love" is such a cursed story with dubious consent sprinkled all over it, .. I can recommend it I guess?
"What is Love" is such a cursed story with dubious consent sprinkled all over it, .. I can recommend it I guess?
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
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
Review of "Qiankun and Alex", "乾坤和亚力"
Nibbled my way through "Qiankun and Alex", "乾坤和亚力", it's fun, it's easy, but it also is everything but insightful. Still an enjoyable read
Nibbled my way through "Qiankun and Alex", "乾坤和亚力", it's fun, it's easy, but it also is everything but insightful. Still an enjoyable read
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!
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
These two renowned writers have invented a world not unlike our own--a world on the …
Finished the story "Insert Knob A in Hole B" it's very short but fun :3
Finished the story "Insert Knob A in Hole B" it's very short but fun :3
jana commented on Nightfall by Isaac Asimov
These two renowned writers have invented a world not unlike our own--a world on the …
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 …
jana reviewed Problems for Self Study by Charles Yu (Harvard Review, #23)
A short story about life.
Problems for Self Study read-through
5 stars
Such a quirky little story, it's a fun, fast read :3
Such a quirky little story, it's a fun, fast read :3