Three Variations on a Theme of Imperial Attire by E.I like the idea of an atypical mermaid, but the interplay beneath her relationship with all the members of the family was very strange to me. The Freedom of the Shifting Sea by Jaymee Goh 2/5.The love of the father for his son was nice.Īnother good one: the colonized and oppressed natives of a land finally rises up against their colonizers (who have literally burned their own ships so they cannot leave!) with hints of a dark god who demands their lives.

One of the few I liked! A darkly humorous ad about a beautiful Caribbean island full that has become the premier destination for the euthanasia of wealthy white people, in which the natives are only too happy to oblige. Come Home to Atropos by Steven Barnes 4/5.I liked the gentle admonishment at the end, scolding the author for not really doing their due diligence. Very much in an academic style, which works for some people and doesn't for others. The Virtue of Unfaithful Translations by Minsoo Kang 3/5.The premise left me intrigued, but there were just too many unanswered questions and I ended up lost. Good enough for what it's trying to do and a good opener. Galactic Tourist Industrial Complex by Tobias S.I JUST finished reading it, and while there are a few stories I remember, I know they won't stick with me in the future. connections, violence) and it got a little boring to read after a while.

They all seemed to focus on similar themes (treatment of women, sexuality, romantic/familial/etc. Normally, in a short story collection, I expect there to be a fair amount of variation in the quality of the stories and some that I like better than others, but none of the stories in this collection really grabbed me. It seemed very long (17 stories, which doesn't seem like much when I see the number, but really dragged on when I was reading them) and the stories themselves seemed to drag on. Unfortunately, while I was looking forward to reading this, I didn't end up liking it that much.

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