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otter.covblogs.com - 6/17/2009

Book Review: Tides from the New Worlds

— otter.covblogs.com — #Genre: Anthology/Collection, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Magic Realism # Hardcover # Publisher: Wyrm Publishing ; 1ST edition (2009) # ISBN-10: 1890464074 # ISBN-13: 978-1890464073 # Author Website: Tobias S. Buckell In Tides from the New World , Wyrm Publishing collects some of the ... (more) Book Review: Tides from the New Worlds

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Hugo Nominee: “Truth”
Torque Control — ... somehow seemed almost irrelevant to me. And, as Abigail Nussbaum said, while I was reading it I was quite impressed, somehow the story didn’t quite stick with me. Bottom line: in very different ways, two other Reed stories impressed me more than “Truth” last year, though neither got a Hugo nomination. (These are “Five Thrillers” and “Character Flu”.) Good as “Truth” is, I feel it falls short of greatness. John DeNardo: Robert Reed’s “Truth” is a claustrophobic ...

Hugo Nominee: “Article of Faith”
Torque Control — ... with a problem: Jackson, the robot in charge of keeping the church clean, has decided that it believes in God and wants to be a member of his congregation. Though this is well written and reads smoothly, the questions of faith and prejudice it addresses are not new (addressed, for instance, by Jack McDevitt in “Gus” or Isaac Asimov in “The Bicentennial Man”). In fact, they felt quite dated and didn’t offer a fresh enough take on the subject to be memorable. John DeNardo: “Article of Faith” concerns a subservient robot ...

Hugo Nominee: “Evil Robot Monkey”
Torque Control — ... It is mildly amusing and mostly inconsequential. It’s not even the best story in The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction 2. Matt Hilliard: An unusally short story that despite being short manages to have a bit more to say than the other nominated monkey story. Like basically any story of this length, it has one thing to say. It does a pretty good job saying it. I don’t think that’s really award-worthy, though. John DeNardo: Mary Robinette Kowal’s “Evil Robot Monkey” ...

Hugo Nominee: “From Babel’s Fall’n Glory We Fled”
Torque Control — ... probably because they’re similar to, but more subtlely done than, something I played with in my own writing. But the story is told from the perspective of a protective suit worn by the nominal protagonist and is full of weird diversions and fun descriptions of how the suit works. It also has an unexpected ending that fits its viewpoint. Without the charming perspective, it’s a rather forgettable story, but the perspective makes it worth reading. (7) John DeNardo: “From Babel’s Fall’n Glory We Fled” by ...