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KateSavage | Mar 29, 2019 | You can read my review of the book here: http://www.thegenretraveler.com/sci-fi/travel-reads-visions-of-tomorrow/
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CarmaSpence | Jul 26, 2018 | Very nice collection of stories (with the exception of the last one, which felt like a cop-out, or inside joke, or both).
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LaurieGienapp | Dec 8, 2017 | This is an excellent sf mystery thriller. Easton's future is a world where genetic engineering is used for everything. Homes are made from vegetables, planes have been replaced by actual birds and cars are engineered from tortoises. Part of the enjoyment of the novel is the constant discovery of what has been mutated to do what. When the story opens, someone has begun overriding the commands that control a gengineeered 'plane' causing multiple deaths. The story follows the investigation into this sabotage. Well-written.
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Leischen | Aug 26, 2016 | Flagged
aulsmith | Sep 25, 2013 | Currently not on shelf
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STI | 1 other review | Aug 19, 2008 | This book starts out like it might be serious sci-fi and then takes a turn toward the silly. If the story kept to somewhat believable possible futures, it would have been worth a better review. Human consciousness being mysteriously transferred to animals is just not in my realm of suspending disbelief.½
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baggette | Sep 29, 2006 | This was a fun fast read. It's a little silly for serious sf readers but it was a good diversion for the weekend I chose to consume it.
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laplantelibrary | 1 other review | Jul 10, 2022 |
"The Wollart Nymphs" reminded me of a pleasant stay on the RMS Queen Mary. The story includes characters that are interesting and a clever solution to a crisis involving a ghost ship.
"Judy Garland Saves the World (And I Don't Mean Oz)" features a waitress / tour guide. Like several other stories in the collection, the main character is an ordinary American with a story both innocent and charming.
"Corn Fed Blues" is a story featuring a young woman who has a chance encounter that is both touching and one that sets her sights on learning quantum mechanics.
"Airboy and Vooda Visit the Jungles of the Moon" is a silly, over the top ode to pulp fiction. I had the sense the writer had great fun writing this story.
"Symmetry" is set in Weimar Germany and has Emmy Noether as its protagonist. It is the most serious story in the collection and the atmosphere is haunting. It was my personal favorite and I recommended it for the Hugo short list.
"And Every Pebble a Soldier" is another serious story. Short on pages but not on impact. I wish more writers understood that brevity adds more than it takes away.
These are just the highlights of a very nice collection of short stories. I would love to see more Decopunk.