briarinthemoon's review against another edition
4.0
I have never read something quite like this, I feel like I’ll be thinking about it for a while.
My favorite passages:
Pg. 19
“In our early encounters, we make our own errors. How can we understand something so alien before we understand it? We act out of love, but that does not erase the harm we cause. Forgive us.”
Pg. 55
“Each time we encounter a new love, it becomes a part of who we are. No, we do not blend our loves into one single entity—the core of us would be lost against such vastness.”
Pg. 61
“Our love is scattered across time and space, without order, without endings”
My favorite passages:
Pg. 19
“In our early encounters, we make our own errors. How can we understand something so alien before we understand it? We act out of love, but that does not erase the harm we cause. Forgive us.”
Pg. 55
“Each time we encounter a new love, it becomes a part of who we are. No, we do not blend our loves into one single entity—the core of us would be lost against such vastness.”
Pg. 61
“Our love is scattered across time and space, without order, without endings”
melusine7's review against another edition
Hugo 2020 voter packet
Also heard on Lightspeed? Podcast
Also heard on Lightspeed? Podcast
elsiemookow's review against another edition
4.0
Really needed this to be a Novel. It was a creepy mystery, had an amazing world, and I found myself tearing up a few times. But then it ended too quickly as most novelettes do.
tui_reads's review against another edition
3.0
Hugos 2020. Far future SF about an archronologist, a woman who accesses visual and physical records of past moments the way one might dig through an archaeological site. Also aliens. Slick and tender, I liked it quite a bit; 3.5 stars.
heniaakbar's review against another edition
4.0
Best Novelette 2020 Nom: 4.5
I almost give it 3, but the last scene got me. This has confusing setting (can't even imagine what the warehouse look like, or how the Chronicle works until almost the end), but that's all I have complaint about. The story is good, the characters are relatable, although Saki is too emotionally feeble but hey, her lifelove just died, have some respects!
I love the ending scene.
I almost give it 3, but the last scene got me. This has confusing setting (can't even imagine what the warehouse look like, or how the Chronicle works until almost the end), but that's all I have complaint about. The story is good, the characters are relatable, although Saki is too emotionally feeble but hey, her lifelove just died, have some respects!
I love the ending scene.
anna_hepworth's review against another edition
4.0
Received this as a 'free' ebook as part of the Hugo voters pack
This is a very clever story, with a fascinating amount of world-building, and some beautiful characters. I loved the details, but I didn't find the story all that gripping.
This is a very clever story, with a fascinating amount of world-building, and some beautiful characters. I loved the details, but I didn't find the story all that gripping.
everythinggoes_rosetree's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
I can't even describe how beautiful this novelette was. It deals with grief and love and cultural miscommunication miscommunications and I definitely plan on buying it for my personal collection.
mayakittenreads's review against another edition
3.0
Visiting past/future to find the fate of Mars colony
mirandagrace's review against another edition
4.0
A really novel take on time travel and bumps this up from three and a half for characters and plot.
jessticulates's review against another edition
There's absolutely nothing wrong with this novelette. I didn't dislike it, but it didn't quite work for me either so I have no idea how to rate it. I think my issue, as a reader, is that I tend to find it easier to find my feet when I'm dropped into a fantasy novelette than a sci-fi novelette. I spent a lot of this story trying to figure out where I was and what was going on, so this could be a novelette I have to read again in future to figure out how I actually feel about it!