thesffreader's review
3.0
It's not the worst Clarkesworld issue I read so far (issue 116 is by far) but it wasn't strong either, I am pretty disappointed with it because it started out well with Helio Music which was very unusual and interesting. Oh well, hopefully issue 119 will be better.
"Helio Music" by Mike Buckley, "Against the Stream" by A Que, "Lion Walk" by Mary Rosenblum were all 4*: All solid stories that really brought something new or in a innovative way. Against the Stream is probably my favorite story of the issue.
"Sephine and the Leviathan" by Jack Schouten 3* : the first two third were awesome but I didn't care about the ending that much.
"Fish Dance" by Eric Schwitzgebel 2* : It was very hard to follow, at first I was intrigued, I found the writing beautiful but I was way too lost and it didn't really make an impression on me, it was just okay.
"Nahiku West by Linda Nagata 1*: I tried but I didn't understand the story at all, I was completely lost and I didn't find the writing style especially good.
"The Sentry Branch Predictor Spec: A Fairy Tale" by John Chu DNF: I tried, I really tried but nothing made sense and the footnotes were so irritating!! I read about 15% and I couldn't continue on.
"Helio Music" by Mike Buckley, "Against the Stream" by A Que, "Lion Walk" by Mary Rosenblum were all 4*: All solid stories that really brought something new or in a innovative way. Against the Stream is probably my favorite story of the issue.
"Sephine and the Leviathan" by Jack Schouten 3* : the first two third were awesome but I didn't care about the ending that much.
"Fish Dance" by Eric Schwitzgebel 2* : It was very hard to follow, at first I was intrigued, I found the writing beautiful but I was way too lost and it didn't really make an impression on me, it was just okay.
"Nahiku West by Linda Nagata 1*: I tried but I didn't understand the story at all, I was completely lost and I didn't find the writing style especially good.
"The Sentry Branch Predictor Spec: A Fairy Tale" by John Chu DNF: I tried, I really tried but nothing made sense and the footnotes were so irritating!! I read about 15% and I couldn't continue on.
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