pam_h's review
4.0
4 stars for the cutest robot sidekicks ever plus the awesome concept of a planet-wide wildlife sanctuary. I loved this short story. (I liked the romance well enough, but it wasn't really the strength of the story)
poultrymunitions's review
2.0
three for the story.
but only one for the crappy formatting and several typos in the ePub copy I bought for four dollars directly from weightless books.
a disappointment, as such.
you'd think a publisher with the balls to charge that much for a novella this short would at least make sure said novella didn't look like a bible tract about the apocalypse someone printed by hand in a basement.
or something.
but only one for the crappy formatting and several typos in the ePub copy I bought for four dollars directly from weightless books.
a disappointment, as such.
you'd think a publisher with the balls to charge that much for a novella this short would at least make sure said novella didn't look like a bible tract about the apocalypse someone printed by hand in a basement.
or something.
dee2799d's review
3.0
I thought this would be a hard-core sci-fi novella with lots of robotic things happening (maybe even robot fights?) but it's nothing of the kind. It's about how technology exist hand in hand with what's natural. Andrew Salazar (is it just me or did he get honourable mention in [b:The Rifter|10428720|The Shattered Gates (Rifter #1)|Ginn Hale|http://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1302422743s/10428720.jpg|15333129] as the guy who had sexual tension with John Toffler?) purchases used synthetics from the Military in order to help him during his stay in Casaverde. I've just finished reading [b:Robopocalypse|9634967|Robopocalypse|Daniel H. Wilson|http://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1327885891s/9634967.jpg|14247828], so I was pretty much thinking, 'Robots. Does this mean he's going to do a robot?' But synthetics are not exactly robots. Even the BZs (they're super cute, btw. Pokes and Gunner are the best)--which look like nothing made by nature--possess instincts, distinct personalities, and actually operate on some organic level. The AK--which looks humanoid and is probably the character on the cover--actually used to be human. And the story also has to do with how the AK becomes Thomas Liu once again.
Aside from the technology and the man on man romance, this is also about politics, how bigass corporations exploit natural resources, and basically nature, OK? I love how Andrew is so enthusiastic about his work. To the point of 'No fuck malaria! I'm doing the thing!' For someone like Thomas, who register touch and temperature in a mechanical way, I can definitely see Andrew's appeal. He's just so human, you know?
All in all, it's a fun little romp. I liked it.
Aside from the technology and the man on man romance, this is also about politics, how bigass corporations exploit natural resources, and basically nature, OK? I love how Andrew is so enthusiastic about his work. To the point of 'No fuck malaria! I'm doing the thing!' For someone like Thomas, who register touch and temperature in a mechanical way, I can definitely see Andrew's appeal. He's just so human, you know?
All in all, it's a fun little romp. I liked it.
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