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The Best of Michael Swanwick by Michael Swanwick

matosapa's review

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4.0

I picked this up after reading one of his short stories in another book. He was a new author to me and I'm very happy to have discovered him.
The stories in this anthology cover a wide range of (mainly) hard sci-fi topics: colonization, brain-hacking, first contact, etc. with some really nice basic sci-fi thrown in (e.g. Radio Waves). I f I was to name an overall tone to the stories I would say disturbing but in a good way. He explores thorny questions through his stories and sometimes the conclusion is disturbing but in a good way.

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4.0

I picked this up after reading one of his short stories in another book. He was a new author to me and I'm very happy to have discovered him.
The stories in this anthology cover a wide range of (mainly) hard sci-fi topics: colonization, brain-hacking, first contact, etc. with some really nice basic sci-fi thrown in (e.g. Radio Waves). I f I was to name an overall tone to the stories I would say disturbing but in a good way. He explores thorny questions through his stories and sometimes the conclusion is disturbing but in a good way.
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