A review by __apf__
Sapience: A Collection of Science Fiction Short Stories by Alexis Lantgen
5.0
I devoured this book in one long read, hopping from sidewalk to bus to barstool with my book in hand. Sapience tells fascinating stories of space pioneers and their predecessors. Some stories bring you to pleasant worlds; others are darkly dystopian. They’re connected by themes of defiance and survival: resisting dystopian overlords, fighting against inhospitable worlds, and struggling with society’s expectations. Most stories are hopeful, even if they are set in a hopeless world.
I’ve grown to really love the short story format for space adventures. Short stories are long enough to connect the reader with an interesting character in an interesting world, but then the story ends so that you can move on to the next character and the next world. In Sapience, most of the stories are loosely connected — they are in the same universe, but in different points in time — so you see many glimpses into this strange future.
I’ve grown to really love the short story format for space adventures. Short stories are long enough to connect the reader with an interesting character in an interesting world, but then the story ends so that you can move on to the next character and the next world. In Sapience, most of the stories are loosely connected — they are in the same universe, but in different points in time — so you see many glimpses into this strange future.