A review by liacooper
Infinity Wars by Jonathan Strahan
4.0
ARC received from Netgalley for an honest review. Full review coming soon.
Average rating 4.1*
Very cohesive, thoughtful, diverse collection. Compulsively readable, disturbingly relevant stories that I and would highly rec this to sci fi (especially military scifi) fans.
Individual Story Ratings w/ my initial thoughts:
Evening of the Span of Their Days, Carrie Vaughn *4 (good little story)
The Last Broadcasts, An Owomoyela *3.75 (interesting neuro atypical character)
Faceless Soldiers, Patchwork Ship, Caroline M Yoachim *3.75 (character motivations seemed rushed but whoa boy talk about some body horror)
Dear Sarah, Nancy Kress *3.75 (Abrupt ending, but interesting ideas, v relavent. not sure if souther portrayel was a bit too cliche?)
The Moon is Not a Battlefield, Indrapramit Das *5 (made me tear up, so much character and feeling, how things stay the same)
Perfect Gun, Elizabeth Bear *3.5 (it was committed to what it was doing but it read hyper-masculine which wasn't to my taste)
Oracle, Dominica Phettaplace *4.25 (really interesting, chilling, i could have done without the vapid millenial-esque dig at the end though)
In Everlasting Wisdom, Aliette deBodard *3.75 ( yay more aliens. Some thoughts on home deprivations caused by war)
Command and Control, David D. Levine *4 (ending was a little abrupt but overall interesting. lots of court martials in this collection)
Conversations with an Armory, Garth Nix *5 (I want more of this!)
Overburden, Genevieve Valentine *4 (*3 for the protagonist, *4 for the themes and ideas)
Heavies, Rich Larson *4.5 (love a bit of SF detective stuff. this felt almost noir even though it's not grim per se. good idea for a film that i would TOTALLY WATCH!)
Weather Girl, E.J. Swift *4 (I was really with this one up until the final paragraph which felt forced. Otherwise scary relevant)
Mines, Eleanor Arnason *3.75 ( abrupt but some interesting thoughts and great abandonment scifi)
ZeroS, Peter Watts *4.5 (chilling, fucking chilling)
Average rating 4.1*
Very cohesive, thoughtful, diverse collection. Compulsively readable, disturbingly relevant stories that I and would highly rec this to sci fi (especially military scifi) fans.
Individual Story Ratings w/ my initial thoughts:
Evening of the Span of Their Days, Carrie Vaughn *4 (good little story)
The Last Broadcasts, An Owomoyela *3.75 (interesting neuro atypical character)
Faceless Soldiers, Patchwork Ship, Caroline M Yoachim *3.75 (character motivations seemed rushed but whoa boy talk about some body horror)
Dear Sarah, Nancy Kress *3.75 (Abrupt ending, but interesting ideas, v relavent. not sure if souther portrayel was a bit too cliche?)
The Moon is Not a Battlefield, Indrapramit Das *5 (made me tear up, so much character and feeling, how things stay the same)
Perfect Gun, Elizabeth Bear *3.5 (it was committed to what it was doing but it read hyper-masculine which wasn't to my taste)
Oracle, Dominica Phettaplace *4.25 (really interesting, chilling, i could have done without the vapid millenial-esque dig at the end though)
In Everlasting Wisdom, Aliette deBodard *3.75 ( yay more aliens. Some thoughts on home deprivations caused by war)
Command and Control, David D. Levine *4 (ending was a little abrupt but overall interesting. lots of court martials in this collection)
Conversations with an Armory, Garth Nix *5 (I want more of this!)
Overburden, Genevieve Valentine *4 (*3 for the protagonist, *4 for the themes and ideas)
Heavies, Rich Larson *4.5 (love a bit of SF detective stuff. this felt almost noir even though it's not grim per se. good idea for a film that i would TOTALLY WATCH!)
Weather Girl, E.J. Swift *4 (I was really with this one up until the final paragraph which felt forced. Otherwise scary relevant)
Mines, Eleanor Arnason *3.75 ( abrupt but some interesting thoughts and great abandonment scifi)
ZeroS, Peter Watts *4.5 (chilling, fucking chilling)