A review by macthekat
Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 73 by Matthew Johnson, Neil Clarke, Genevieve Valentine, Jeremy L.C. Jones, Yoon Ha Lee, Theodora Goss, Daniel Abraham
5.0
I think it was wonderful to read a military Sci fi story that was not about the battle but still let it play a key role. And I also liked the terminology riffs - I love it when writers assumes that their readers are smart enough to follow them. I found it really refreshing to have this level of emotion in a military story. Awesome - I want to read more by Yoon Ha Lee
Merged review:
This story is a solar system science fiction story about Henry on Europa, Jupiter's moon. I might just be running into an odd streak, but to me it seems like the solar system stories are the grim dark of science fiction. They all seems to have an extremely grim and bleak view of the future. In this story the Earth is running out of water and humanity is desperately trying to create a new home somewhere in the solar system, and not having much luck of it.
This is a story with deep and sad emotion to it. It isn't really my favourite type of story. I prefer something a bit less grim dark. Something with a bit of hope in it or at least some entertainment value. But it is a beautiful story. And I think it deepens because of the betrayal Henry feels towards his parents without ever really admitting it to himself. They had to go right, they had good reasons, they had to take the birds away from him and take him to a word where the wonder of animal life are yellow algae. Right?
Read the rest of my review here: http://www.mackat.dk/book/2014/01/a-bead-of-jasper-four-small-stones/
Merged review:
This story is a solar system science fiction story about Henry on Europa, Jupiter's moon. I might just be running into an odd streak, but to me it seems like the solar system stories are the grim dark of science fiction. They all seems to have an extremely grim and bleak view of the future. In this story the Earth is running out of water and humanity is desperately trying to create a new home somewhere in the solar system, and not having much luck of it.
This is a story with deep and sad emotion to it. It isn't really my favourite type of story. I prefer something a bit less grim dark. Something with a bit of hope in it or at least some entertainment value. But it is a beautiful story. And I think it deepens because of the betrayal Henry feels towards his parents without ever really admitting it to himself. They had to go right, they had good reasons, they had to take the birds away from him and take him to a word where the wonder of animal life are yellow algae. Right?
Read the rest of my review here: http://www.mackat.dk/book/2014/01/a-bead-of-jasper-four-small-stones/