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A review by siobhanward
Help Fund my Robot Army!!! & Other Improbable Crowdfunding Projects by John Joseph Adams
adventurous
fast-paced
4.0
So for some reason when I got this I start it was a collection of real Kickstarter projects so I was disappointed when I read the first few and it wasn't actual projects, just made up ones. I ended up putting the book down for like five years because it took me a while to realize that it was a short story anthology written as Kickstarters. Duh. Not sure why I couldn't figure that out earlier.
Anyway, once I realized that I really enjoyed a lot of the stories. The only gripe I had is that similar stories were grouped together (brain/consciousness transfer stories, time travel stories) which made the book feel repetitive at points. However, most of the stories were great with some strong stand outs - in particular, I loved Carmen Maria Machado's (though I also loved her book In the Dream House so it's not shocking I liked other works by her).
Anyway, once I realized that I really enjoyed a lot of the stories. The only gripe I had is that similar stories were grouped together (brain/consciousness transfer stories, time travel stories) which made the book feel repetitive at points. However, most of the stories were great with some strong stand outs - in particular, I loved Carmen Maria Machado's (though I also loved her book In the Dream House so it's not shocking I liked other works by her).