A review by le_lobey
Soft Science by Franny Choi
dark
emotional
reflective
tense
medium-paced
5.0
I loved these poems. Choi puts her words together delicately and viciously in equal measure. The collection unites the machinic and erotic, the human, cyborg, and ecologic, and explores the minds of the future to examine womanhood, consumption, predation, and intimacy at a primordial level.
Standouts include: The Turing Test series that frames the whole collection; On the night of the election,; A Brief History of Cyborgs; The Price of Rain; Afterlife; Chi; You’re So Paranoid; Ode to Epinephrine; Chatroulette; Solitude; and several parts of Perihelion: A History of Touch.
Standouts include: The Turing Test series that frames the whole collection; On the night of the election,; A Brief History of Cyborgs; The Price of Rain; Afterlife; Chi; You’re So Paranoid; Ode to Epinephrine; Chatroulette; Solitude; and several parts of Perihelion: A History of Touch.