A review by fyoosha
Cyber World: Tales of Humanity's Tomorrow by Paolo Bacigalupi
3.0
Some of these stories were pretty good, but most were only okay. It's kind of a mixed bag.
The problem with cyberpunk - or sci fi in general, I suppose - is that it threatens to be buried under the weight of its own inscrutability. Some authors want to throw in tons of new terminology and concepts and give the reader little time to adjust, which makes for a difficult reading experience.
There were some that were practically nonsensical that I only skimmed, and there were some that left no impression on me at all.
And then there were some that were excellent: "Other People's Thoughts" , "The Bees of Kiribati" , "We Will Take Care of Our Own" , "Small Offerings" , and "The Ibex on the Day of Extinction".
I received a copy of this book from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
The problem with cyberpunk - or sci fi in general, I suppose - is that it threatens to be buried under the weight of its own inscrutability. Some authors want to throw in tons of new terminology and concepts and give the reader little time to adjust, which makes for a difficult reading experience.
There were some that were practically nonsensical that I only skimmed, and there were some that left no impression on me at all.
And then there were some that were excellent: "Other People's Thoughts" , "The Bees of Kiribati" , "We Will Take Care of Our Own" , "Small Offerings" , and "The Ibex on the Day of Extinction".
I received a copy of this book from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.