5 Antworten in diesem Thema

[Amy West]

I'm hoping that this is an appropriate topic. . . I can see why "The Popular Mechanic" is one of the most popular reads on InterNova: I thought it was really well done, and one of the ones I've enjoyed the most. I am trying to finish reading the latest bunch of uploads. I am enjoying "I Thought I Saw a Pussycat" but keep getting frustrated by problems with my Nook's browser. Of the classiscs, I enjoyed "Red Rhombuses" the best: it at first has that overt intellectual inversion motif a la "Flowers for Algernon," but it's got some subtle twists, and keeps the reader off balance. Many thanks for all the work on this! I am very grateful. (Now, may I ask: will there be an electronic version of Nova available?)

[Amy West]

I'm going to be quite frank: I didn't like Khan's "A Sort of Peace." I thought the revenge theme hackneyed, the plot contrived, and I have to ask: is a meteor directed by the hand of God a science-fictional element?

[Amy West]

I really enjoyed Gerson Lodi-Ribeiro's "Xochiquetzal and the Vengence Fleet." I'm not an alternative history fan (I don't seek them out), but I've enjoyed the ones that I've read. This story was very good in its vision of an alternate Age of Exploration. Again, very enjoyable. "The Apprentice's Kaleidoscope" was a good story, until the ending. Making it all a dream is a disappointment, a bit of a cheat, and something that George Scithers advised writers against. Up until then it was fun figuring out what was going on. "Dreams at Dusk" was a neat alien abduction story, but again, I found the end disappointing. The protagonist is figuring out what's going on, thinking about his situation, etc. Now in a more "typical" SF story the protagonist's return home would have been the result of some action on his part; here, it just happens. The reader is confronted with 2 explanations: 1) it was all a dream (see above comment) 2) the aliens just decided to return him. Now, perhaps that was a result of him thinking about his family, but . . . it just simply seems to happen. Again, a bit disappointing for the reader. Many thanks for bringing us stories on a regular basis! (And I've read them all, even if I haven't commented on them.) ---Amy West