Status Updates From Her Smoke Rose Up Forever

Disappointed to only now realise that "The Women Men Don't See" is the original "women would rather be in a forest with a bear than a man"

"And I Have Come Upon This Place By Lost Ways" is a reminder that we've been saying "don't let computers do all your thinking for you" for 50+ years and people still aren't listening

"The Girl Who Was Plugged In" has depths to it that are far from exhausted in the age of influencer culture - although the idea that ads might be banned feels like a far fetched utopia now - but I still struggle to get through the language, especially in audio format. When I read this again in Warm Worlds and Otherwise, I'm going to try to take it slow, see if I can parse Tiptree's future dialect better.

I read this collection 11 years ago. The opening double header - a story about an airborn pandemic and a story about a massive growth in femicide - hit differently now. Stories from the 1970s, maintaining their relevance today - in a way I love it, but in another way, I hate it!

"Man has to fuck it or die trying." This has now moved into my top ten list of best scifi quotes ever.

...I should make a top ten list of great scifi quotes...

gelesen:
- houston, houston, do you read?
- with delicate mad hands

Read most of these before, but taking a second go-round. Each one has some damn heft to it. The kind of story you finish and have to sit there for a while and let it sink in before you move on to the next. Classic.

gelesen:
- and i have come upon this place by lost ways
- the women men don't see
- your faces, o my sisters! your faces filled of light!

zwei geschichten gelesen:
- the girl who was plugged in
- the man who walked home