David H.’s Reviews > The Best of Michael Swanwick > Status Update
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is 25% done
The Feast of Saint Janis: Janis Joplin lives again, sort of. The Americans are unhinged.
Ginungagap: I really liked the core of the story (loved the dealing with the spider aliens), but why is everyone naked?
Trojan Horse: All about approaching a god state, but not a fan of this story.
A Midwinter's Tale: I really liked this one, with its somewhat confused narrator, though I wonder about the framing.
— Mar 23, 2025 12:37AM
Ginungagap: I really liked the core of the story (loved the dealing with the spider aliens), but why is everyone naked?
Trojan Horse: All about approaching a god state, but not a fan of this story.
A Midwinter's Tale: I really liked this one, with its somewhat confused narrator, though I wonder about the framing.
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Slow Life: Who's the slow one again? Haha.
Legions in Time: A complicated bit of time war stuff, but it was fun.
Triceratops Summer: Reread. I really liked this one. What would you do if you had a summer like this?
From Babel's Fall'n Glory We Fled: An interesting contrast between the humans & the millies. Another very ambiguous ending!
— Mar 24, 2025 12:53AM
Legions in Time: A complicated bit of time war stuff, but it was fun.
Triceratops Summer: Reread. I really liked this one. What would you do if you had a summer like this?
From Babel's Fall'n Glory We Fled: An interesting contrast between the humans & the millies. Another very ambiguous ending!
David H.
is 83% done
The Very Pulse of the Machine: Reread. An accident on the moon Io leads to a discovery about its nature.
Wild Minds: Optimizing yourselves seems awful, but wow. Thank goodness for Catholic guilt.
Scherzo with Tyrannosaur: What a delightful time travel/dinosaur story, with an appropriate conclusion.
The Raggle Taggle Gypsy-O: Annie & Crow! Rather wacky.
The Dog Said Bow-Wow: Darger & Surplus! Also wacky.
— Mar 23, 2025 10:43PM
Wild Minds: Optimizing yourselves seems awful, but wow. Thank goodness for Catholic guilt.
Scherzo with Tyrannosaur: What a delightful time travel/dinosaur story, with an appropriate conclusion.
The Raggle Taggle Gypsy-O: Annie & Crow! Rather wacky.
The Dog Said Bow-Wow: Darger & Surplus! Also wacky.
David H.
is 67% done
Radio Waves: A different take on ghosts and loss and letting go.
The Dead: Corporatized zombies. Dark implications.
Mother Grasshopper: Bizarre civilization living on a giant grasshopper in space, Death comes for us all.
Radiant Doors: Refugees from the future lead to circles within circles. Pretty darn dark, to me (I hate mind control).
— Mar 23, 2025 08:36PM
The Dead: Corporatized zombies. Dark implications.
Mother Grasshopper: Bizarre civilization living on a giant grasshopper in space, Death comes for us all.
Radiant Doors: Refugees from the future lead to circles within circles. Pretty darn dark, to me (I hate mind control).
David H.
is 53% done
The Edge of the World: Reread. Loved the teenaged voices & some of the sadness underneath.
Griffin's Egg: I liked the moon setting & story mostly, sort of mini apoc, but ending made me disappointed.
The Changeling's Tale: Wishy-washy memory stories frustrate me, but I loved the narrator's voice here.
North of Diddy-Wah-Diddy: Riding the train to Hell. Fairly fun, but kinda wish I had the story with Jackie instead.
— Mar 23, 2025 04:31PM
Griffin's Egg: I liked the moon setting & story mostly, sort of mini apoc, but ending made me disappointed.
The Changeling's Tale: Wishy-washy memory stories frustrate me, but I loved the narrator's voice here.
North of Diddy-Wah-Diddy: Riding the train to Hell. Fairly fun, but kinda wish I had the story with Jackie instead.
