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sarabz's review
5.0
What a fabulous collection of stories! There wasn't a single one I didn't like. The stories all deal with the authors' thoughts about how our world is changing and where that might go. There were some really interesting and thought provoking takes on robots and AI's.
I highly recommend this anthology.
I highly recommend this anthology.
cindywho's review
3.0
The stories were ok, non particularly memorable, except for the one I'd read before about the Neanderthals and another one about a pipeline in Nigeria (hmm, maybe that's why they were first and last)
rainbowjawn's review
4.0
There were only two stories that I truly didn't like, and several of them, I liked very much. The collection was the perfect length for me, too. Worth checking out for sure.
wealhtheow's review
4.0
A collection of stories about paradigm shifts. This is easily the best anthology I've read this year (although the single author collection [b:Pump Six|2819368|Pump Six and Other Stories|Paolo Bacigalupi|http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51SDuDLIRSL._SL75_.jpg|2845301] still contains my favorite short stories of the year). The editor kept his choices to the best, not the biggest names, and thus captured some of the most innovative work in sf. Unlike pretty much every other anthology I can think of, there are no losers here--no stories that insulted or frustrated me, no lazy writing or poorly thought out plot points. These are stories with muscle and brain behind them, taking place all over the globe, all over the future.
The best:
"N-words" by Ted Kosmatka, is of course about racial prejudice, but also has a great deal to say about biology-as-destiny, and the effects of genetic diversity.
"Faceless in Gethsemane" by Mark Budz. A group has removed their ability to tell facial features and skin colors apart. A man tries to deal with his sister's choice to join the movement.
"Resistance" by Tobias S Buckell. A cameo appearance by Pepper does not distract from the work this story sets out to do: observe and pick apart the end results of a truly democratic republic.
The best:
"N-words" by Ted Kosmatka, is of course about racial prejudice, but also has a great deal to say about biology-as-destiny, and the effects of genetic diversity.
"Faceless in Gethsemane" by Mark Budz. A group has removed their ability to tell facial features and skin colors apart. A man tries to deal with his sister's choice to join the movement.
"Resistance" by Tobias S Buckell. A cameo appearance by Pepper does not distract from the work this story sets out to do: observe and pick apart the end results of a truly democratic republic.
tregina's review
3.0
This rating is definitely an average of how I felt about the stories, some of which fell on either side of this center line. Endosymbiont, for instance, really moved me (despite any passing similarities to The Matrix trilogy), but Drinking Problem felt more like a call to alcoholism than to responsible recycling. In general, the stories tended to lean a touch more towards talking about ideas than writing stories about those ideas, but just a touch, and the writing itself was overall high quality.
tundragirl's review
4.0
A short anthology of SF stories about, as the title implies, sowing seeds of change, usually involving change that affects the whole world. As with most anthologies, some stories are much stronger than others. I think my favorite was the first; it was the most affecting.
A good weekend read.
A good weekend read.
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