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Short stories can be a great way to boil down an idea to its essentials. In this case, the stories emphasize the ideas of climate change, extinction, and the future of humanity. None are very long, but most are thought-provoking and several will make people immediately want to work toward changing what seems to be coming.
Some of my favorites from this work were "The Bubble Tea Frogs", a story about a scientist and his search for a possibly extinct from that holds the key to his future; "Will-o-the-Walmart", which brings to life the idea of paving paradise and what we might miss; and "Akikia, the Magician", the tale of Gorillas and the rangers who work to protect them.
The most haunting, however, was the tale which ends this collection: "Landscape on the Outskirts," featuring desolation tourists who come to stay with an old woman on the edge of an abandoned town. To me, this culminating story ties together the ideas in all the preceding works and is a perfectly selected ending.
If you enjoy short stories, dystopian fiction, stories of hope, or the triumph or tragedy of science, this collection is very worth a read.
Thank you to the publisher and netgalley for the opportunity to read an advance copy of this book.
#TriangulationExtinction #NetGalley #shortstories
Some of my favorites from this work were "The Bubble Tea Frogs", a story about a scientist and his search for a possibly extinct from that holds the key to his future; "Will-o-the-Walmart", which brings to life the idea of paving paradise and what we might miss; and "Akikia, the Magician", the tale of Gorillas and the rangers who work to protect them.
The most haunting, however, was the tale which ends this collection: "Landscape on the Outskirts," featuring desolation tourists who come to stay with an old woman on the edge of an abandoned town. To me, this culminating story ties together the ideas in all the preceding works and is a perfectly selected ending.
If you enjoy short stories, dystopian fiction, stories of hope, or the triumph or tragedy of science, this collection is very worth a read.
Thank you to the publisher and netgalley for the opportunity to read an advance copy of this book.
#TriangulationExtinction #NetGalley #shortstories
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