A review by ajam
Zima Blue and Other Stories by Alastair Reynolds

5.0

5★
A Belated Appreciation:
Zima Blue and Other Stories alongside Beyond the Aquila Rift: The Best of Alastair Reynolds(currently on hold) were among the first few Sci-Fi books I ever read. So in a way, Alastair Reynolds through the stories collected in these books has not only shaped my taste/preference in the genre but has also ruined most mainstream books for me. For that I am eternally and wholeheartedly grateful to him.

Read ~ Apr-Jul 2020
•Zima Blue - 5★
•The Real Story - 4.5★
•Beyond the Aquila Rift - 5★
•Enola - 4.5★
•Signal to Noise - 4★
•Cardiff Afterlife - 3.5★
•Hideaway (Merlin #1) - 4.5★
•Minla's Flowers(Merlin #2) - 5★
•Angels Of Ahses - 4★
•Spirey And The Queen - 3.5★
•Understanding Space And Time - 4.5★

Read ~ 09/01/2021
•Digital To Analogue 1992 - 4★ (Enter The Void ⨉ Climax , Gaspar Noe)

Look at the changes in popular music between 1976 and 1991, which is the gap between the Sex Pistols and Nirvana, and then compare 1991 with 2006 which is the gap between Nirvana and . . . Coldplay

Ouch

Joy Division were icons of cool in 1991; they're still icons of cool now.

•Everlasting 2006 - 4★ (I'm thinking of Ending Things, Charlie Kaufman)