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A review by wctracy
Introduction to 2181 Overture, Second Edition by Gu Shi
3.0
Read for 2024 Hugos
The concept behind this is interesting, and I would have loved to actually read a story about it. Instead, in 26 pages, about 15 are devoted to what seems like an abstract about the concept of cryosleep and documenting its development. Only in the first couple pages and the last few do we have any sort of story about the any character being affected by any of this. What could have been an inventive story reads more like a research article.
The concept behind this is interesting, and I would have loved to actually read a story about it. Instead, in 26 pages, about 15 are devoted to what seems like an abstract about the concept of cryosleep and documenting its development. Only in the first couple pages and the last few do we have any sort of story about the any character being affected by any of this. What could have been an inventive story reads more like a research article.