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A review by estanceveyrac
Sinopticon: A Celebration of Chinese Science Fiction by Bao Shu, Gu Shi, Ma Boyong, Zhao Haihong, Wang Jinkang, Tang Fei, Jiang Bo, Regina Kanyu Wang, Han Song, Anna Wu, Nian Yu, Hao Jingfang, A Que
5.0
That was a very good anthology, I'm so glad I've read it.
I've liked all but one story (I've already read too many male gaze stories like Wang Jinkang's).
I especially liked A Que's story, I laughed so much : "Humans are such a kind species, [...] They regularly send us supplies.", Regina Kanyu Wang's story made me cry just a little bit, I love Baoshu as always & Ma Boyong's story traumatized me.
The Great Migration, the great nightmare for one like me. And it just so happens that the crowding in the subway has reached the pre-Covid levels once more and those levels were getting more & more unsustainable. In the last few months, I would not even try to travel between this & that place at this & that hour, not because it was a pain, but because you could spend more than an hour on a subway plateform & not succeed in getting into a train, every day & the time of saturation kept increasing.
Once more, people will flock toward walking, giving up on public transportation. I'm lucky I'm more healthy so I can walk more easily, it won't be as bad for me, but it's still an unending nightmare & Ma Boyong captured the urgency, the desperation, agony & hopelessness of it with maestro.
I've liked all but one story (I've already read too many male gaze stories like Wang Jinkang's).
I especially liked A Que's story, I laughed so much : "Humans are such a kind species, [...] They regularly send us supplies.", Regina Kanyu Wang's story made me cry just a little bit, I love Baoshu as always & Ma Boyong's story traumatized me.
The Great Migration, the great nightmare for one like me. And it just so happens that the crowding in the subway has reached the pre-Covid levels once more and those levels were getting more & more unsustainable. In the last few months, I would not even try to travel between this & that place at this & that hour, not because it was a pain, but because you could spend more than an hour on a subway plateform & not succeed in getting into a train, every day & the time of saturation kept increasing.
Once more, people will flock toward walking, giving up on public transportation. I'm lucky I'm more healthy so I can walk more easily, it won't be as bad for me, but it's still an unending nightmare & Ma Boyong captured the urgency, the desperation, agony & hopelessness of it with maestro.