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A review by fairymodmother
Beggars in Spain by Nancy Kress
2.0
Time of death: 75%
I regret that this didn't capture me, and the continued shaming and torture of people with handicaps or abnormalities while simultaneously invoking rape/incest as natural proclivities took me from bored to uncomfortable.
The idea was interesting: what if you didn't have to sleep? How would that change society? I liked the thoughts about how it would impact human tribal instincts (them vs. us), finding people like yourself, the blend of following economics in the macro and empathy in the micro...and then it really went off the rails with blow by blow hyper-sensationalized courtroom dramas, worldwide upheaval, and a seeming belief that with one-third more time on their hands, humans would become super genius monsters.
I couldn't connect the dots, and I'm bored, disturbed, and no longer wish to continue the thought experiment. Time to put this one *whips off sunglasses* to bed.
Content warnings:
I regret that this didn't capture me, and the continued shaming and torture of people with handicaps or abnormalities while simultaneously invoking rape/incest as natural proclivities took me from bored to uncomfortable.
The idea was interesting: what if you didn't have to sleep? How would that change society? I liked the thoughts about how it would impact human tribal instincts (them vs. us), finding people like yourself, the blend of following economics in the macro and empathy in the micro...and then it really went off the rails with blow by blow hyper-sensationalized courtroom dramas, worldwide upheaval, and a seeming belief that with one-third more time on their hands, humans would become super genius monsters.
I couldn't connect the dots, and I'm bored, disturbed, and no longer wish to continue the thought experiment. Time to put this one *whips off sunglasses* to bed.
Content warnings: