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laurareads87 's review for:
Solarpunk Creatures
by Christoph Rupprecht, Sarena Ulibarri, Norie Tamura, Rajat Chaudhuri, Deborah Cleland, Melissa Ingaruca Moreno
adventurous
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
3.75, rounding up. I really like the premise of Solarpunk Creatures, an anthology featuring "more-than-human protagonists: organic and digital, alien and fantastic, tiny and boundlessly large." The editors note that a key theme of the collection is "nonhuman agency" and the negotiation involved in diverse species making community and living together.
It is hard to rate this collection as, inevitably, I enjoyed some stories more than others; one I didn't finish for 'content warnings' related reasons, and two I did not finish just because they didn't hold my attention. The rest, I enjoyed. A few favourites include:
-"Sonora's Journey" by Kai Holmwood - a personification of a desert as a protagonist, and an interesting structure
-"The Business of Bees" by Andrew Knighton - a cat protagonist, so of course I loved it
-"AI Dreams of Real Sheep - More at 8" by Commando Jugendstil and Tales from the EV Studio - a linguistic classification program gains sentience
-"Quarropts Can't Dance" by Rodrigo Culagovski - hilarious song and dance battle
-"Leaf Whispers, Ocean Song" by Tashan Mehta - beautiful story of beyond human language, grief, and communing with those around us
Thank you to World Weaver Press & NetGalley for providing an ARC for me to review.
It is hard to rate this collection as, inevitably, I enjoyed some stories more than others; one I didn't finish for 'content warnings' related reasons, and two I did not finish just because they didn't hold my attention. The rest, I enjoyed. A few favourites include:
-"Sonora's Journey" by Kai Holmwood - a personification of a desert as a protagonist, and an interesting structure
-"The Business of Bees" by Andrew Knighton - a cat protagonist, so of course I loved it
-"AI Dreams of Real Sheep - More at 8" by Commando Jugendstil and Tales from the EV Studio - a linguistic classification program gains sentience
-"Quarropts Can't Dance" by Rodrigo Culagovski - hilarious song and dance battle
-"Leaf Whispers, Ocean Song" by Tashan Mehta - beautiful story of beyond human language, grief, and communing with those around us
Thank you to World Weaver Press & NetGalley for providing an ARC for me to review.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Grief
Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Violence, Sexual harassment
Minor: Sexual assault