“Immersion”<\/a> by Aliette de Bodard<\/a>: Cultural assimilation digitized. It made me upset for one of the characters, but it ended on a hopeful note.<\/p>\n “The Man who Forgot Ray Bradbury”<\/a> by Neil Gaiman<\/a>. It’s by Neil Gaiman. Why haven’t you read it already?<\/p>\n “The Homecoming”<\/a> by Mike Resnick<\/a>. A man comes to grips with his son’s life.<\/p>\n “If at First”<\/a> by Peter F. Hamilton<\/a>: A police procedural that turns into something else halfway through.<\/p>\n BONUS EXTRA STORY! “Sequence”<\/a> by Michael Haynes<\/a>: A story where the SF sneaks up on you. And, Dan<\/em>, it’s only 1000 words so you can’t give me a TL;DR<\/a> on it…<\/p>\n Or, if you are more ambitious, here’s the list of books and authors mentioned in Among Others<\/a>. Of course, read Among Others first. It won the Nebula, after all!<\/p>\n If you wonder about the briskness of my takes on each story, it’s because they’re from my tweets. I’m taking part in #storyeachnight, a self-explanatory hashtag if ever there was one. It’s fun, and it’s getting me to read more than the mammoths that I’ve plowed through lately. I have a great idea, why don’t you, fair reader, do likewise? It’s fast, it’s fun, and it gets you into a different headspace\u00a0(WordPress doesn’t like the word headspace. It wants me two swap in meatspace instead. Heh.) every night. Here’s mine: @bojnberry<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n ED: WHAT? I didn’t hit submit, and this has sat in my drafts folder for the past five days? #facepalm. At least I’ve now read “Kaonishi” and “Immersion”, so I had something to say about them. And it was hot, see?<\/p>\n
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