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ha recensito Stories of Your Life and Others di Ted Chiang

Ted Chiang: Stories of Your Life and Others (Paperback, 2005, Tor) 4 stelle

Stories of Your Life and Others is a collection of short stories by American writer …

Review of 'Stories of Your Life and Others' on 'Goodreads'

4 stelle

Chiang is full of very brilliant ideas, seeds of excellent story seeds that could blossom into wonderful narratives. But it seems to me that he is more in love with the idea of showing off these seeds than actually growing them (that takes hard toiling). And if I am not mistaken he has also acknowledged as much in some interviews. Would be more 3.5 stars but some ideas are damn good.

ha recensito Katabasis di R.F. Kuang

R.F. Kuang: Katabasis (2025, HarperCollins Publishers) 3 stelle

Katabasis, noun, Ancient Greek. The story of a hero's descent to the underworld.

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Review of 'Katabasis' on 'Goodreads'

3 stelle

It would be 2 stars but damn Kuang knows how to write. I guess I worked myself up a bit after Babel but that's a steep cliff to fall from. Anyway... Too much romance and too much banality for my sake, but then again an Alice and a Peter chasing down logical rabbit holes, I should have expected banal. I guess I will have to wait for her next novel to see if she rises back to the high standards she herself has drawn. Still to be honest there is a lot of good and interesting ideas in the book, but there are parts of it frankly too much akin to psycholove drama. Not my corner, simple as that ;)