oz617's reviews
469 reviews

I did not understand this story, but I feel it was a good one

Mostly this is a really interesting novel, with some fun philosophical questions. Seriously let down by the Klingon plotline though, and to a lesser extent by some genuinely awful attempts at writing in Scots

Brilliant novel. As an autistic adult, it's highly relatable. I wish I had this book when I was a child, pre diagnosis. One star docked for never actually naming Ted's "syndrome", or calling out the terrible responses to it from the adults in his life. Autism isn't a disease, and it isn't a bad word

Would be 5 stars without the epilogue

Took me a little while to get into, but I was soon swept away by the poetry. So many lines are highlighted now

Some absolute gems in here, but hidden amongst a lot of skippable stories. As is the nature of a collection, really. I'm glad that the collection exists, though, regardless of my opinions on the content. It's worth reading if only to see some more diverse perspectives on the genre

The history points seem accurate, and some of the author's anecdotes are good inclusions, but I was expecting a much more progressive book than I got. The only feminists discussed are those best known - all of them white and well educated. I think the quote that best sums up the book's failures is:

"It seems astonishing that such a rational, clever woman could have allowed herself to be used and abused by a man."

Occasionally seems to contradict itself, and is full of tables and diagrams which aren't exactly reader friendly, but overall a properly brilliant work