SciFi and Fantasy Book Club discussion

Link: http://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fic...

We'll be reading this novelette throughout February. Post comments and use spoiler tags when necessary.

I have never read anything from this author before so I am looking forward to it, especially since the title is so intriguing.

This will be my next story, hoping to read it this week. Feel free to jump in whenever.

Damn ... I have to eye-read this XD. (The podcasts are so comfortable)

Oh? I might try the audio, let's compare

Silvana wrote: "Oh? I might try the audio, let's compare"

Is there an audio? When I click the link the audio isn't active ^^'. I would much prefer an audioversion.

Uh I misread your post. I thought there was an audio for it. BTW do the other zines also provide audio? I don't think Tor has it

So far I found audios on

Nightmare Magazine http://www.nightmare-magazine.com/
Lightspeed Magazine http://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/
StrangeHorizons http://strangehorizons.com/ (here the audio quality is sometimes bad)
Clarkesworld http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/
Uncanny https://uncannymagazine.com/

Gabi wrote: "So far I found audios on

Nightmare Magazine http://www.nightmare-magazine.com/
Lightspeed Magazine http://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/
StrangeHorizons http://strangehorizons.com/ (here the audio qu..."

awesome info, thank you!

So I have finished this one and it was quite entertaining.

It immediately grabbed my attention from the start especially a (view spoiler)[spider robot (hide spoiler)] comes along. And the (view spoiler)[robots were so animal-like and the way they were described it's almost like a new rising ecosystem of its own. (hide spoiler)]

I was a bit put off when Isla kept thinking of (view spoiler)[her ex and breakups and whatnots....and then that the story ended rather abruptly. (hide spoiler)] but now I know why. The author also wrote a companion story that could serve as a sequel to this one. http://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fic...

More Robot Country please!

Oh this was a fun 1!

I'll check out the sequel/companion story soon, thanks for that link :-)

Also, YAY robots :-D

Joelle wrote: "Oh this was a fun 1!

I'll check out the sequel/companion story soon, thanks for that link :-)

Also, YAY robots :-D"

Happy to assist!
The sequel was not as entertaining but it'll tell you what happened next.

I'm just reading it during lunchbreak - spiders and beetles are the best way to get me, love them! (I'm so easily manipulated ;-p )

ETA: Finished. Such a cute one! But it felt like a prologue. The wow-feeling I like for short stories was missing.

... just opened your spoilers, Silvana. Yes, same here to all three.

Now I have to look up the sequel. Did you already read it, Joelle?

I also read this during my lunch break.

Novelettes: Your Perfect Lunch Companion.

I think I'll read “The Archronology of Love“ by Caroline M. Yoachim next. Before we know it, we'll be finishing all the Locus recommended novelette lists ;p

Gabi wrote: "...Now I have to look up the sequel. Did you already read it, Joelle?"

Not yet! Hoping to get to it later today: I've left that browser window open to remind me. ;-)

It's fun to have short encounters with so many (new to me) authors!

Silvana wrote: "I also read this during my lunch break.

Novelettes: Your Perfect Lunch Companion...."

👍 The length often is perfect. And it is much more fun to read with others.

I've read the sequel now. While it has some good background informations for the worldbuilding it didn't work for me in terms of structure. It felt more like a chapter from a book than like a short story.

Yup, sequel was nice, original was better. :-)
Sounds like she'll soon publish more Robot Country stories. :-)

Thanks for this. Seemed a little odd that she trusted the machines so fast though. Didn't her experience with Javi teach her not to trust those who pitch & woo too aggressively? I like the ending, will not read the sequel but would (probably) read a full novel.