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Exhalation
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If you're looking for incredibly original sci-fi short stories, look no further!
This time I felt like a lot of these were possible futures linked to technology that reminded me a bit of "Black Mirror", maybe less dark though.
Would recommend.
This time I felt like a lot of these were possible futures linked to technology that reminded me a bit of "Black Mirror", maybe less dark though.
Would recommend.
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April 14, 2019
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June 15, 2019
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June 15, 2019
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June 24, 2019
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June 26, 2019
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great to hear, looking forward to reading this
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Have you tried Ken Liu's sci-fi short stories? I think you'd enjoy them.
Spot on! I’ve also thought about these stories being like Black Mirror - independent, but also related through the topics of AI, time, human character...
I want to describe these stories as “if Black Mirror were actually good,” though I think that may ruffle the feathers of the fanbase.To me Black Mirror is science if science were filtered by Buzzfeed - pure clickbait sensationalism. Exhalation is the real deal. Highly thought provoking and extremely fine detailed, can’t recommend highly enough.
I’d recommend Klara and the Sun. I think that novel would hit better as a short story, but it is quite similar in tone/theme to Chiang.
Elisha, I beg to differ with you on Black Mirror. I don't know where you live, but that show was addressing social issues of the people. Issues that are real and solutions that could be stained by considering those problems.I don't know how this book has become do popular. The first story rather sounded cliche to me. I come from the same culture of the people in the story. It reminded me of the fatalism of the eastern cultures. Didn't enjoyed it AT ALL.
I totally felt the Black Mirror—lite vibe.
Yea I thought about Black Mirror as well, but way less heavy in execution.
