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roadtripreader 's review for:
Old Media
by Annalee Newitz
dark
emotional
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Well, that started out spicy - I'm still curious abou Bella's managerial style letting two employees bone in the supply closet and actually yelling at the to "not get any fluids on the merchandise". Like Uhm...WTF and also I never EVER want to be that comfortable with my boss. Ever.
Brazen openings are either hit or miss but this time, the sheer audacity of everything in this short is a hit for me.
Plot/Storyline/Themes:
It's the year 2145 and things are about as Dystopian-TechAdvanced-Bleak-Yet-Hopeful that one would expect of the future.
Two Sentences, A Scene or less - Characters:
Oh John (Threezed) a former slave turned indentured laborer who used to stream naked at night whilst journaling in a cubicle out there. When we meet him, he's won his freedom. When I said bleak tech future, I was not picturing this much suffering.
Favorite/Curious/Ludicrous/Unique Scene: :
FFS! even the future has these neanderthals. If you've ever had the "Where are you from originally question thrown at you - this scene captured the undertones:
The man looked at him more closely, his pale blue eyes like flecks of aluminum-doped glass. “Where you from?”
“Farm outside Lucky Lake.”
The man gave a big-throated laugh that vacuumed geniality out of the air. “No. I mean, where are you from originally?”
It was a menacing question.
Favorite/Curious/Ludicrous/Unique Quotes:
🖤 “He turned back just once before he fled, [...] saw Med transform into an avenging angel. Only she was better than an angel. She was real, made of carbon alloy and flesh, not feathers and faith. She’d saved him. Possibly she’d even saved the world.” (Well, now I want to meet Med)
Favorite/Curious/Ludicrous/Unique Concepts:
■ Cross Species Biohacking
■Indenture School Dormitory, WTF😲
■ Franchising people
StoryGraph Challenge: 1800 Books by 2025
Challenge Prompt: 150 Short Stories by 2025
Brazen openings are either hit or miss but this time, the sheer audacity of everything in this short is a hit for me.
Plot/Storyline/Themes:
It's the year 2145 and things are about as Dystopian-TechAdvanced-Bleak-Yet-Hopeful that one would expect of the future.
Two Sentences, A Scene or less - Characters:
Oh John (Threezed) a former slave turned indentured laborer who used to stream naked at night whilst journaling in a cubicle out there. When we meet him, he's won his freedom. When I said bleak tech future, I was not picturing this much suffering.
Favorite/Curious/Ludicrous/Unique Scene: :
FFS! even the future has these neanderthals. If you've ever had the "Where are you from originally question thrown at you - this scene captured the undertones:
The man looked at him more closely, his pale blue eyes like flecks of aluminum-doped glass. “Where you from?”
“Farm outside Lucky Lake.”
The man gave a big-throated laugh that vacuumed geniality out of the air. “No. I mean, where are you from originally?”
It was a menacing question.
Favorite/Curious/Ludicrous/Unique Quotes:
🖤 “He turned back just once before he fled, [...] saw Med transform into an avenging angel. Only she was better than an angel. She was real, made of carbon alloy and flesh, not feathers and faith. She’d saved him. Possibly she’d even saved the world.” (Well, now I want to meet Med)
Favorite/Curious/Ludicrous/Unique Concepts:
■ Cross Species Biohacking
■Indenture School Dormitory, WTF😲
■ Franchising people
StoryGraph Challenge: 1800 Books by 2025
Challenge Prompt: 150 Short Stories by 2025