This was kind of amazing

I find it difficult to rate this book as a whole because my opinions on the individual stories ranged from "I feel like I gained nothing from this" to "That was amazing".

Most of the stories I disliked, I disliked because I felt like they were kind of generic sci-fi stories that didn't do anything new, or they tried to do something new and it ended up either not flowing very well for me or having too many plot holes.

I think I actually ended up disappointed with most of the stories here (which is a shame and I wish I weren't), but there were a few I enjoyed so much that I feel they made up for those disappointments - my favorites were "Erase" by Gabriela Lee, "The Ceres Girl" by Lakan Umali and "Infinite Degrees of Freedom" by Victor Fernando R. Ocampo.

Overall, I enjoyed how a lot of the stories showed sci-fi settings and technologies with themes and problems relating to the lives of Filipinos. In some stories the sci-fi was there more as a backdrop for the main issue or themes being tackled. In other stories, the fascinating world and technology were really the ones that ended up standing out to me - there were some really unique concepts presented here.

So while, sure, I disliked most of the short stories here, there were some pretty amazing ones, and I still look forward to reading so much more Philippine sci-fi in the future!

I'm so overwhelmed by how amazing that was - and I still have 2/3 of the series left to go! I made a good choice when I decided to reread this series; it truly is my favorite comic ever, and I'm so glad I get to experience it again.