My favorites were "The First Water Is the Body", which made me cry on three separate reads, exhibits from The American Water Museum, and Snake-Light, which just felt very true. 
Overall a very heartfilled collection which is worth a couple slow reads. 

Good for reminder of data viz facts and as an introductory guide. Brought up some great guidelines and things to think about. Overall a very fast paced summary of the topic. 

Really enjoyed this and was surprised by how engaging it was. I rated it as medium paced because there's a lot of story, but it read like a dream. Just love it, loved all the characters, everything. 

While I agreed with all the points here and got some good examples to support my general argumentation, I'm not actually sure who the audience of this book is. The first half focused on aliens, and then witch-hunts and such as analogous to this, was actually extremely interesting and made connections I hadn't thought to make. If this book had only been that I would have enjoyed it more, but the second half seems like it must just be preaching to the choir, and as part of the choir I found it boring. 

I can see why Daoism and Anarchism often go hand in hand. This is the first translation of the Lao Tzu that I've read, and I found the individual words and overall themes quite meaningful. I'm not sure this is the best starting place to understand Daoism, but that's not what its meant to be anyways. It's a good and poetic interpretation. It makes me excited to read more translations and think more, which is exactly what I wanted out of it.  

Obviously this is a translated work. Atm the only completed translation I know of is exiled rebels, which is a decent and understandable translation and I think conveys the details of the world and plot without error while still being an easy read.  The translation I think does assume a certain familiarity with translated danmei and xianxia that the popularity of mdzs/cql has made this a less certain assumption. I would recommend the in progress translations of mdzstranslation.wordpress.com (more idiomatic and slightly more cultural referece)  and tamingwangxian.wordpress.com (focused on retaining the original intent). For people more interested in the romance I would recommend reading mdzstranslation -> exiled rebels, for people interested in engaging with the cultural elements I would recommend reading all three. Regardless I recommend taming wangxian's meta if you plan to engage with the text at all beyond the romance.

Other reviews I think speak to the well done world building, characterization, and central romance. Any translation you read will have will convey these elements and all of them are worthwhile. 

Honestly I enjoyed it but the prose was a little heavy for me. I never actually 'wanted' to read this