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Immersion (2012)

by Aliette de Bodard(Favorite Author)

3.92 of 5 Votes: 1

languge

English

genre

Science Fiction

publisher

Clarkesworld Magazine

review 1: A lot of things are stuffed into this short story. Imperialism, whether economic, cultural, or in the recent past nakedly military. Class and money. Identity, and how it ties into the imperialism. The use and abuse of technology. Common themes, but handled deftly, and with a genuine sf slant to them. There's some superb world-building done in a short story word count, and characters whose fate I care about. This one's my pick for the Hugo, although it was a hard choice between this and Ken Liu's story.
review 2: This is a character study of a woman addicted to her virtual-reality immerser, an alien technology that allows people to create avatars to interact with others. The actual plot is fairly superficial but I’m not sure I fully understood how everything f... moreit together, a common complaint I have with stories involving virtual characters. To me, the story is more style than substance—not necessarily a bad thing, just not my cup of tea. less

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