Books by Nancy Kress
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review 1: Sigh, I'm somewhat disappointed in this. While I liked the way the apocalypse played out, the entire exercise felt familiar, and the characters were just not compelling enough for me. Pete was pretty insufferable, and Julia's narrative never really came together fully. The writin...
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review 1: In general, I love Nancy Kress's books. She's one of my favorite authors. So it's possible I had unrealistically high expectations for this. I was disappointed. It came off as preachy, a bit, and the ending flopped for me. I didn't really see the point. I liked the bits with Pete...
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review 1: The scenario was impressive; the story was less so. The characters didn't have enough character (I remember feeling that way about Kress's books I ready a long time ago). Still, it was an easy read and an interesting idea. I get that the Tesslies were a macguffin, but your macgu...
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review 1: Un po' piu' di un racconto lungo, un po' meno di un romanzo breve ed alla fine la narrazione ne risente. Un libro poco entusiasmante, a volte solo abbozzato e che lascia in bocca la sensazione di essere incompleto. Un incontro umani alieni che non è altro che un ricongiungimento ...
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review 1: This book was very good, and very well written, it had very descriptive detail like I could see the person in my mind. She did a very good job of telling the readers how, what, when, and where everything was happening. Over all the book was very interesting, I didn't get some of ...
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review 1: I wonder how many people see the opening about aliens advertising on the internet, and pick up this book thinking it will be funny? It's not. It is very interesting, and parts of it are moving. Aliens show up, wanting to atone. They take volunteers to visit two other planets, whe...
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review 1: I first read the novella version of Beggars in Spain when I was working through the Nebula winner anthologies as a sophomore. It remains one of my favorite stories. These stories have a lot of the same themes-- young people, biotech, isolation, community. The stories all have int...