Monday, April 4, 2011
Arvies, by Adam-Troy Castro
Adam-Troy Castro likes a big dollop of political relevancy in his work. Arvies takes on the abortion debate, or so most of us assume, along with questions about what makes people human. If you can experience everything in a fully virtual way, what would be the advantage in coming out of the womb? All you're good for at that point is hosting a fetus. A chicken is an egg's way of making another egg. And it's not subtle at all, pretty much a slap upside the head. Castro is fun, though, he has a unique way of telling a story that can make you laugh at it enough to forgive the heavy hand. I give it 3 stars for fun.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
The Horny Chicken
The Horny Chicken is a name that gives one pause. My first assumption was that this would be a Hooters-Bombshells-etc. kind of place. Put th...
-
The introduction to Slow Tuesday Night is by Gardner Dozios, the great editor, and he tells us that "only those stories that were the ...
-
There are some interesting theories out there on what Gene Wolfe's "The Ziggurat" short story means . Indeed, Wolfe is heavil...
-
Wired Magazine's January issue consists of 15 science fiction stories they commissioned to allow us to "approach reality a little m...
No comments:
Post a Comment