"Ogres" is a cracking good story, one actually worth award nominations. Yes it's told in the second person but for good reason. The setting is a dystopian future where humans are ruled by massive beings who lord over all and keep technology to themselves due to their sheer size. It's an exciting story and moves right along--I am good about putting books down, but really struggled to stop reading this one at bedtime. There's a good cautionary tale here--even though society has advanced considerably, and you don't have to be physically strong to succeed in politics, we still defer to the large and strong--in the person of men. It really helps to be tall to succeed in politics. Attacking this issue at its root may be a key to resolving oppression.
There's a series notation attached here, but don't worry about it--it was applied after the fact to three of Tchaikovsky's novellas.
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