Even for those who don't continue their existence, the story is not yet over. I finished reading Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers, by Mary Roach. I might have preferred a book written by an expert, rather than a journalist, but she goes and pokes her nose into a lot of different aspects of what dead people get up to. From quietly rotting to ballistics testing to the gross anatomy lab in med school. Good clean fun.
Those who keep on living and those who don't
Even for those who don't continue their existence, the story is not yet over. I finished reading Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers, by Mary Roach. I might have preferred a book written by an expert, rather than a journalist, but she goes and pokes her nose into a lot of different aspects of what dead people get up to. From quietly rotting to ballistics testing to the gross anatomy lab in med school. Good clean fun.
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Polyphemus, by Michael Shea
Polyphemus is a collection of horror-tending to sf, or sf tending to horror stories, with one Nifft the Lean tale thrown in. I wasn't a fan of the…
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The Raven Tower ; Forever Azathoth
The Raven Tower is another fine work by Ann Leckie. Her first fantasy novel is quite a departure from... from anything, really. At least half the…
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Saturn's Children, by Charlie Stross
An homage to Heinlein's Friday and Asimov's robots, Saturn's Children sets up an intriguing idea. What happens to the servants of humanity after…
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