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Book review of 'Phases' by Elizabeth Moon
May. 24th, 2018 05:33 pm‘Phases’ is a collection of speculative fiction short stories by Elizabeth Moon, each introduced with a short paragraph.
Knowing her writing mainly through her science fiction, especially The Serrano and Vatta’s War series, what struck me was how many of the protagonists were male. I found myself not particularly sympathetic to many of them, although you understand where they’re coming from. The stories range from science fiction, fantasy, fairy tales and literary with a hint of the speculative or uncanny, and vary in length. There’s a flavour of the far-distant past, and some of what was future tech when the story was written now feels dated.
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Knowing her writing mainly through her science fiction, especially The Serrano and Vatta’s War series, what struck me was how many of the protagonists were male. I found myself not particularly sympathetic to many of them, although you understand where they’re coming from. The stories range from science fiction, fantasy, fairy tales and literary with a hint of the speculative or uncanny, and vary in length. There’s a flavour of the far-distant past, and some of what was future tech when the story was written now feels dated.
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