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Light and find of funny.(I read this story as a little challenge to myself to read one short story everyday in December. As I'm partial to scifi/fantasy, I'm picking my stories by cover art (yes, really) from tor.com's short fiction that's available on their website.)
This is a pretty basic little story about, well, the subject line. Could have been written anytime from the 1950s to now (in outline). For noobs, Fermi Paradox I liked CJA's sly little nod to Jack Womack's Dryco = Dorfco here. Otherwise, a pleasant-enough way to spend a few minutes. 2.7 stars
I enjoyed the concept very much but overall the story seemed a bit hollow and lacking in both detail and significance. Perhaps that's the point--in which case this work was very effective!--but there just wasn't enough for me here. I loved the writing though, I will definitely seek out longer works by this author.
Charlie Jane Anders was recommended in a Guardian round up of SF so I gave it a go. I liked this without being really wowed. It's a short story and took hardly any time to read, but I liked the concept and would have been interested to read more
Great concept behind the whole thing - the protagonists come from a race of creatures that seeded the galaxy long ago with intelligent life that is supposed to kill itself off, leaving the remnants to be collected by said creatures. Comedy ensues when they arrive at Earth to find that the humans haven't completely destroyed themselves yet and don't fancy being plundered.I don't really know what I make of this. I enjoyed it, I suppose, but it was a bit...simple in execution and in the plot. Kinda...
An ace little short story told from the point of view of two extra terrestrials. The main idea behind how an entire civilization has chosen to exploit the resources of the galaxy is an imaginative one filled with possibilities!Well written and thoughtful.Read it for free on Tor.com or buy it for less than £1 on Kindle.
Entertaining but basically nonsensical. None of the plot actually makes sense if you think about it for even a second. Furthermore the main characters were not very alien aliens. In fact I guess it's not very good after all.
A really creative idea rendered well by two sentient bipedal paramecia. The story is somewhat similar in theme to Asimov's 'The Gentle Vultures' but I like how the interpersonal dynamics between Jon, Toku and the Instigator play out.
I definitely agree with the author that the Fermi Paradox is the business model of all the business on Earth. Every business out there wants to destroy other business so that they themselves can become better.
what happens when u find out that you're being exploited for profit and valued only for the Things You Produce hmmmmmmmmmm what Could Possibly Go Wrong(but its also kind of a love story between tentacled beings so that was fun?)
Turns out humans don't like to find out they are just a byproduct of a long term financial plan.
A fun short story that flips the table on humans :-D You can always count on Charlie Jane Anders to create unique alien lifeforms causally found in fascinating settings with engrossing plots. This is the third or fourth book I have read of hers. Really recommend her as an author to follow on social media as well.
An amusing short story that will make you laugh and maybe even want to learn about stuff (like e.g. looking up "fermi paradox" on wikipedia ;)).First of all, what a great title! And luckily the fun doesn't stop there. I smiled and laughed throughout the whole book, which of course is only about 30 pages long, but the author makes good use of that limited space (no pun intended). Very well crafted with a catchy title, a funny first line, an interesting premise and plot, witty words and an enterta...
