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An interesting short story by one of my favorite authors. Subtly disturbing and intriguing at the same time. How does the world end? What is the cost of pushing the date back?
Time travel to change history has been done to death, but the idea of it being a regular procedure, with a believable painful description of being 'pressed' and recovering is really interesting. The way he focuses on his nose being crushed, and then expects to see the horrors he witnessed on his face somewhere, feels real. I wish it had continued just a bit longer.
If I didn't already love A.M. Dellamonica, I think this story would have convinced me to track down everything ever published. The author excels at characterization, setting, world building, and in a shorter word count it can be difficult to really make the world feel real. And Willie is fantastic. “Do whatever Willie says,” they told me. “You’ll be fine.”And oh, boy do I want to know what happens next.
Actual Rating: 2.5Started off interesting, but went nowhere. Felt unfinished, and I hated the main character. Unfulfilled potential, too much left unanswered.
The best short stories are the ones you would like to be books
I didn't get it, but I liked it anyway.
All their warnings ran through my mind: If you lied about ever being to Seattle you will die. If there is any metal in your body, you will die.i loved this and i'm not big on time travel stories, generally. but this one felt so rich with possibility, it's kind of a shame that this is all there is. it's a great premise - people are sent, at intervals, back in time to not necessarily "save the world," but with the modest goal of just pushing the date of the inevitable destruction back a few years
Tor online freebie: a bleak, harsh story about a group of time travelers trying to delay the end of the world, with a thread of hope running through it. It's a thought-provoking story, though it does have a bit of an incomplete vibe to it, like it's an introduction to a novel or series (which I don't think is the case). One of the characters is called Constance Wills - I love the shout-out to Connie Willis.Full review to come.Content notes: disturbing imagery and sexual violence.
3.75 to 4 stars. Nod to Connie Willis.
Free short story on Tor.com. A tricky little story that had me completely hooked and wishing for more.
Nice
Interesting premise but I didn't really get this story. Or like it. And, oh, I hated the protagonist.
Interesting premise but I didn't really enjoy it that much.
I liked this a lot, but it felt a lot more like a novel excerpt than a short story. It was unsatisfying — I want to know what happens next. So maybe it was unsatisfying in a good way ... if it gets a sequel or Dellamonica develops it into a novel. Otherwise, I'm a little annoyed.If it is turned into a novel, though, I will definitely buy it, and I'm planning on looking into Dellamonica's other work now, so I guess overall it was good.
The Color of Paradox reminded me very much of a raw version of the movie, 12 Monkeys. The premise is the same - a man who was a child when a catastrophic event occurred gets sent back to the in time to attempt to find a way to change history.It feels more like a story proposal than an actual short story. The plot is established, but nothing much is done with it. The story ends before anything really happens, aside from a bit of character development between the main character and the agent he's
I liked this one. A little dark, a little hopeful. I loved the play on the name Connie Willis, that fantastic science fiction author who writes quite a lot about time travel.
Very much enjoyed this one. I liked the time travel conceit in this.
It’s 1946 and the world is on the verge of extinction. They know what events or people were key and when they invent a way to travel through time, they send agents back to change the past and buy them more future. A year here, a jump of five or nine there.Agent 16, Willie, is the first to survive the time press. She lives in the past in a boarding house with a basement where the agents land. Landing takes days for them to get over. The ‘press’ as it’s called is an evolving process. Taking sixtee...
Omph! The Color of Paradox hits HARD. At some point, the world ends, so humanity attempts to send people back in time to prevent this disaster before it begins. Dellamonica's story is a very brief snapshot at one agent going back and learning what he has to do. It's abrupt, unfinished, but I still found it quite effective as a vignette focusing on some of the emotions people in these situations must face. (Though I would not complain about seeing this book end up as a full novel...)
