I do not wish to speak with the voice they have given me.A short, trippy speculative sci-fi story with a twist. I quite liked it!

LOVED this. As with many readers, I wanted more of it, but I don't think that they were loose ends or anything -- it was just... world building, development, Anna existing in a bigger world than just her immediate goal. (I'd still read a whole book of this). I teared up at the end (Anna's wants there are so relatable) and just -- gorgeous. Nonbinary character, discussion of dysphoria, and some really good and beautiful things with developmental AI. (You know I'm a sucker for developmental AI and...

"She was water and the memory of water, she was dissolving amd disappearing, forever evaporating only to rain down again, sand castles sloughing into nothingness upon an empty shore. And this was it, this was all there was, she could not find boundaries, let alone escape them or transcend them, could not find her way back into her feet, the heft of her bones—"This was way too short for whatever it was trying to do.

Too short to really grab me, if this was expanded further I think I would have enjoyed it.

“We are used to building ships that are, for lack of a better word, solid.” The Marshal smiled without humor. “Because we are used to ships that have to be run by people. But once your ships can be made of something other than coherent matter, and can support the functioning of an AI captain—”“At that point is it still a ship?”so. um. ummmmmmmm. this was...fine. there's just not that much to it. i guess the main takeaway is people...don't want to be soup?? the story covers a very small patch of

Story fragment about a reluctant AI researcher for the military. She's dragooned into investigating problems with newly-upgraded shipminds. Then.... the story just stops. I'd be interested to see where YHL goes with it, but this one really doesn't go anywhere, despite being well-written. Frustrating. 2.5 stars, courtesy roundup. But I could as easily given it a 2-star.Story link: https://www.tor.com/2020/05/20/beyond...

Everything Yoon Ha Lee writes I will read. Really liked this, despite the rather abrupt ending.

Now that's more like it.I have heard of Yoon Ha Lee, but this was my first foray into his work. I'm definitely encouraged to pick up more from him based on this example; the story was sleek, well realised and demonstrated a wealth of potential within his writing that I hope to see developed further in one of his full length novels.This short sci-fi story deals with the topic of sentient AI. I found it intriguing and I liked Lee's approach. His writing style has a softer touch to it - there's no

Beyond the Dragon's Gate was an interesting short story. I liked how simple everything was, the main character even when there was no description at all of her -I loved it- you can still be emphatic and want to know what is really going on in those little paragraphs. There is not a whole view about how the world building is but it was so damn interesting I wouldn't mind a book with it.I want to read more of this author so I'll check all his other books and also he kinda loves dragons so much

A really interesting short story that packs a powerful punch. I'd love to see more from this world in a full length novel or novella.

I've read one of Lee's books before, and was most impressed with all the creative ideas behind his worldbuilding. That was also the case for this short story. The idea of exploring body dysphoria through AI is something that's really interesting, definitely a concept I'd be interested to see explored further in a longer format.

This is an interesting exploration of the connection between mind and body. However, there wasn't much action. It does raise some intriguing possibilities for future development, though.

I‘ve read a story by this author before and am pleased to say that the worldbuilding, here, was once again awesome!We are in a far future where humanity has mastered spaceflight and is at war. They call themselves the Lyons and it‘s unclear if they are just a different faction of humanity or a different species. In the end, it also doesn‘t matter.Humans, in this world, have to pay back the cost of their birth and upbringing. Some become scientist, others become soldiers.One such human is Anna Ki...

A story that feels like a fragment of a larger story given the background information in it, it has a academic hustled to a military location to help figure out why 'improved' AI driven battleships are destroying themselves. The reason would have to do with the AI's sense of Self and what it means for an AI to be physically embodied in a ship.

This is more a vignette than a short story: Anna Kim is called to consult on a problem with the military's AI. The AI live in ships. The denouement is that (view spoiler)[the military has experimented with shifting the ship's form into something like water; the ships (despite initially agreeing) now detest their new form. The realisation is that AIs also have a preference as to their bodily form. (hide spoiler)]That's it. It's a nice idea, in a nice story, but I think my main summary is that it'...

i'm in awe of this concept of sentient AI's experiencing dysphoria? and a human non binary person slowly getting that? the conflict is resolved pretty quickly since it's a short story but I'd love to read more of this universe

One of the things I love most about reading queer SFF is the new perspective it brings, and Beyond the Dragon's Gate is a short story that talks about AIs and their relationship with their hardware in a trans perspective - while also having human trans characters. By the way, no wonder the non-binary marshal manages to feel fascinating despite the very little space they have to shine, it's a Lee story with a lot of typical Lee elements, like Extremely Unfriendly Architecture (love it).I liked th...

the setup was so cool but had a really sudden ending. i loved the little snippets about dragon-fish and anna‘s research. marshal is another character who is potentially very interesting. i really hope that yoon ha lee will expand this story :)

Like with another YHL short fiction I read Extracurricular Activities, I do like her universe(s), the scope of it, and her writing and her characters are interesting. But this was much too short, and the plot, the point of the story ends up being kind "What, that was it? None of the thousands of military experts before even considered that hypothesis?". Nice writing, and I will definitely try a full length novel, but as a short story, not much point to this except as a sample of style.

This is not a story, this is a sketch at best. I would not recommend purchasing it because it really is empty of most of the things you're probably looking for. Plus it lasted as long as 1/2 cup of coffee.