Emil Čolić

a beautiful novel about being stuck on a procedurally-generated Starfield planet

Unexpectedly sweet in it's own way. You do you, Monstrilio!

my therapist never accidentally triggered a global volcanic winter while trying to cure my anxiety so I guess that's why I still have it

I had a beautiful moment with this collection. I was reading the final story with my newborn son asleep on me. If you read Uncertain Sons, and you should, you'll understand why this hit hard in that moment.

I've been following Thomas Ha since The Mub in Clarkesworld and this collection of short stories is unmissable sci fi. The imagery feels like watching Scavenger's Reign for the first time and I can't recommend this enough.

Loved this. Super creepy. Didn't overstay.

Some really great ones and some that kinda felt like SNL skits which isn't my vibe

Good - but work

I was on a real Ishiguro train. One after the other for a couple of weeks. Then I hit the Unconsoled. It took me months. The weaving repetitive sentences and unreliable narration were kind of like Remains of the Day but next level - you'd have full pages of someone repeating the same thing. It's painful to get to but also somehow also an extremely fun fever dream to try and pull together.

Loved reading it

Don't know how much of it was just cause I also moved to Australia from Yugoslavia in the 90's, but it felt validating to read a book about it, and I can't recommend this enough.

I'mma need a minute to figure out what this ending could mean. Great book.

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