Scott Graham
Like Liu’s other short story collection, The Paper Menagerie, The Hidden Girl is a mixed bag, but most of the stories that you pull from the bag are interesting, thought provoking, and even tug at your heart a few times. They are best when the story is exploring the idea of the human/computer singularity and whether or not humanity would actually be much changed in the surrendering of the body. The other speculative stories are also quite good; the weakest tales are the more fantasy based selections in my opinion. The author seems to be better suited to calling out the pitfalls of advancement, or at least moralizing on it gently. Well worth the read, but beware of a couple clunkers.
Like Liu’s other short story collection, The Paper Menagerie, The Hidden Girl is a mixed bag, but most of the stories that you pull from the bag are interesting, thought provoking, and even tug at your heart a few times. They are best when the story is exploring the idea of the human/computer singularity and whether or not humanity would actually be much changed in the surrendering of the body. The other speculative stories are also quite good; the weakest tales are the more fantasy based selections in my opinion. The author seems to be better suited to calling out the pitfalls of advancement, or at least moralizing on it gently. Well worth the read, but beware of a couple clunkers.