Visions of Home

This sounded like everything I'd want in a sci-fi compilation, but it didn't pan out for me. For the expansive fields of writing it's pulling from, it felt oddly near-sighted—the research writing in particular. The AI-generate poetry felt like soulless novelty, even after being edited. The most imaginative pieces, I felt, were the oldest writings in the compilation. Part 1 of Quinzinzinzany (1935) was my favorite. It's worth the price of the magazine and the reason why I'll purchase issue #2 (it's being published in two parts). I also enjoyed Robert Sheckley's Cost of Living (1953) and Bruno Munari's musings on traditional Japanese homes, written in 1971. Out of the contemporary pieces, I enjoyed Hannah Gersen's “Dud Planet.”