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98/150 This book is kind of hard to review. Taken as individual stories, the majority of them range in quality, some ending too abrupt to be satisfying. Taken as a whole, it's a view of a world falling apart, technology run rampant, people alienated and isolated, losing their humanity in perceived realities and created memories. 3 ⭐⭐⭐💫
23rd book for #RushathonExtended @DieAReader @GHABI4ROSES @Andrew65

I sent you the tracking number through email, @Hazel2019 ! I am crossing all the “t”s and dotting all the “I”s. The post office probably thinks I have anxiety issues (I do, but not the point!). #LMPBC #groupv

Some good short stories paired with some not so good short stories (#groupv will understand what I mean when I say ‘pyramids anyone?‘). My takeaway is that sometimes adding a shock factor demolishes your story, so stack your plot points carefully. #bookjournal #lmpbc

Some family members want to go outside, but I would rather stay in with a book. #lmpbc #groupv

I'm sad that I didn't love this more, simply bc the ideas from a tech standpoint in the stories are so strong. Also, some of the themes and points he was making I really liked the way he went about it. But most of his characters, I couldn't get behind. And there was too much superfluous sexual content. (I think he was trying to make a point with this, but it wasn't done very effectively.)

Read for #LMPBC #groupv

December 6: The Final Days of Father Troll by Alexander Weinstein. Published in the Western Humanities Review.

If you ever wondered how trolls live then this is the story for you

Children of the New World is on its way to you, @rjsthumbelina ! I‘ll email you the tracking number shortly. 😊
#lmpbc #groupv #catsoflitsy #Phoenix

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Well, this is unfortunate. I didn‘t really like my #lmpbc pick much. 😅 These stories all had interesting concepts that I liked, but I feel like they fell short in development. I finished most of them wishing the author had gone more into the tech or had at least made the protagonists more than what felt like the same sad middle aged white man over and over again.
#groupv #catsoflitsy #Phoenix

Alrighty, what do you guys think of these?
#lmpbc #groupv

Holy crap this collection is crazy! If you like the show Black Mirror then you will definitely enjoy this collection. The future is bleak in this and every short story offers a new twist on what the future could hold. It‘s dark and unsettling. I enjoyed this. Some stories were better than others but overall well worth the read.

Hello everyone!!!!! 👋🏽 It feels like I havent posted in forever. At least not consistently and I‘m hoping that will change. We‘ve been traveling a lot and I‘ve just started a new job so trying to adjust and actually vacation has stopped me from reading so much! I jave one more trip then my routine will finally be consisten again! But I‘m here. I‘m reading and yeah! Still working through this collection which is really different but so good!

On a much needed vacation and got some time today to relax. Seems like the perfect time to read a little.

I‘ve been reading this collection for a while and it is different but in really good way! I never know what to expect from any of these stories. They are so futuristic and out there that I am kind of just a long for the ride. It‘s intense though.

This is my next collection for #keepingitshort. I‘ll start tomorrow. It‘s coming with me on my first trip along with my Nook and a collection of essays. I‘ve read all the ARC‘s I plan on reading. Hoping to get some more time in with The Count of Monte Cristo as well

Gonna start this book next to commemorate the recovery of my $19 store credit voucher I found in it.

The first aquisition of today's #bookhaul . This one's been a safety net purchase for a while, in the event I couldn't find anything else to buy.

3.5 stars, between a pick and a so-so. I'm picky about short story collections and the prose in this was nothing to write home about; I also felt like all of the main characters were basically the same middle-aged dude. However, the scifi concepts were really interesting and the different tech advances and their effects on humans very well-thought-out. Creative but I wasn't blown away.

I loooved almost all of this collection of dystopian stories about a near future that's easy to imagine from where we are. I didn't actually know what this was about but grabbed the audio at almost random.

Thanks to @TheLibrarian for this #giveaway Enter today! She has another one coming up.

Giveaway - Two more books are up for grabs! For a chance to win, comment below with your favorite emoji!

A winner will be randomly selected Monday at 12pm EST (US addresses only).

Also, please feel free to tag or share with anyone you think would be interested.There are 2 giveaways currently active and I‘ll post one more tomorrow.

YOU GUYS my library catalog has the option to text a call number to you and if there was a limit to my unlimited texts I would surely reach it now. Or maybe it‘s time to blow up some friends‘ phones... 🤫

Dewey's #readathon countdown, Day 26: Short Stories.
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I don't have much in the way of short stories when it comes to my home library (3📚s total pictured ⬆), but I recently finished Children of the New World and found it to be a fascinating, dark, and imaginative collection of speculative fiction about our future. A very interesting exploration of our technological dependency.
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@DeweysReadathon #30DaysofReadathon #LitsyAtoZ #LetterW

One of the stories caught my attention listening to this interview: http://beta.ttbook.org/interview/mourning-our-lost-and-broken-technology. I was intrigued enough to put everything else aside and begin reading the ebook immediately. The stories presented original, challenging and disturbing ideas. It is not difficult to imagine that we pose the greatest threat to the destruction of our current culture.

We are winding down after a loooong day of college football, cooking, dishes, video gaming, and laundry with a little midnight reading. We party hard! What can I say? ?
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I'm hoping that in a few hours after we wake up (and now that a good chunk of house chores are done!) I can stay in my jamma-jams and do some "Litsy Party of One"-ing ?

When you know you have a long #wait so you bring TWO books (...plus #kindle just in case)
#prepared #SFPL

I bought these gorgeous peonies during the week and couldn't resist sharing them again, with a book post of course 😉

Not a great month but better than nothing

*chalk art credit goes to my daughter

This was so good. I'm usually not into short story collections but these were all so amazing. If you are a fan of black mirror this is for you!

This book was exactly what I needed at the exact right time. Some of the stories are so good I want to scream. Speculative fiction.

I'm never going to get to page 36... #mona #murdercat #catsoflitsy

Well why would ANYONE want to do that? 😉

Onto my next ARC of the day. If the blurbs are anything to go by this could be a good pick for today's #thoughtprovoking prompt! #aprilbookshowers

Going into this, I had heard several comparisons to Black Mirror. While both very worthwhile high-context sci-fi, Alexander Weinstein is clearly a talent instead of someone simply capitalizing on the seemingly insatiable appetite of current audiences for near future dystopian vibes/ stories which riff on some variation of "sure technology is neat, but are we sure we are not losing some of our humanity in the process?!" ...Continued on Goodreads!

I hit a bit of a short story slump for a while. Every story I read wasn't enough for me, and then I picked up this collection I received from @Christine (Thank you, Christine!) I absolutely loved the first story and the slump ended. As with any collection I enjoyed some stories more than others, but these are all quite readable, interesting, well-written, and thought provoking. I will definitely check out anything else Weinstein writes.

Ok ok, I know we have over a week until #BOTM selections for April, but I'm ready to go! For once, I put in some time and effort in predicting what I think some of the selections could be. Out of the 8 I am guessing, I really only know details about a couple, so if you've read any of these, please share your thoughts!

Interesting. Very interesting #shortstories #speculativefiction

Big thanks to @Christine for the wonderful #cupidgoespostal goodies! These books have been very high on my TBR and I'm very excited to read them! And I love all the other goodies- the chocolates, journals, pens, etc. It's all so lovely and I feel so spoiled. What a special treat. Thank you @BookishMarginalia for organizing the swap! And thank you again, Christine. I'm very grateful!

Waiting for my new Nook to arrive so I can finish Kindred. Reading on my laptop is not comfortable so I picked up this short story collection instead.

So awesome! Made me fear for the future though.

Spent the first half hour of #24in48 reading the first story - "Saying Goodbye to Yang" - in this short story collection. Reading this line... of a father figure finding these seemingly insignificant items among the sparse belongings of his android 'son'... made me rather melancholy. It was a tender look at a futuristic premise.
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Now, off to catch some zzz's ? and ? of ?! ??

A bit uneven, but there were several stories that really knocked my socks off.

Normally, I don't mind being the only guy in my book club, but last night far too much time was spent gawking at the author's photo.

Finally got my hands on this this bad boy! 😻📚😻

Nixon and Ford's Chief Economic Advisor Herbert Stein is famous for saying, "If something cannot go on forever, it will stop." Trends that can't continue indefinitely won't.

Most of these near-future science fiction stories seem based on the premise "but what if they did?" Kids used to play outside a lot. Now it's less common. What if in the future it never happens? Maybe fun to think about, but Stein's Law is a Law for a reason.

I really like it my first book of the year. Excellent collection of short stories that gives a spooky glimpse of what the world could be. #scifi #shortstories #litsyAtoZ #LetterA #readingchallenge2017 These stats are generated using #bookout

Loving this book. #shortstories set in a not so distant future that show us a dark side of our relation with technology. #scifi that is a pleasure to read

"Barrett, put that fucking Bible down, we've got something serious to talk about." LOL. This line made me laugh. I'm not a very nice person.

So this is my first book of the year! Really looking forward to it. With a nice small dinner. #kielbasa #eggs #cheese #scifi #shortstories