Aug. 28th, 2013

Bitey

Aug. 28th, 2013 12:27 pm
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Is a million times less wrangy when he's fed and can see more food.

He also likes to sleep in the cat carrier. That's going to be very handy.
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Idle Roomer (Mike Resnick and Lezli Robyn)

Read by Cat Rambo.

A kindly cleaning lady bridges the vast gulf between her and a mysterious border at a run-down rooming house.

Yeah, lame pun in the title aside, this didn't deserve the intense feeling of dread I felt when I say the name Resnick.
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A Woman's Best Friend (Robert Reed)

Read by Mary Robinette Kowal.

A would-be hero is given an unexpected lesson in quantum mechanics. It's hard to say whether George's story ends happily or not.

Still tired from camping but for some reason I kept sticking spoilers in. Brevity better than verbosity, I think.
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The Second Gift Given (Ken Scholes)

Read by Mike Allen, this details contact between a degenerate branch of humanity and a more advanced branch. Our protagonist eventually is of a mind to accept the gifts the visitors offer; this faces him with the question of what to do about his still bestial relatives.

As it turns out a lot of the objections I had to this - starting with consent - do get addressed but the
Recession. A return backwards to what you once were, cousin. A human. One of the People.
stuff rubbed me the wrong way for some reason.
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"Mel Gibson directs the Ender's Game movie."
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He got his nails trimmed and a shampoo. Read more... )

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