short story that doesn't do anything nee

It is a fine story but it isn't anything special. The premise is an old one and this only puts minor tweaks on it. Maybe this is meant to be a teaser for the novel or something. ( )

There were some nice touches in the writing and the general idea was pretty good. But I did not understand the ending AT ALL.


How can it start over if her brain tissue has degenerated? She's not software, she's spoiled meat. It makes no sense to me at all - there must be something obvious that I'm overlooking, as it doesn't seem to have bothered anyone else. At first I thought it was a printing error in the file in the Hugo packet, but no.

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Short Story Hugo Nominee for 2015

For a brain in a jar story, I was pleasantly surprised to be surrounded by so much pathos and emotion. I was surrounded by human connections and really sweet and sentimental considerations. It's almost enough to renew my faith in humanity, but only when there's absolutely nothing to lose. After all, the protagonist is already dead, filling herself with images of brownies and cat vomit to say yes and no to any questions. It's really a half-life, and bittersweet, but thank god for her research partner. He did right on all counts.

The story made me feel something, and that's awesome. I can't complain at all. This one can rank up there as a solid choice for the year. I'll get through the others soon. ( )

Interesting story but it did not work for me. It left me cold and but opened minded to read her other works. I read Flight of the Kikayon as part of the Hugo packet and gave it 5 stars. ( )

2.5/5 stars. This begins with a dead person and an explanation of how our healthcare system has come to the point where people can be totaled based upon their monetary value, just like cars. (So, why was this not dismissed by all types of puppies as SJW stuff?)

There were inconsistencies in what the dead brain (brain in a jar?) could do/experience, and the science seemed to me to be no more than a listing of body parts and their functions. I couldn't connect with the main character(brain) and found the minor characters to be better fleshed-out.

Here's what I did like very much and wish there had been more of: at the end, when the brain was decaying, there was a fascinating combination of language/feeling, which was how she communicated with the outside world. It was really cool and I would have loved to seen that sort of thing through the entire story. ( )