I think her fame gave me unrealistic expectations for the story. Knowing how short the story was and how good she is supposed to be, I was expecting something painstakingly sculpted word by word. It's my fault for having those expectations, but even adjusting for them, I found the story to be cute but not particularly impressive.
-- Jonathan Sherwood Sr. Science & Technology Press Officer University of Rochester 585-273-4726 On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 2:49 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Mary Kowal won the Campbell for best new writer last year, so her stories > are in the public attention. It makes a difference. And although I > too thought that story was slight, in general she is a terrific writer. > Nan > > In a message dated 6/12/2009 2:40:05 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes: > > I just listened to this (RoboMonkey) during lunch. I know I should reserve > my opinion until the meeting, but I'll be away the week of the next meeting, > so I'll say here that it left me really flat. If I'd just stumbled upon it > in a magazine, I would have thought, "That was cute," but nominated for a > Hugo? It makes me think I'm missing something major - either in the story or > in the tastes of the reading public. > And if I might be so bold - it's not spec fiction. The robo-monkeyness had > nothing to do with the story. Replace the monkey with a troubled child and > the story reads exactly the same. > > -- > Jonathan Sherwood > Sr. Science & Technology Press Officer > University of Rochester > 585-273-4726 > > > On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 1:04 PM, Eric Scoles <[email protected]> wrote: > >> ah-HAH! I tricked you into GIVING ME THE ANSWER! BWA-HA-HA-HA! >> >> On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 12:52 PM, cd <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> > Yes, but: Do they fling slavebot poo? >>> >>> If you listen to the stories, you'll get the answer flung at you, >>> wrapped in your coupon. >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> eric scoles ([email protected]) >> >> >> > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "R-SPEC: The Rochester Speculative Literature Association" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/r-spec?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
