Quick and imaginative. Recommended
4 stars
A quick read, and an imaginative word. I'm excited to see what's next. I'm always astonished by the worlds Adrian Tchaikovsky creates.
176 pages
Published July 17, 2018 by Tor.com.
The Expert System's Brother
3 stars
(2 reviews)
After an unfortunate accident, Handry is forced to wander a world he doesn't understand, searching for meaning. He soon discovers that the life he thought he knew is far stranger than he could even possibly imagine.
Can an unlikely saviour provide the answers to the questions he barely comprehends?
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2 stars
Novellas: awful format for sci-fi. Tchaikovsky does not have a bad idea here, nor has he written it poorly. That being said, its crammed into half the size it needed to be. There's no capacity for suspense, since every little dropped hint about what could happen in the future hits you like a truck. The plot is rushed, events occur with little time to sink in - because of this, everything is transparent. There are no twists and turns because you know what will happen before it eventually goes down two pages later.