Saturday, November 27, 2021

Science Fiction: Mitigated Futures By Tobias S. Buckell


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Drivebycuriosity) -  Tobias S. Buckell belongs to the stars of the contemporary science fiction genre. According to Wikipedia he is a New York Times Bestselling author and won a World Fantasy Award and many other trophies (wikipedia ). I enjoyed his
very subtle and thought provoking short story  "Zen and the Art of Starship Maintenance” (reprinted here  here ). The plot is told in first person by a robot with artificial intelligence (AI) who does maintenance works on the hull of a space ship. This AI has to deal with a superior power which causes a conflict of interests.

The story inspired me to purchase Buckell`s short story collection: "Mitigated Futures" (amazon ). Unfortunately non of the 12 stories worked for me, I skipped reading each of it. I even wondered if this book is published by the same Buckell.

I glance in the quoted Wikipedia article gives an explanation. Buckell is a very profilic writer, maybe too prolific. In a few years he published more than a dozen of novels & novellas plus tons of short stories. Too much quantity kills quality.

 

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