The SF Site: Featured Reviews Archive

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The Shapes of Their Hearts by Melissa Scott
reviewed by Donna McMahon
This is a book that was a pleasure to review. Aside from the solid plot and characters, Donna hasn't seen any writer handle technology better. There is lots of gee-whiz high tech in her future galactic society, but characters don't stop to discuss it -- they USE it while they're getting on with their lives. The applications are very convincing, too. More than once she found myself thinking "Gee, I could really use one of those."

The Shape Of Their Hearts by Melissa Scott
reviewed by Lisa DuMond
It's entertaining. It's chilling. Scott has the talent to bring her creations to life, and the insight into human nature to make her audience examine their own lives more closely.

Conceiving the Heavens by Melissa Scott
reviewed by Mark Shainblum
Though the sections about the act of writing, finishing what you start and getting agented and published are useful, it's where Scott teaches you how to conceive new languages, dream whole new peoples and build entire worlds where this book really shines. Those chapters alone are worth the price of the whole book.

Dreaming Metal by Melissa Scott
reviewed by Alex Anderson
Five years after Dreamships, Scott presents us with the almost-bohemian atmosphere of a college campus sucked into the maelstrom of a political and bloody battle over AI vs. human rights. Alex found the smell of macaroni and cheese palpable.

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