Showing posts with label Benjanun Sriduangkaew. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Benjanun Sriduangkaew. Show all posts
Wednesday, July 31, 2019
Tuesday, August 15, 2017
No Pearls as Blue as These, by Benjanun Sriduangkaew
(High Fantasy) Tarangkaya made Bidaten into supersoldier from infancy, and she’s been content to serve them for years. Then her mistress takes a new bride who makes her think differently. (6,012 words; Time: 20m)
Rating: ★★★☆☆ Average
Tuesday, September 13, 2016
The Prince Who Gave Up Her Empire, by Benjanun Sriduangkaew
(High Fantasy) A prophesy says Prince Terasadh will either immortalize her empire or else destroy it. Naturally the prince wants to know which it's going to be. (7,200 words; Time: 24m)
Rating: ★★☆☆☆ Not Recommended
Monday, July 25, 2016
Under She Who Devours Suns, by Benjanun Sriduangkaew
(High Fantasy) After a long absence, Melishem returns to Talyut to challenge her rival to single combat. But Sikata is already dead. (5,880 words; Time: 19m)
Rating: ★☆☆☆☆ Needs Improvement
Recommended By: RHorton:4Tuesday, February 2, 2016
The Beast at the End of Time, by Benjanun Sriduangkaew
(SF) As the world approaches destruction, the Beast awakens, armed with information that may stave off destruction. (4,051 words; Time: 13m)
Rating: ★☆☆☆☆ Needs Improvement
Monday, February 1, 2016
That Which Stands Tends Toward Free Fall, by Benjanun Sriduangkaew
(Military SF) Rinthira retired from the Thai military a while back, but her former commander (and ex-lover) has come to call her back to duty. (5,672 words; Time: 18m)
Rating: ★★☆☆☆ Not Recommended
Friday, December 4, 2015
Desert Lexicon, by Benjanun Sriduangkaew
Rating: ★★★★☆, Recommended
Wednesday, October 14, 2015
And the Burned Moths Remain, by Benjanun Sriduangkaew
Tor.com, January 14, 2015; 6,275 words
Rating: 1, Needs improvement
Rating: 1, Needs improvement
Jingfei fights copies of herself for eternity--while other copies watch--but she does get the occasionally interruption.
Mini-Review (click to view--possible spoilers)
The narration is almost entirely exposition, even for emotions. The dialogue is wooden.
Lots of errors (or apparent errors) break suspension of disbelief. For example, Jingei has her aorta in her throat. The prose is too purple, both in narration and dialogue. For example, "Beneath the carapace of their armor, under the brocade of their robes, perhaps their hearts heave to the same beat."
Lots of errors (or apparent errors) break suspension of disbelief. For example, Jingei has her aorta in her throat. The prose is too purple, both in narration and dialogue. For example, "Beneath the carapace of their armor, under the brocade of their robes, perhaps their hearts heave to the same beat."
Saturday, September 26, 2015
The Petals Abide, by Benjanun Sriduangkaew
Clarkesworld Magazine, April 2015; 6,230 words
Rating: 1, Needs improvement
Rating: 1, Needs improvement
In a strange, distant future, someone resurrects an assassin and they have a relationship.
Mini-Review (click to view--possible spoilers)
The story is terribly overwritten to the point where it is physically painful to read. The excess words often don't actually add meaning; e.g. "homunculus of encryption" and "isometry rosettes." There is a story here, if you slog through all the words, but the effort is very great.
Wednesday, September 9, 2015
The Occidental Bride, by Benjanun Sriduangkaew
A women in a future Hong Kong that has survived some sort of global disaster is forced to take one of the architects of the catastrophe as her bride--for the purpose of catching others who were involved. (6,680 words; Time: 22m)
Rating: ★★★☆☆ Average
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