thegooddoctor
2/19/2021
Well - I didn't exactly lie this time when I checked off "Read". Not exactly. I did read as much as I could - until I felt the Jedi force draining from my body. "There is no try - only do - not."
Yes - I gave it one half star- so I did consider it a bomb. Ian McDonald does have some memorable work, some of it included in Gardner Dozois' great "Year's Best Science Fiction" volumes - but you need to look elsewhere.
My rating system starts with a rating of one star for a story/novel that I ranked "C -". Ratings move up 1/2 star with each step, up to 5 stars (equivalent to a ranking of A+). I reserve 1/2 star for works rated D and lower. The only reason that this story rated 1/2 star is that the website does not allow zero stars. Or negative stars!