One day Google (the search engine) develops consciousness and decides that it doesn't want to be evil, unlike Google the company. So instead the AI decides to become a self-congratulatory asshat do-gooder. (You know, the sort who decides he wants to give a country some chickens without asking if they want them. Because he would totally raise ( Read more... )

TL;DR An innocent mountain going for a walk is murdered by a samurai. Or is it ( Read more... )

"Immersion" by Aliette de Bodard ( Read more... )

I recall disliking Mantis Wives by Kij Johnson back when I first read it, but upon rereading it is clear past!me was a fool. I like this quite a bit ( Read more... )

Welcome back to the Hugo reviews - I decided to skip down to the shortest works because I couldn't face another category with Mira Grant/Seanan McGuire. So first up is Ken Liu's "Mono No Aware"I haven't for the most part gotten on with Liu's fiction - it always feels like he wants to dial everything up to eleven (and usually in a contrived manner) ( Read more... )