5/10/2023 0 Comments Seven Vampires by Lavie Tidhar![]() ![]() Each chapter follows another character as they go about their day. I usually try to do a quick summary of the plot and what the book is about, but this is true slice of life in that there’s no real plot, no real stakes. And before I scare anyone off: it’s strange, yes, but never confusing. The easiest way to describe it would be “gorgeous sci-fi fever dream.” I have a long-standing love for weird, trippy books and for slice of life, so I could hardly have stumbled upon a more perfect match for my tastes. And I couldn’t be more glad I did.Ī group of disgruntled house appliances watched the sermon in the virtuality – coffee makers, cooling units, a couple of toilets – appliances, more than anyone else, needed the robots’ guidance, yet they were often wilful, bitter, prone to petty arguments, both with their owners and themselves. ![]() This was one of the candidates I couldn’t quite choose between – then I saw it in a bookstore and it was decided. So in the oldest tradition of Bingo, I went out in search of edge cases. Oppressive high tech societies? No thanks. ![]() I probably never would have read Central Station at all if not for the fact that this year’s Bingo had a cyberpunk square. ![]()
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