Wireless

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Short stories - many already read on-line :
Missile Gap - good
A Colder War - good
Palimpsest - ok
Down on the Farm - very good
Trunk & Disorderly - poor
Unwirer - ok
Rogue Farm - good ( )

I loved some of the stories but almost disliked others so a strange collection. I particularly enjoyed the story written with Cory Doctorow but also a few others. ( )

I'm a sucker for a good short story, so it's gratifying to recommend this new collection from Science Fiction writer [a:Charles Stross|8794|Charles Stross|http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1218218373p2/8794.jpg].

Stross isn't the crispest writer going, and the overall quality of the book feels a a little uneven (Missile Gap & Palimpset are brilliant, but Trunk & Disorderly is painful), the overall effect is bracing - a collection of original, interesting ideas from one of science fiction's more interesting thinkers.

I'll save it, and read it again. ( )

I really like Charlie Stross, and I really like the short story format for hard science fiction. This was a predictably successful combination. Stross's strength is the absolutely wild ideas he comes up with, and his willingness to experiment with voice and structure. Wireless was a great collection - if one idea or style didn't click with me, it was over and on to something completely different before I had time to get annoyed. Great stuff. ( )