I’d regard ‘The Devil’s Alphabet’ is the stronger book as it does touch on some big issues (racism, obesity, teenage pregnancies) and Rhonda is a great character. There are two areas I’d be a teeny bit ambivalent about. One is the depiction of the Argos, which no matter how well-intentioned, did suggest a certain stererotype to me. The other was the betas. Gregory could have really explored this further and basically fudged the core issue – ie, the betas would have outnumbered and outbred humanity within a hundred years.

Yayyyyyy! I am so pleased you liked this! Honestly, this comment made my day. I love successfully recommending awesome things to people.

YES! yay! Do, and then come tell me what you thought of it!

I have been liking sci-fi more and more in the past year or two. Daryl Gregory epitomizes a ton of aspects of sci-fi that appeal to me particularly, so he’s been a great discovery for me.

I agree that the real emotional consequences of the wild things that happen in fiction get overlooked–one of the things I liked about The Hunger Games was how the characters were affected in the long run, not only by practical changes in their world, but by PTSD. Honestly, I could have used a bit more detail from those parts of the meetings. Still, it was really so, so good.

I’m going to review it on Wednesday, but for now, just plain old thank you!

I mean, I’d have been thrilled if it was longer, but Gregory gets a complete story finished in the length he has. So there’s no need for it to be longer. I just wish it were because I was enjoying it so much.