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Here's a few thoughts— I'll put a rot13.com summary by each one
Felix Gilman - The Half-Made World
N jne va n zlfgrevbhf cynpr gung nccrnef gb or gur Nzrevpna pbyyrpgvir pbafpvbhfarff, orgjrra n ulcreohernhpengvp envyjnl yvar gung vf gur rzobqvzrag bs snfpvfz naq n enpr bs qrzba-cbffrffrq thaf gung cbffrff gurve orneref naq ghea gurz vagb zheqrebhf "urebrf"
Paolo Bacigalupi - The Wind-Up Girl
Znaxvaq gelvat gb shapgvba nsgre gur bvy ehaf bhg, V qba'g jnag gb tvir gbb zhpu njnl ohg guvf bar unf fb znal jrveq naq fzneg vqrnf nobhg jung jbhyq unccra naq jung crbcyr jbhyq inyhr vs grpuabybtl yrncrq sbejneq naq jnf gura sbepr gb penjy onpx
Greg Egan - Phoresis [novella]
Nobhg n fcnpr cebtenz vzcyrzragrq jvgu fyvtugyl-fho-zrqvriny-ren grpuabybtl. Vs lbh ernq pnershyyl lbh'yy ernyvmr gung gur fvghngvba qrfpevorq va gur abiry vf bar ANFN unf npghnyyl sbhaq. Guvf vf bar bs Rtna'f orggre nggrzcgf ng npghnyyl nyvra guvaxvat
Alice Sheldon / James Tiptree Jr - The Screwfly Solution [novella]
Guvf vf n fbeg bs ubeebe fgbel nobhg zvfbtlal naq gur vqrn gung ab znggre ubj onq pregnva guvatf trg crbcyr jvyy abeznyvmr gurz
The Freeze-Frame Revolution [Peter Watts]
Guvf vf n pbzcyrgryl jvyq, ernyyl cebchyfvir fubeg abiry. Vg'f nobhg Qrrc Gvzr, ubj gb qrfvta n pvivyvmngvba gung jvyy xrrc jbexvat npebff ovyyvbaf bs lrnef, naq ubj gb grne bar qbja
Jorge Luis Borges - Labyrinths
V guvax guvf bar'f rkgerzryl hc lbhe nyyrl vs lbh unira'g ernq vg orsber, vg'f n frevrf bs cvrprf bs fubeg svpgvba cerfragrq nf erivrjf bs abarkvfgrag obbxf be qbphzragf, whkgncbfrq jvgu n frevrf bs nanylfrf bs obbxf be qbphzragf gung npghnyyl rkvfg. Vg vf irel irel qvssvphyg gb gryy juvpu vf juvpu. Obetrf ena Netragvan'f angvbany yvoenel naq ur nccebnpurq uvf svpgvba gur fnzr nf uvf yvoenel jbex.
Julio Cortazar - "Cronopios and Famas"
Guvf vf n zrgn-pbyyrpgvba pbafvfgvat bs guerr fznyyre pbyyrpgvbaf. Gur zvqqyr pbyyrpgvba, "hafgnoyr fghss", vf JVYQ, vg erzvaqf zr n ybg bs lbhe zvpebsvpgvba, vg'f whfg n frevrf bs bar-gb-guerr-cntr fheerny fubeg fgbevrf jvgu ongfuvg cerzvfrf
Anne Leckie - The Raven Tower
Guvf vf n fgbel nobhg n tbq jub vf nyfb n fpvragvfg jub vf gelvat gb svther bhg ubj tbqf jbex.
Tom Sweterlitsch - The Gone World
Nzrevpn unf unq gvzr geniry fvapr gur rneyl 1980f, ohg gurl pna'g gryy nalbar orpnhfr rirel gvzr gurl qvfpbirel gur cbvag va gur shgher jura gur ncbpnylcfr bpphef trgf fyvtugyl pybfre.
Diana Wynne Jones - Homeward Bounders
Guvf vf n irel fubeg LN obbx ohg vg'f whfg rkcybqvat jvgu vqrnf. Guvf vf cebonoyl gur zbfg snoyr-yvxr jevgvat va Wbarf'f ercregbver, vg'f nyzbfg nofgenpg.
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