Originally published in Interzone Issue 241.   Or you can read it for free over at Clarkesworld.

Another similar book to the last two with another birth of a ship's mind.   This is another book, like The Shipmaker, that i feel would be better placed in the reading order before Shipbirth as we are given even more information about these minds and their beginnings that i would have liked to have known before Shipbirth.

In this story Aliette explores the sibling dynamics between a human boy and his mind ship sister, but its a dynamic that begins corrupted by the boy attending the extremely difficult birth of the ship's mind.   Aliette also introduces us to the fact that these mind ships can communicate as fully sentient beings and that the ship is part of the family from which it is birthed.

We're also introduce to another fact in this ever more interesting universe: that some cultures do not use mind ships and have banned them from their space.   So we're given quite a few teasers of more interesting things to come, which i'm looking forward to.

Once again, very well written and just at that perfect length to enjoy in one easy, flowing read without even having to put the Kindle down -- so make a cuppa, go to the loo and turn your phone off before you start.

Next up: Two Sisters in Exile.

Merged review:

Originally published in Interzone Issue 241.   Or you can read it for free over at Clarkesworld.

Another similar book to the last two with another birth of a ship's mind.   This is another book, like The Shipmaker, that i feel would be better placed in the reading order before Shipbirth as we are given even more information about these minds and their beginnings that i would have liked to have known before Shipbirth.

In this story Aliette explores the sibling dynamics between a human boy and his mind ship sister, but its a dynamic that begins corrupted by the boy attending the extremely difficult birth of the ship's mind.   Aliette also introduces us to the fact that these mind ships can communicate as fully sentient beings and that the ship is part of the family from which it is birthed.

We're also introduce to another fact in this ever more interesting universe: that some cultures do not use mind ships and have banned them from their space.   So we're given quite a few teasers of more interesting things to come, which i'm looking forward to.

Once again, very well written and just at that perfect length to enjoy in one easy, flowing read without even having to put the Kindle down -- so make a cuppa, go to the loo and turn your phone off before you start.

Next up: Two Sisters in Exile.

Merged review:

Well this is a new one on me: genocide by nebula.

It does make one wonder what depths of fucked-up-ness humans will descend to as we get ever more dangerous technology to play with.   Like what will happen when we eventually develop the ability to destroy whole suns, allowing one group of Homo sapiens to eradicate another, purely out of fear and mistrust, or just plain and simple, old fashioned, nastiness.

I like to think that future species of Hominids will be a lot nicer than this current bunchacunts, the arrogantly self titled Homo sapiens.   Heaven help the universe if Homo sapiens ever escapes this solar system.

Anyway, it's free to read over at Uncanny, so have at it. ( )