Getting to Know You

Yes, David Marusek is the darling of the science-fiction intelligentsia, and COUNTING HEADS had some great speculation in it, but the acclaimed stories in his collection GETTING TO KNOW YOU are all too precious. Dense, slow and stuffed full of the in-joke clubbiness that went out of style in NEUROMANCER‘s wake, GETTING TO KNOW YOU is like Robert Goulet: The names that are dropped aren’t that impressive, and while the old folks might love it, it’s a lot less important than it wants to be. —Ryun Patterson

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• COUNTING HEADS by David Marusek

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About Ryun Patterson

Ryun is an editor in Chicago, by way of Cambodia.

Steve: I tried reading 7th Sigma in early 2011, and could get past the first few chapters… completely...
Matthew: The original GTO was hilarious, but it ran too long and became repitive.
Slade Grayson: Finally! Leonard’s last few novels have disappointed me. Glad to see that he’s maybe...
Scott Pinzon: This is great fun. So, will you guarantee a review on Bookgasm if I write a novel titled Solar Plexus?
Fred Zackel: I picked this up at the library and started reading to see if I wanted to borrow it. Got about thirty...

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