Reach for Infinity

Disclaimer: I'm not reading the entire collection. I'm reading only Peter Watts story, Hotshot. This wonderful reviewer here: Claudia's Review has pointed out that this is not a standalone story. She's even provided a link to the author's website for the other stories (free to download) as well as the......more

Overall rating: 4 I was initially skeptical about this anthology of science fiction short stories, as I’d gotten it primarily to read Peter Watts’ “Hotshot” after I’d perused his stunning novella, “The Freeze Frame Revolution”. But I decided that since I had the book, I might as well read the other s......more

What’s It About It’s the third anthology in Jonathan’s Strahan’s Infinity series. This one collects 14 short stories from writers like Ellen Klages, Adam Roberts and Karen Lord. It focuses on humanity taking the next big step forward – whether that be colonising Mars, coming to terms with Artificial......more

Reach for Infinity is the highly recommended third anthology of hard science fiction short stories in the Infinity series edited by Jonathan Strahan. The first two are Engineering Infinity and Edge of Infinity. In the 14 short stories Strahan includes, he writes: "Many of the stories take place on Ea......more

I still don't quite know how to review anthologies. Do I talk about each story individually? Do I talk about the ones I liked? Talking about stories I didn't like feels like singling them out in a way that talking about a novel I disliked doesn't. It's a weird thing. A couple of days ago I read a sto......more