Interesting. I had the same problems as you with Gods, Monsters, and the Lucky Peach, but found Beneath the Sugar Sky way more irritating. McGuire's writing just really doesn't work for me, and I found this story, like everything I've read by her, to be super twee, and, as you say, unsubtle.
Artficial Condition was my first encounter with both Wells and her Murderbot books, and I really enjoyed it, but probably not enough to put it above the de Bodard and Clark stories, which I had read prior to the Hugos and nominated in this category.
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Date: 2019-05-31 05:57 am (UTC)Artficial Condition was my first encounter with both Wells and her Murderbot books, and I really enjoyed it, but probably not enough to put it above the de Bodard and Clark stories, which I had read prior to the Hugos and nominated in this category.