Review: A spectacular selection of speculative/ sci-fi short stories that will intrigue and fascinate!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 11 14, 2013
This anthology of short science fiction/ futuristic stories is simply brilliant, especially if you are a reader and lover of this genre. The author presents a totally plausible, credible setting that at times can be just a little unsettling. Highly readable and thought provoking these darkly sinister, scintillating stories are full of originality and striking creative imagery. Each individual story captures the essence of humanity through loss, hope and despair that capture your imagination and take you on a poignant, emotional inner journey of self-discovery and reflection. These stories contain such inner meaning and significant connotation, as well as substance that they literally blew me away. Having read `Memes of loss and devotion' my outlook upon life and observations on humanity (as a fairly intelligent species) has somewhat altered, as the workings of the human mind ~ its complexity and its fickleness is truly fascinating. These stories show that even if we were placed within a scenario wherein Aliens, other life forms and advanced technology surrounded us we would still in essence remain the same and act according to our human emotions.Many questions arose from having read these stories; such as for instance can love survive death? What would happen if man were obsolete? Is a world filled with advanced technology such a good idea?Exploring our nature and cutting to the core of humanity itself, these stories equally observe the workings of the human heart and the human mind in addition to morality versus science. As a deep thinker and someone who is captivated by other life, scientific exploration and technology, and by literary visions on what the future may hold this was an absorbing, addictive read.I would highly recommend `Memes of loss and devotion' to all who seek an illuminating, provocative study of humanity versus extraterrestrial life.*I won a copy of Memes of loss and devotion by Darren White through a Goodreads, first-read giveaway*