A Short, Sharp Shock

from gypsysmom

This book reminded me of Robinson's book The Years of Rice and Salt rather than his books on Mars. That's because it is more fantasy than science fiction and quite philosophical. I think if I had to choose I would rather have KSR's science fiction but this was quite good and it certainly made me ...

from RobertDay

This short novel was a surprising page-turner for me. Robinson wrote it in 1990 but it only saw UK publication in 2000. The story is fairly slight; a man awakes on a beach with no memory of his past. He awakes next to a woman who he only knows as "the swimmer". The next morning, she has disappear...

from iftyzaidi

An interesting read, very different in flavour from the Mars books. A surrealist quest where Robinson experiments (successfully in my opinion) with his writing style and with a more metaphysical approach to his narrative. I'm not certain that it even qualifies as science fiction, though that does...

from PortiaLong

Very different style than Robinson's other works I have read. Surreal fantasy. Not my cup of tea.

from igor.kh

A strange, at times violent, and at times idyllic tale of two lost people. They wander the single rocky land belt of an ocean world, seemingly without purpose. That last sentiment sums up the book for me pretty well. This is one of KSR's earlier novels, written before the award winning Mars Trilo...