Central Station (Paperback)

from antao

"The Shambleau called Carmel came to Central Station in spring, when the smell in the air truly is intoxicating. It is a smell of the sea, and of the sweat of so many bodies, their heat and their warmth, and it is the smell of humanity's spices and the cool scent of its many machines." In “Centr...

from AltheaAnn

It'd been a while since I'd read some really good, original cyberpunk - and Tidhar's vision of a future Israel definitely qualifies. I'm upping my 'star rating' to a four because the setting of 'Central Station,' its conflicts and concerns, are so vivid, rich and enjoyable. However, this is a fix...

from ardvisoor

I received an Advanced Reader Copy from the publisher through NetGallery, and this is my first read of Tidhar's works. Lavie Tidhar used a mix of past religious figures to create a complicated future. This story is created of hope and lost of hope. Souls that are forgotten and try to be remembere...

from bhutton

A fascinating set of interlinked short stories. So much depth giving hints of the wider solar system wide society while remaining anchored to the central station, the unspoken heart of the stories. There is such a sense of space never directly explained but sketched out by the stories that are to...

from nancyadair

Central Station imagines a world where divisions have blurred between man-created and biological entities and corporate and personal memory. Conversation has shifted from personal one-on-one dialogue to universal eavesdropping and vicarious experience available through an implanted node. Central ...