[Writingworkshop] Nature submission

[Antony Nigel Donovan]

On Thu, 2008-02-14 at 22:05 -0500, Neale Morison wrote:
> Any other takes?
These are mine.

> Scores out of 10
> Brin: 3
> Chiang: 3
Both of these were pretty lame and had nothing new in them.

> Eggleman: 6
I wouldn't have gone that high.  Too much of a gloss on the actual
complexity of human intercourse without AI.  I don't buy it.

> Gee: 7
I like this one a lot.  Humorous with a point.

> Gunn: 7
Now this one is something special.  A complete story arc!

> Klages: 7
I liked this right up until the end.  The "Child does thing they
shouldn't in the future" story is really old and most existing online
stores would handle the circumstance depicted here.

> Metzger: 7
Good, but depressing.  Also, a bit reductive.  Are most sci-fi
short-shorts like that?  (I'm seeing a pattern in these).

> Sterling: 8 sort of obvious, but seriously funny
I wasn't terribly taken by the humor, so the obvious really came
through.

> Stross: 7 Nigerian scam update, not deep but cute
I'd give it a 6, but otherwise agree.