{"id":18870,"date":"2019-06-19T14:04:01","date_gmt":"2019-06-19T12:04:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/xmau.com\/wp\/notiziole\/?p=18870"},"modified":"2019-06-18T17:43:28","modified_gmt":"2019-06-18T15:43:28","slug":"_the-shapes-of-strangers_-ebook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xmau.com\/notiziole\/2019\/06\/19\/_the-shapes-of-strangers_-ebook\/","title":{"rendered":"_The Shapes of Strangers_ (ebook)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/xmau.com\/notiziole\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/06\/9781912950140.jpg?resize=127%2C180\" alt=\"\" width=\"127\" height=\"180\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-18871\" \/> [Disclaimer: Ho ricevuto il libro grazie al <a href=\"https:\/\/www.librarything.com\/er\/list\">programma Early Reviewer<\/a> di LibraryThing] C&#8217;\u00e8 un tema comune in questa raccolta (\u00e8 la terza) di racconti (Ian Creasey, <em>The Shapes of Strangers<\/em>, Newcon Press 2019, pag. 246, &euro; 4,84, ISBN 9781912950140, <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2WFUjJR\">link Amazon<\/a>): Sono tutti del tipo &#8220;cosa succederebbe se?&#8221;, come del resto Creasey spiega nei suoi commenti alla fine di ogni racconto. La cosa che mi \u00e8 pi\u00f9 piaciuta \u00e8 che i &#8220;se&#8221; sono stati cose che non mi sarebbero mai venute in mente, il che \u00e8 molto bello: sono un po&#8217; stufo di leggere storie di fantascienza basate sempre sulle stesse consunte ipotesi, e preferisco di gran lunga queste in cui rimango stupito, a volte piacevolmente, a volte meno&#8230; ma non si pu\u00f2 pretendere tutto dalla vita.<br \/>\nI racconti che mi sono piaciuti di pi\u00f9 sono soprattutto i primi: <em>After the Atrocity<\/em>, <em>The Equalisers<\/em>, <em>No Strangers Any More<\/em> (anche se un po&#8217; troppo British :-) ), <em>The Dunschemin Retirement Home for Repentant Supervillains<\/em>. Vincono invece il premio &#8220;una bella idea gestita non troppo bene&#8221; <em>The Shapes of Wrath<\/em> e <em>And Then They Were Gone<\/em>, mentre <em>An Exercise in Motivation<\/em> e <em>Shouting Grouse<\/em> non mi hanno detto proprio nulla. In definitiva, se siete come me e vi piace leggere racconti il libro \u00e8 consigliato.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tanti racconti del tipo &#8220;what 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