Some Thoughts I'm Currently Having

I am surprised at how much I am enjoying some of these stories. I just finished reading "The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate", and I was constantly trying to make everything make sense in my head. Time travel has always baffled me as I honestly don't see how it can work. I sort of got a sense of how it may occur in my philosophy class, but I personally just don't see it happening.

"Last Contact" was enjoyable but depressing. I am not a big fan of "end of the world" scenarios, but the story was told well and I took interest in the characters. I do like that the mother continued as if nothing was going to happen. I don't think that I would be that strong-willed.

"Tideline" was great. I often wonder if robotics could become so advanced that humans could interact with them on an emotional level. Of course, this raises many other questions, but I think I could see it happening as it did in the movie Bicentennial Man.

"The Sledge-Maker's Daughter" is the story I chose to discuss tomorrow, and I found it interesting. I'm not quite sure what to make of the story aspect of it, because to be honest, I'm not sure what I think of the plot or story. But I do like how the author created a world in which technology that is common to us (iron roads, flying devices, winking bridges, etc.) could be seen as mythical in a post-war or post-apocalyptic society. I guess the story just sort of left me hanging, wanting more.

I'll reserve some of my other comments for tomorrow's class. Otherwise, I may be barren of anything to say.