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Lots of good points. Hard to read as a book. I think it would have worked better for me if I'd read it as the original blog posts, articles, etc. I may have to try interleaving sections of collections like this with other things, so each short essay has time to marinate before the next topic switch.

Early works. Entertaining, but not up to her later standard.

It struck me as I finished that this book would be the opening chapter of a modern thriller. We expect so much more action packed into our fiction these days!

The serial-style writing, where each chapter reminded you of what had come before made it a good book to read as I was going to sleep. Missed a detail? No worries.

Well-realized characters. Interesting near-future world.

Some interesting twists to the Starship Troopers subgenre, but not really fresh. Quick, easy read, though. Might pick up the next one as beach reading.

Disturbingly plausible.

Lots of detail, glimpses of many lives and a view into a period of history that I haven't studied before. Much less plot-driven than the movie.

Didn't really get into this one. Part of it may have been that I wasn't able to read it for sustained periods, but it also just didn't catch me.