Review (#11): "Some Remarks on the Reproductive Strategy of the Common Octopus" by Bogi Takács (2017)
A bottle of mineral water By Péter MARTON ** Join the European Science Fiction group on Facebook for related discussions. ** At the risk of stating the obvious, you should read this review mostly only if you're familiar with the short story it is about. So this is where you can find the story , in the April 2017 issue of Clarkesworld . The author is Bogi Takács ( link to author page ) who describes oneself as "a Hungarian Jewish agender trans person and a resident alien in the US," and prefers to be referred to with the "e" personal pronoun in the third person. *** ¡El review! Sub-genre. This is far future SF. Key themes . Being left behind. Being used. Humanity regarding animals around them as somehow not "really" intelligent or sentient beings, using this as justification to do with them and with their environment whatever seems rational to them. With the coming effects of climate change looking rather nasty now , these ...