Comments on: It’s (a)live! – “Sex with Ghosts” available now at Strange Horizons

By: karina

karina — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 19:01:42 +0000

Hi, Sarah. I come from Kelley Eskridge’s blog. I posted this over there, but it should also go here:

I read “Sex With Ghosts” a couple of weeks ago (I keep an eye on Strange Horizons) and remember enjoying your sense of humor quite a bit. I even had to stop every so many lines and just stare at the screen with a big smile and thinking, “She keeps doing that, wow.” Which is, you kept constructing those great moments with just a few words.

I loved your narrator. And your plot. And will keep an eye out for more stories by you. Cheers!

By: Terry Kidd

Terry Kidd — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 06:50:48 +0000

This really is terrific stuff, absolutly spot on.

I agree with your comment above, porn seems to drive a lot of new technology.

So the first humanoid robots are not running spaceships, after all. Dear old Isaac Asimov didn’t see it this way. Unless the 4th law was really, Never kiss(?) and tell!

By: Benjamin Rosenbaum

Benjamin Rosenbaum — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:38:18 +0000

I liked “Sex with Ghosts” quite a bit!

By: Josh

Josh — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 21:26:03 +0000

Also got here from SH. Great story! Keep up the good work.

By: Georgina

Georgina — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:38:05 +0000

Hi, I saw your story on Strange Horizons and really liked it. It was strange and clever.

Funnily enough, I also read a brief article about the same book and wrote a short story about it. It’s not really finished yet. In my story, the sex robots escape and steal a car, ransack the local library where they eat books, and possibly kill someone. It’s not as good as your story, but you’ve inspired me to finish it, so thanks!

Really liked your piece. Good luck with your writing.

By: (A)sexuality « Infinite Recursion

(A)sexuality « Infinite Recursion — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:01:09 +0000

[...] August 19, 2008 at 4:01 pm (writing) (review, short story) This week at Strange Horizons: Sex With Ghosts by Sarah Kanning. [...]

By: carrie

carrie — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 22:55:57 +0000

I came over from SH to let you know that I loved your story. it was fun and queasy-making at the same time. Kudos.

By: Jamie

Jamie — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:34:17 +0000

Sarah,

Nice job on “Sex With Ghosts.” I found the story engaging and eerily believable (although personally disappointing in the protagonist’s refusal of Wilde’s overtures). Congratulations on the sale.

I shall look for more of your work (which I think would benefit from a slightly greater infusion of emotional resonance … But, hey. Everyone’s a critic – and this one hasn’t yet earned his first sale – so take that for whatever it’s worth).

Seriously: way to go.
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Jamie
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