I spent a good amount of the time while I was reading the stories trying to figure out what these various creatures actually looked like instead of focusing on the stories and meanings. For example, due to the fact I have no idea what a Hwarhath is, other than some large hairy thing, I didn't like "Holmes Sherlock" - at all. My favorites story was "Nightfall on the Peak of Eternal Light," but that may have something to do with the fact it is somewhat imaginable as a real occurrence as opposed to the other stories I couldn't connect to at all.
Does anyone else thing that the distance between the plausible reality in the stories and the undescribed form of many of the main characters take away a certain attachment to the story?
It may be where I don't necessarily love science fiction so I get stuck on the aesthetics, but I just can't get my head around the idea of an octopus working in space enough to enjoy the story...
See, I can actually totally get this, despite "Girl-Thing" probably being my favorite story that we've read so far. Some of the issues that I have had with other stories is just that you need that anchor to connect yourself to the plot material. Without that, it's easy for it to just brush by you with no real effect.
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