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While you'd think a retelling of the myths of the Trojan War from the perspective of the mostly-marginalized women would be compelling, this book falls short. There aren't many new perspectives that we couldn't have written in our heads, and there's no big subversion of any of the various stories. We get Ulysses, Achilles, Hector, Agamemnon, and all the rest, but it felt too much like all the previous iterations on the core tales. There are a few very good scenes, but not enough to overcome the sameness throughout.

Only a little preachy, this is a great primer on how monopolies have eaten much of our culture, and some ways we might be able to claw it back into the public domain.

Newitz built a tripartite story, spread across millennia, and it's very good (as expected for previous readers). But, the characters aren't given QUITE enough room to breathe, and expanding this single novel into three, rather than the current three connected novellas, would really have been my preference.

Still, great book, but I want to know what else happened!

This collection of essays is a good view of the current state of professional wargaming, specifically within the context of military and political education. It's not for everyone, but for those in the biz, it's a very interesting read.