Kim Cho-yeop
MacLehose Press
7 May 2026
192
eBook - PDF
Sci-Fi/Short Stories
ARC via NetGalley
Meet the alien species that put the humanity into human beings
Discover the fate of Slefonia III once warp travel became obsolete
Visit the Mind Library to commune with the dead
Purchase sadness as a stone and anger as a paperweight
Kim Choyeop became an instant literary sensation in Korea with her debut short story collection. Each of these bitesize speculative masterpieces represents a journey into the unknown, guided by a writer blessed with a boundless imagination.
From alternative futures to distant alien planets, in the company of scientists, space explorers and ordinary citizens in extraordinary situations, she revels in making the impossible seem not only possible but somehow inevitable.
Traversing the bounds of imagination with an ethereal incisiveness, her stories dismantle the borders between normal and abnormal, material and abstract, earthly and otherworldly. With unforgettable inventiveness and pathos, If We Cannot Go at the Speed of Light heralds the arrival of an essential voice in contemporary fiction.
If We Cannot Go at the Speed of Light was a fascinating and delightful collection of sci-fi short stories. All the stories were entertaining but at the same time thought-provoking and often psychological, looking at how we might view life and death, choices etc. through the lens of an imagined future. As is always the case with some collections, some stories resonated with me more personally than others, but I still enjoyed them all. This was a quick and easy read in some respects, but at the same time I was thinking about some of the questions the stories posed days after reading them. I am giving this book 4 stars. A really worthwhile collection to pick up for sci-fi and short story fans.
I received this book as a free eBook ARC via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
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