Confidence

Prerequisites: None needed

I actually liked Slow Beasts the most out of any of the stories in this boxset. For one thing, I love the concept. The idea of a planet with a species of ginormous humanoids who live at a millionth the speed of humans is fascinating, and the story mostly satisfied that curiosity. Yes, it's true that the anti-colonialism message is pretty worn out in these types of stories. Yes, it's true that the conflict was resolved a little too easily at the end, and the Cha-Harr seemed to too easily be willing to let them go. However, I still quite enjoyed this (and it featured one of the funnier moments in this range in memory, with Helen using the psychic paper). This wasn't anything to write home about, but I appreciated it.