Dhameystir weedha soo socota: Nevala-Lee's buuggeeda ugu horeeya, "The Icon Thief", oo ah sheeko khiyaali ah oo uu dhiirrigeliyay farshaxanka Marcel Duchamp, ayaa helay dib u eegis xiddig leh oo ka socota "Publishers Weekly". "City of Exiles", oo qayb ahaan ku salaysan sheekada
Dhacdadii Dyatlov Pass, halka sheekadii ugu dambeysay ee saddexda sheekood, "Boqortooyada Daa'imka ah", ay ku jirto waxyaabo ka yimid khuraafaadka Shambhala. Dhinaca khiyaaliga sayniska, "Locus" dhaleeceeya Rich Horton wuxuu ugu yeeray Nevala-Lee mid ka mid ah [tafatiraha "Analog" Stanley Schmidt] daahfurkii ugu dambeeyay ee ugu fiicnaa...Mid ka mid ah mashiinnada fikirka Nevala-Lee waa in la soo bandhigo xaalad soo jeedinaysa aragti cajiib ah ama saynis khiyaali ah, ka dibna fikradaha madaxa loo rogo, ma ahan wax badan oo lagu burburinayo aragtida dhexe, ama lagu sharaxayo shuruudaha caadiga ah, laakiin iyada oo la siinayo mid ka duwan, laga yaabee in si cilmiyaysan loo adkeeyo, sharraxaad saynis khiyaali ah. "Analog" wuxuu ku tilmaamay inuu yahay "macalin ka mid ah... sheekooyinka lagu dejiyay meel aan caadi ahayn, oo leh khiyaali saynis oo ka timaadda dhinac aan la fileynin,<unk> halka tifaftiraha dib u eegista "Locus" Jonathan Strahan uu sheegay in sheekooyinka Nevala-Lee "ay ahaayeen qaar ka mid ah waxyaabaha ugu wanaagsan ee "Analog" tobankii sano ee la soo dhaafay". "The Wall Street Journal" ayaa Nevala-Lee ugu yeeray "qoraaga khiyaaliga ah ee khiyaaliga ah", Jim Killen oo ka tirsan "Tor" ayaa qoray inuu kasbaday "magac ka mid ah qorayaasha ugu caqliga badan ee SFF".