![]() ![]() Once a month, on the 15th, this blog posts groups of rated stories. Linda Nagata Info: Interviews, Websites, ISFDB, FreeSFOnline Follow RSR on Twitter, Facebook, RSS, or E-mail. Other Reviews: Search Web, Browse Review Sites (Issue 11-12|18) F&SF says the author’s novel Memory was the "inspiration," but it’s hard to know what that means. The story ends at a natural point it’s all about Yaphet learning to fly, and not only has he done so, he’s leaving home too.Ĭon: This feels a lot like a fragment of a longer story. ![]() ![]() He’s a good person, as his determination to use the machine to help his cousin shows. ![]() It’s hard to believe he so easily makes a flying machine until he remarks that he’s sure he has done it before. Yaphet charms us with his innocent scientific curiosity. Ultimately, I concluded this is a fantasy story in a secondary world that has 20th-century-level technology. People are called “players” for some reason (making me think they all live in a video game), and, of course, there’s the mysterious, lethal, silver. Review: 2018.586 ( A Word for Authors) Pro: The world has a lot of complexity to it. ![]()
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