Reviewed! In Locus! Again!
Jul. 2nd, 2015 05:04 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
desperanceRich Horton has reviewed the latest issue of Lightspeed, the "Queers Destroy SF!" special, in Locus. Unlike Lois Tilton's recent review of the same issue, Rich's is not apparently available to read free online; and it's rude to quote the entirety of what he said about my story, "The Astrakhan, the Homburg and the Red Red Coal", besides being self-serving; but a money-quote is quite legit. So try this:
This is a very well-told story, using the old ‘‘bar tale’’ format nicely, with some really effective SFnal ideas
That last bit is my actual favourite. Sometimes I have to remind myself quite forcefully that the Mars Imperial project totally counts as SF; sometimes other people notice for me.
[Oh, and if you want to read the story itself, it's online for free, here; and Rahul Kanakia interviewed me about the project here.]
This is a very well-told story, using the old ‘‘bar tale’’ format nicely, with some really effective SFnal ideas
That last bit is my actual favourite. Sometimes I have to remind myself quite forcefully that the Mars Imperial project totally counts as SF; sometimes other people notice for me.
[Oh, and if you want to read the story itself, it's online for free, here; and Rahul Kanakia interviewed me about the project here.]