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cathepsut's review
Review for SEEING, GENEVIEVE VALENTINE, ~12 p., ★★★★★
After it was over, they pulled her from the sea.
I was very confused at first. Something pre-apocalyptic? Maye a dystopia? I felt the urge to go and study astrophysics, to understand what was going on. It took a moment, but I ended up really liking this. Not an easy story.
I think this is a story you need to read twice to make sense of it. Layers upon layers. In retrospect, skimming the story a second time, I am upgrading this to 5 stars. A lot going on for a mere 12 pages!
Can be read for free here: http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/valentine_11_10/
About the author: https://www.genevievevalentine.com/about/biography/
After it was over, they pulled her from the sea.
I was very confused at first. Something pre-apocalyptic? Maye a dystopia? I felt the urge to go and study astrophysics, to understand what was going on. It took a moment, but I ended up really liking this. Not an easy story.
I think this is a story you need to read twice to make sense of it. Layers upon layers. In retrospect, skimming the story a second time, I am upgrading this to 5 stars. A lot going on for a mere 12 pages!
Can be read for free here: http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/valentine_11_10/
About the author: https://www.genevievevalentine.com/about/biography/
spacescape's review
4.0
Both stories are very well written, timed, and thought out.
I loved the first, as it's based in a realistic Pacific Northwest Setting. A man finally pursues his dream of being an artist and makes it big, but he's always struggling to find time for the family he loves so much. The second was about a beautiful princess who wanted to run away to the western badlands and find the equally beautiful and magical evil prince. The story is about her struggle to be loved as a magical being, and the dichotomies between magical lands and non-magical lands and the definitions of love.
I loved the first, as it's based in a realistic Pacific Northwest Setting. A man finally pursues his dream of being an artist and makes it big, but he's always struggling to find time for the family he loves so much. The second was about a beautiful princess who wanted to run away to the western badlands and find the equally beautiful and magical evil prince. The story is about her struggle to be loved as a magical being, and the dichotomies between magical lands and non-magical lands and the definitions of love.
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