A review by outcolder
Dreaming Metal by Melissa Scott

5.0

While reading this, I had this feeling of gratitude, like, Scott really gets it. The book came out in the 90s and it's about a band and a stage magician and how domestic, nationalist terrorism is messing with them and making every artistic decision a political one. It seems like it is even more right on right now then it was back then. I also appreciate it that although almost all of the main characters are either female or gay, the book itself isn't about that. It's the future, and nobody really cares about your gender or who you fall in love with... unless you are crossing ethnic-boundaries which map largely on to class divisions. I mean, can you be more right up that alley than that? So cool to have an SF novel with political intrigue but all the main characters are performers, not spies or whatever. Compare this kind of thing with [a:Ken MacLeod|108281|Ken MacLeod|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1283522468p2/108281.jpg] where everyone is not only a political player but also a man... I mean, I love MacLeod's stuff, I'm just saying... anywayz... as every day there seems to be some terrorist thing in the newsfeeds, if not on my continent than not that far away... a book about ordinary people who just wish it would all stop is refreshing.