October 2023

Uncanny Magazine, Issue 54, September/October 2023 by Lynne M. Thomas

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Uncanny Magazine, Issue 54, September/October 2023
by

Lynne M. Thomas (Goodreads Author) (Editor),

Catherynne M. Valente (Goodreads Author),

Sarah Monette (Goodreads Author),

Grace P. Fong,

Jeannette Ng (Goodreads Author),

Kristina Ten,

Eugenia Triantafyllou (Goodreads Author),

AnaMaria Curtis,

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Bradley's review

Sep 05, 2023

it was amazing

bookshelves: 2023-shelf, fantasy

New Valente story! Link

I admit I'm a huge fan. I love the flowery, complicated, POETICAL language, the bittersweet longing, the deep sarcasm, the juxtapositions and the utter fearlessness of the PoV.

Consumerism, advertisement. Never thought I'd see such a deep, everyman(woman) poetical deep-dive into 30 second, massively repeated slices of WANT, NEED, FEAR, LONELINESS, GREED. But here we are, flitting from brief character actor to character actor, from insurance adjuster to pregnancy applicator to industrial floor cleaner.

I LOVE this short story. It's so angry and bittersweet and crazy.

And this is why I love Valente so much. Pure poetry.

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