Uploaded September 10, 1996 -- Updated September 29, 1996
Here is the list of stories in this anthology. If you have any comments or reviews, send them to jbailey@sff.net. Please indicate which publication and/or story you're referring to in the subject line, and try to keep comments for different stories separate in you letters so I can place them properly.
"The Dead" by Michael Swanwick (Nominated
for 1997 Hugo Award)
"Liza and the Crazy Water Man" by Andy
Duncan
"Sister Emily's Lightship" by Jane Yolen
"The Weighing of Ayre" by Gregory Feeley
[9/29/96]
"Killing the Morrow" by Robert Reed
"The Ladies of Grace Adieu" by Susanna
Clarke
"G.I. Jesus" by Susan Palwick
"Waking Beauty" by Martha Soukup
"Mengele's Jew" by Carter Scholz
"Erase/Record/Play: A Drama for Print" by
John M. Ford
"I Remember Angels" by Mark Kreighbaum
"The Cost To Be Wise" by Maureen F. McHugh
(Nominated for 1997 Hugo Award)
Miscellaneous Comments (on the book as a whole, introductions, etc.)
(Nominated for 1997 Hugo Award, best Short Story)
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Maureen F. McHugh: 9/29/96
This story, written with a firm grasp of not only the historical situation but a convincing sense of what it was like to live at that time, is the best written in this collection. Despite the science fictional conceit of its ending (which I won't spoil) it completely avoids the usual downfall of making its protagonist sympathetic to twentieth century judgements and attitudes. Alternate history (a category that could be stretched to include "The Weighing of Ayre") is chock full of people who are twentieth century liberals in historic costume. This story is not. In addition, the prose is elegantly crafted.
This is writing far and above the usual level. It's not an easy read, but it is a rewarding one.
Maureen F. McHugh
mcq@en.com
http://www.en.com/users/mcq
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(Nominated for 1997 Hugo Award, best Novella)
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