This is an amazing novelette. Written in the voice of Darth Vader, it tracks him through the fourth through the sixth movies in the Star Wars saga. Brilliantly inspired writing, the story is caustic and incisive, while containing a good sprinkling of philosophy that makes this piece much more than a lark. If Lucas had this guy do his script, he would have avoided the travesty of his first three movies. I simply cannot recommend this piece enough – go read it now.
October 9, 2007
October 7, 2007
Mint in Your Throat
An extremely powerful piece about rape and arousal and some of the difficulties that face a woman who is raped. The author has commentary on the piece here.
August 29, 2007
Sandkings
Actually, I only read the one short story. The link is the the anthology, although the short story is present therein. Amazing work of short fiction.
August 27, 2007
Unidentified
A novelette written by someone with a livejournal account. I got the link from one of the social agregators. This is the second time I have read it, but only the first time I’ve read the coda. Simply superb characterization. The writing is good, but not great; it is the description of the music, math and emotion, that really sets this apart from anything else. Highly recommended.
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