clarkness's review against another edition
3.0
Steven Millhauser's "The Tower" was the stand out for me in this issue. I enjoy the detached style he brings to his work. His ability to turn the fantastic into the everyday speaks to our times. We've become so inured to the wild, impossible things in our lives that we forget just how phenomenal and thrilling it is to live in this time. Likewise, the people in this story have built a tower that has penetrated the floor of heaven, but it becomes a mere reality of their lives and not a very exciting one at that. When the unknowable becomes known, it loses its allure. We forget that it was ever sought.
Other than that, I thought "Love, The Frontier", "The Ape Man", and "No Empress Eyes" were high points. I found "Peacekeepers, 1995" to be almost unreadable. Ditto for "Magda Maria".
Other than that, I thought "Love, The Frontier", "The Ape Man", and "No Empress Eyes" were high points. I found "Peacekeepers, 1995" to be almost unreadable. Ditto for "Magda Maria".
apermal2's review
I liked this one. The pictures of horses were nice. Also, Yuri was entertaining. The Joyce Carol Oates story was good and I liked that it was dedicated to Leonard Cohen. Love, The Frontier rubbed me the wrong way and I didn't finish it. The last story was pretty good too, but it was mostly cute. The naming of the islands story was interesting as well. The story about Peacekeepers was a bit uneven and possibly too long, as was the Tower. The Tower was funny and interesting, but just too long. The production values are great as always.
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