A review by wanderlustlover
Beneath Ceaseless Skies Issue #298, Special Double-Issue for BCS Science-Fantasy Month 5 by Christine Tyler, Aliya Whiteley, Scott H. Andrews, Yoon Ha Lee, Katrina Smith
5.0
Spring 2020 (April);
-- specifically "The Mermaid Astronaut"
This was so amazingly good. It's part Little Mermaid retelling, part Girl Runs Away on an Adventure, all wrapped up in the gorgeous cosmos of space. I have a warm net woven around my heart about this story. I loved the way the Mers were described under the sea, how they were, how names happened, and choices. I loved how the spacefaring was handle, from the bottom up realistically, and how families are formed and mourned everywhere.
And I love, love, lvoe the retake on The Sea Witch, both previous to the space travel, and when she returns. The compassion and understanding, but, also, the price, and you continue to fill the roles that came before you, walking the steps of those who were just like you not so many turns of the wheel ago.
-- specifically "The Mermaid Astronaut"
This was so amazingly good. It's part Little Mermaid retelling, part Girl Runs Away on an Adventure, all wrapped up in the gorgeous cosmos of space. I have a warm net woven around my heart about this story. I loved the way the Mers were described under the sea, how they were, how names happened, and choices. I loved how the spacefaring was handle, from the bottom up realistically, and how families are formed and mourned everywhere.
And I love, love, lvoe the retake on The Sea Witch, both previous to the space travel, and when she returns. The compassion and understanding, but, also, the price, and you continue to fill the roles that came before you, walking the steps of those who were just like you not so many turns of the wheel ago.