★★★☆☆ Average
(SF Adventure) The narrator visits a giant rock sacred to the Yoruba people in Nigeria, where she finds that ancient magic isn’t always dead. (4,353 words; Time: 14m)
"Blessed," by Geoff Ryman [bio] (edited by C.C. Finlay), appeared in Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction issue 09-10|18, published on August 24, 2018 by Spilogale Inc.
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Review: 2018.488 (A Word for Authors)
Pro: After wandering in the dark, she emerges thousands of years in the past, where we assume she’s going to give the locals information that’ll let them stand up to the future threat of colonialism.
Con: The narrator is such a wimp that it’s not much fun following her and listening to her obsessing over every little thing she might have done wrong.
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Pro: After wandering in the dark, she emerges thousands of years in the past, where we assume she’s going to give the locals information that’ll let them stand up to the future threat of colonialism.
Con: The narrator is such a wimp that it’s not much fun following her and listening to her obsessing over every little thing she might have done wrong.
Other Reviews: Search Web, Browse Review Sites (Issue 09-10|18)
Geoff Ryman Info: Interviews, Websites, ISFDB, FreeSFOnline
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