★★★☆☆ Average
(SF Adventure) Saga does maintenance work on an old, living starship. Skidbladnir is doing poorly lately, and Saga’s boss is determined to save her, even if no one else wants to. (5,620 words; Time: 18m)
"The Last Voyage of Skidbladnir," by Karin Tidbeck [bio] (edited by Ann VanderMeer), published on January 14, 2019 by Tor.com.
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Review: 2019.075 (A Word for Authors)
Pro: Obviously the story is about saving Skidbladnir and, secondarily, it’s about Saga deciding what she herself wants to do in the long term.
Con: Saga doesn’t have much of a role in the story. This is engineer Novik’s story more than anything else, and, objectively speaking, he seems to have lost his mind. At a minimum, he’s made some career-destroying choices here.
I’m not sure what the point of the episodes of Andromeda Station is. They’re kind of cute, but rather detached from the action.
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Pro: Obviously the story is about saving Skidbladnir and, secondarily, it’s about Saga deciding what she herself wants to do in the long term.
Con: Saga doesn’t have much of a role in the story. This is engineer Novik’s story more than anything else, and, objectively speaking, he seems to have lost his mind. At a minimum, he’s made some career-destroying choices here.
I’m not sure what the point of the episodes of Andromeda Station is. They’re kind of cute, but rather detached from the action.
Other Reviews: Search Web
Karin Tidbeck Info: Interviews, Websites, ISFDB, FreeSFOnline
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