★★★☆☆ Average
(Climate SF) The long-term drought in the southwest seems to be contributing to a strange new form of cancer. (4,988 words; Time: 16m)
"Tuolumne River Days," by Rebecca Lawton [bio] (edited by Angie Dell and Joey Eschrich), appeared in Everything Change Volume II (RSR review), published on January 25, 2019 by Arizona State University.
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Review: 2019.256 (A Word for Authors)
Pro: Long-term drought in California is a very real threat. The story of the baseball player who loves his family but is losing his wife to the disease is touching.
Con: There’s no real plot. The nameless protagonist has no particular goal, and the events just happen with no real connection between them.
The premise is preposterous. A drought isn’t going to affect DNA. And the political message is stifling.
It made no real sense that FB ended up trying to rape the narrator. At that point, the story just fell apart.
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Pro: Long-term drought in California is a very real threat. The story of the baseball player who loves his family but is losing his wife to the disease is touching.
Con: There’s no real plot. The nameless protagonist has no particular goal, and the events just happen with no real connection between them.
The premise is preposterous. A drought isn’t going to affect DNA. And the political message is stifling.
It made no real sense that FB ended up trying to rape the narrator. At that point, the story just fell apart.
Other Reviews: Search Web, GoodReads.com
Rebecca Lawton Info: Interviews, Websites, ISFDB, FreeSFOnline
Follow RSR on Twitter, Facebook, RSS, or E-mail.
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