★★☆☆☆ Not Recommended
(SF Adventure) Jezzaida heads to Epona Three to study natives who might be intelligent, but she doesn’t trust the man who’s supposed to set up her camp, and once they get there, things don’t seem quite right. (11,042 words; Time: 36m)
"The Quality of Mercy," by Catherine Wells [bio] (edited by Trevor Quachri), appeared in Analog Science Fiction and Fact issue 07-08|19, published on June 15, 2019 by Penny Publications.
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Pro: The story starts off showing both Jezzaida and Logan in a bad light. By the end, they’ve learned some respect for each other.
Con: The plot of this story is “man-hating black woman learns wisdom from strong white man who rescues her from her own stupidity.”
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Pro: The story starts off showing both Jezzaida and Logan in a bad light. By the end, they’ve learned some respect for each other.
Con: The plot of this story is “man-hating black woman learns wisdom from strong white man who rescues her from her own stupidity.”
Other Reviews: Search Web
Catherine Wells Info: Interviews, Websites, ISFDB, FreeSFOnline
Follow RSR on Twitter, Facebook, RSS, or E-mail.
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