★★★☆☆
(Fairytale Humor) A modern-day Rapunzel gives up on being rescued by a prince and decides to settle for an electrician. (4,485 words; Time: 14m)
"Tower," by Lane Waldman [bio] (edited by Katharine Duckett), appeared in Uncanny Magazine issue 30, published on September 3, 2019.
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Review: 2019.526 (A Word for Authors)
Pro: There’s plenty of slip-stream humor. The various versions of the story play with the theme in different ways. I thought the one where she ends up living in a cave eating nuts, berries, and the occasional squirrel but “she is reasonably happy” was particularly funny.
Con: There’s not much to it besides the running joke.
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Pro: There’s plenty of slip-stream humor. The various versions of the story play with the theme in different ways. I thought the one where she ends up living in a cave eating nuts, berries, and the occasional squirrel but “she is reasonably happy” was particularly funny.
Con: There’s not much to it besides the running joke.
Other Reviews: Search Web
Lane Waldman Info: Interviews, Websites, ISFDB, FreeSFOnline
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