★★☆☆☆
(Generation Ship) A crew member describes the songs he and his friends made when they put together a band centuries from Earth and centuries from their destination. (6,764 words; Time: 22m)
This might be more fun for someone who really knows jazz well.
"Annotated Setlist of the Mikaela Cole Jazz Quintet," by Catherine George [bio] (edited by Neil Clarke), appeared in Clarkesworld issue 159, published on December 1, 2019.
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Review: 2019.680 (A Word for Authors)
Pro: The best part of the story is how it gradually reveals to us what went wrong with the starship and what the consequences were.
Con: The biggest problem is that it’s dull. The endless descriptions of the music get really old after a while. The first-person narrator not only isn’t grounded (we never learn sex, age, or anything) but doesn’t even take part in the plot.
The idea that a target solar system could become dynamically unstable during the ~150 years a ship might take to get there is unbelievable. And if it did happen, the mission would be a loss—there’s no way they could just pick another destination at that point.
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Pro: The best part of the story is how it gradually reveals to us what went wrong with the starship and what the consequences were.
Con: The biggest problem is that it’s dull. The endless descriptions of the music get really old after a while. The first-person narrator not only isn’t grounded (we never learn sex, age, or anything) but doesn’t even take part in the plot.
The idea that a target solar system could become dynamically unstable during the ~150 years a ship might take to get there is unbelievable. And if it did happen, the mission would be a loss—there’s no way they could just pick another destination at that point.
Other Reviews: Search Web
Catherine George Info: Interviews, Websites, ISFDB, FreeSFOnline
Follow RSR on Twitter, Facebook, RSS, or E-mail.
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