★★☆☆☆
(Eco Apocalypse) A woman mourns the passing of the Scottish Gaelic language just as she mourns the death of the Earth’s ecosystems. (5,660 words; Time: 18m)
"A Pale Horse," by M. Evan MacGriogair [bio] (edited by Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas), appeared in Uncanny Magazine issue 35, published on July 7, 2020.
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Review: 2020.384 (A Word for Authors)
The biggest problem with this story is that it uses so much Gaelic that it’s almost incomprehensible if you don’t have at least some understanding of it, and that makes it an unpleasant read.
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The biggest problem with this story is that it uses so much Gaelic that it’s almost incomprehensible if you don’t have at least some understanding of it, and that makes it an unpleasant read.
Other Reviews: Search Web
M. Evan MacGriogair Info: Interviews, Websites, ISFDB, FreeSFOnline
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