★★★☆☆
(Clockwork Fantasy) Sorrow Farregon is a master perfumer, but the Queen wants something to make her conceive a child—which is challenging when the King is a clockwork automaton. (5,709 words; Time: 19m)
"The Nine Scents of Sorrow," by Jordan Taylor [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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Pro: It’s more or less the tale of how Sorrow rose to serve the queen of France, helped her with her impossible problem, and then escaped the Revolution.
Con: It has long dull stretches, and it’s more than half over before there’s any plot at all.
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Pro: It’s more or less the tale of how Sorrow rose to serve the queen of France, helped her with her impossible problem, and then escaped the Revolution.
Con: It has long dull stretches, and it’s more than half over before there’s any plot at all.
Other Reviews: Search Web
Jordan Taylor Info: Interviews, Websites, ISFDB, FreeSFOnline
Follow RSR on Twitter, Facebook, RSS, or E-mail.
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