tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1390876285955310032.post1998600960998399762..comments2024-03-26T14:48:15.857-07:00Comments on Rocket Stack Rank: Freezing Rain, a Chance of Falling, by L.X. BeckettGreg Hullenderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16720604327299886491noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1390876285955310032.post-26872341148148304272019-06-25T15:48:43.842-07:002019-06-25T15:48:43.842-07:00Yeah, Tala is almost a "Typhoid Mary Sue.&quo...Yeah, Tala is almost a "Typhoid Mary Sue."Greg Hullenderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16720604327299886491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1390876285955310032.post-66980584161439064502019-06-24T16:32:37.841-07:002019-06-24T16:32:37.841-07:00I also thought very highly of this, but I liked it...I also thought very highly of this, but I liked it more around the halfway mark than I did by the time I got to the end. Partly it was because I felt it was a little overstuffed, but I think a bigger reason was because this story isn't really, despite the editor's claim in the intro, about the nature of the gig/reputation economy. This story is really about how the very rich can do whatever they want. As you note, Tala is so powerful that it's impossible to believe that Drow's escape will be successful. She has video of him agreeing to be tattooed, which he has no recollection of; she gets Jerv arrested (and then, presumably, released). It's impossible to believe that she won't just kidnap him and generate additional footage of him agreeing to continue with his slow death.PhilRMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10424101929412027083noreply@blogger.com