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That was really wonderful–I love the idea of a whole story being told in that very dry curator tone. And Antarctica readily lends itself to the idea of something unexpected and magical.
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Valente also takes the same curatorial (what a good word for it!), artifact-based approach in “The Radiant Car Thy Sparrows Drew.” There’s a strong thematic overlap as well, and of course it’s similarly lovely. I’ve been meaning to review that one as well!
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Oh yes, I remember that one. I’ll have to keep my eye out for Valente; she seems to write lovely things.
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Just read “The Radiant Car Thy Sparrows Drew” Amusingly I though that Bysshe was a sort of female Ray Harryhausen, making films of a different sort of real.
But if I ever get enough money to make a short film adaptation. That one. That one is the one I’d make. The images would look so wonderful in black and white stop motion. This story will be stuck in my head for years now.
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