“Advection,” by Genevieve Valentine (2009) E

October 25, 2009 in Book, Short stories by Emera | 2 comments

Date read: 8.14.09
Read from: Clarkesworld Magazine
Reviewer: Emera

Genevieve Valentine’s “Advection” is a wistful, elegiac, soft science fiction story, set amid the elite children of an Earth that has lost its oceans and rain. Though light on character development, it’s full of runs of understated lyricism, and beautifully sustains a mood of distant yearning. I felt thoughtful and pleasantly melancholy after reading it, and one of its central images hasn’t left my mind since.

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  1. Maureen E’s avatar

    Maureen E on October 26, 2009 at 12:45 pm

    I loved the image of the bird on the hood. I also browsed around a bit and really enjoyed “Her Mother’s Ghosts” by Theodora Goss (I don’t think it was in the same issue), although the framing technique was somewhat confusing.

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  2. Emera’s avatar

    Emera on October 26, 2009 at 8:23 pm

    That was the image that caught my imagination, too. Sigh.

    I’ll have to check that story out! Thanks for the recommendation.

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